exile360 Posted October 20, 2009 ID:145787 Share Posted October 20, 2009 vista was like Windows Millennium 7 seems to be promising, we will see the kinks down the line. I never could understand this attitude. The differences under the hood between Vista and 7 are negligable at best. If Vista sucked then 7 sucks period. If 7 is great now because hardware and software makers finally caught up with driver and software compatibility to Vista (if it works on 7, excluding XP Mode which is a VM, then it works on Vista ) then that just means that Vista doesn't have those issues that plagued it in its early days any more (the very same incompatibility problems that plagued XP aka Whistler when it was initially released for those that don't recall). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted October 20, 2009 ID:146008 Share Posted October 20, 2009 @ exile360 Well put! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted October 20, 2009 Author Root Admin ID:146221 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Edition of Windows 7 Maximum memory Starter (32-bit or 64-bit) 2 GB Any 32-bit version of 7 4 GB (approximately 3.3 GB available for use) Home Basic 64-bit 8 GB Home Premium 64-bit 16 GB Enterprise 64-bit 192 GB Business 64-bit 192 GB Ultimate 64-bit 192 GB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted October 20, 2009 ID:146232 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Awesome Have you used it recently?I still have a copy somewhere of the first product there on the list. Windows 1.03 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted October 20, 2009 Author Root Admin ID:146235 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I use it every day. I have it installed on 2 computers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted October 20, 2009 ID:146240 Share Posted October 20, 2009 That's pretty cool Ron The oldest OS that I know that I used is Windows 95, that was our families first computer and I really liked it (I used the original Mozilla browser on it too). I know I must've used older ones in school as a kid, but I have no idea what the OS was. I used Mac's a lot in school too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Posted October 20, 2009 ID:146241 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I use it every day. I have it installed on 2 computers.You are kidding me! I was going to ask you whether I could buy it from you; you know have it as a piece of Microsoft history - the OS equivalent of steam trains!Now what's your starting price, sir? Name yer price! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted October 20, 2009 Author Root Admin ID:146242 Share Posted October 20, 2009 No... I'm just joking. It runs from a 1.44 floppy and I've not actually ran it for probably at least a year or more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted October 21, 2009 ID:146248 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Oh, okay hehe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Posted October 21, 2009 ID:146334 Share Posted October 21, 2009 No... I'm just joking. It runs from a 1.44 floppy and I've not actually ran it for probably at least a year or more.Now, Mr Ron Lewis, you have just given me a crazy idea; since you obviously won't part with your beloved v.1.03 (). I'm going to have to go ebaying for it and perhaps a copy of v.3.11 to put on my laptop side-by-side (dual-booted) and see how it performs up against a 32-bit Vista. How about a triple-booted system using something like NGBootIt? You may have gathered I'm not quite my normal self; a caftiere of hot, strong, premium-grade filter coffee percolating through the brain cells should sort me out pronto... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted October 21, 2009 Author Root Admin ID:146338 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Using special software you can boot up to about 32 different OS if you really wanted to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpySentinel Posted October 21, 2009 ID:146340 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Funny thing is I still have an old PC with Windows 3.1 as well as Win 95, 98, and 2000 alongside my two main computers which have Windows XP and Windows Vista Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted October 21, 2009 Author Root Admin ID:146342 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Most I've ran before at the same time were:DOS 5.0DOS 6.22Windows 3.11 Windows for WorkgroupsWin95B EnglishWin95 JapaneseWin98SEWinNT 4Linux RedHat Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Posted October 21, 2009 ID:146350 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Would you trust ebay as a source to purchase those early OSs? i was thinking of 1.03, 3.11. and Win 95 in particular plus maybe a couple of versions of DOS.Or do you guys know of other places where they can be had? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted October 21, 2009 Author Root Admin ID:146353 Share Posted October 21, 2009 You can get a Microsoft Technet Plus subscription for about $300 a year and get just about every OS they make for testing purposes. Though they don't have any OS before Windows 3.1 on the site anymore.Any other links, sites, would pretty much be illegal and won't be posted here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintree16 Posted October 21, 2009 ID:146354 Share Posted October 21, 2009 All this talk about older OS's makes me wanna get my parents old Windows 95 computer (they still have it up in the attic or something) and play around with it, but I don't know what I'd do with it or why I'd be doing it (not to mention I don't really have anyplace to put it). I just remember really liking Windows 95 It came with a Windows 98 upgrade CD, and I tried installing it more than once, but it never worked right, the internet wouldn't work right, computer wouldn't work right, etc, so I was uninstalling it alot, and using the Windows 95 installation disk to wipe the drive and start over a lot too... lots of fun times After reading around on this forum, now I know why it didn't work most likely - I was installing 98 on top of 95 instead of a clean install, which at the time being quite young I had no idea about any of that really.I also used the original Mozilla browser (not Firefox) on that computer I remember liking that a lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
srtools1980y Posted October 21, 2009 ID:146456 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Any other links, sites, would pretty much be illegal and won't be posted here.HeHe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted October 21, 2009 ID:146687 Share Posted October 21, 2009 I bet you I have some of that software in my garage some place... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Posted October 22, 2009 ID:147161 Share Posted October 22, 2009 @ AdvancedSetup....do you consider the cost of a TechNet Plus subscription worth it? Can anybody who has a current subscription give us an indication as to how useful and informative it is to you?Having got over my bout of madness in desiring a copy of Windows 1.03 - you can now all breathe a sigh of relief. Sanity has taken over (for now ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted October 22, 2009 ID:147191 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I have a Technet Plus subscription. I think for me it is quite useful. I do not go through all the DVD's but I like it cause I have all service packs without having to download them. Another cool thing, is I get beta copies of software for testing. I also get full versions of software for testing purposes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny1 Posted October 22, 2009 ID:147222 Share Posted October 22, 2009 At $349 USD and Renew from $249 USD per year for TechNet Plus I'll pass. That's about what I pay for a months rent and living on a pension does not leave much for the toys I like. I think I'll fire up my old Win98SE system and see if it still works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Posted October 22, 2009 ID:147240 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Ok, thanks guys for that.Let's see now...if I can add that to my Christmas shopping list. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted October 23, 2009 Author Root Admin ID:147741 Share Posted October 23, 2009 http://www.pcworld.com/article/174170/micr...worldwide.htmlc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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