hellfury

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1) dell xps m1530 laptop 2) ThermalTake Armor+ computer chassis 3) Oakley A-Frame Snow Goggles

That is the beauty of 7, it requires a less memory usage than Vista

The sys req. for windows 7 is the same as Vista. I have not yet experenced any crashes but all of the machines at my company are Quad Cores w/ 4GB of Memory and ATI 2600 graphics cards. They are pretty high quality and dont crash easily.

As Windows Vista was only the transitional OS between XP & 7 it looks still very similar to Vista at first glance, except for the boot screen and login screen, however the core of the OS is very changed. To answer your question quickly the layout is basically the same and the "function"(I could not think of a better word) of the system is what changed. Unfortunately I have not loaded many games on my test system as the system and test version of Windows 7 belongs to my company and they would rather me test things like Office and how well it works with our domain rather than how well it games. So far Counter Strike: Source works well on it as far as I can see but as the OS gets farther into production my company will give me a full copy of the OS. When I get that copy I will be able to test the games at home. I will keep you updated.

IE has always been buggy and it is kind of sad if you are still using it.

the ipod touch is a great device with the the newest and updated firmware however I would recommend going up to 16GB. 8GB goes faster than you can realize even if you dont think so now.

As a Microsoft tester I have recently been given the Pre-Beta version of Windows 7 (build 7004) there are some cool changes that I think people might find interesting. -->There in a new windows Information center that keeps you updated you with important info -->The vista look is still there but there are changes in the layout of certain things like the personalization menu has changed yet again -->MSPAINT now has the ribbon menu bar -->User Account Control (UAC) has also changed. It will now automatically confirm you are an admin instead of asking you. -->The OS overall is less bulky and faster than vista which was one of the biggest problems Vista had and was the main goal of 7 to fix this problem. -->Windows Shell has been redesigned with a new taskbar -->Windows Movie Maker, Windows Mail, & Windows Photo Gallery are now not included in the OS and are optional downloads. -->Windows 7 now supports multi-touch displays -->Calculator has been redesigned to include new features like unit conversion, programmer, and Statistics -->Windows Media Player supports almost all of the file formats as VLC Media Player except for a few. -->The game InkBall has been removed This is really all the changes that I have found but the OS is still very early in production I'll keep you updated. If you have any questions for me about the OS or how it runs feel free to post in this thread. ~~~He||fury~~~