G.Kirkland Posted January 4, 2011 at 03:53 AM Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 at 03:53 AM Ive been hearing alot of compatibility issues with it, and took a look at it the other day (looking for a new computer) not only does it look like Vista by quite a bit, but i heard that is has had a few issues sense it came out.Does anyone know whats up? or if there fixes for things like the compatibility issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl_az Posted January 4, 2011 at 04:52 AM Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 at 04:52 AM I have a newish PC, came with Windows 7 Home Premium. I recently switched to Ubuntu 10.04 because of the issues it had. (I will admit to be a 'geek tinkerer, and could probably patch the bios or something... ) Windows 7 on my acer AMD Phenom II x4 box started hanging on login. Before things went south with Win7, I was going to upgrade to Win7 Pro or Ultimate so that I could take advantage of the "XP Mode" for games (i.e. NeverwinterNights and Assassins Creed if I recall right) - without the upgrade I had little luck with non Win7 games. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Chaz Posted January 4, 2011 at 01:05 PM Guest Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 at 01:05 PM It's hit or miss with Windows 7 compatibility issues and there doesn't seem to be any consistency. I migrated to Win7 x64 last month after 9 years on XP. Overall, I am very happy with it. DirectX 10/11 looks great.So far the only game I am having trouble with is ARMA 2. I cannot launch it, but it works fine for others. Yet I can still play older games like Falcon Allied Force, FreeFalcon, and Battlefield 2 without trouble.Most people will tell you just to have a dual boot Win7/XP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=VG= SavageCDN (Inactive Duty) Posted January 4, 2011 at 05:46 PM Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 at 05:46 PM I've been using Windows 7 Pro 32bit for about a year and have had zero issues except with some older games running properly. If you have older software that doesn't work you can also install the free XP Mode add-on for Windows 7 which emulates an actual XP Pro environment.Any issues I've heard about with Win7 usually are related to the 64bit version and software compatibility. Other than that it is a very stable O/S (sometimes I don't reboot for 6-8 weeks). Make sure you have 3 or 4GB of RAM for the 32bit version (adding more than 3GB does nothing as 32bit Windows cannot use it - but for RAM logistics it`s better to have 2 x 2GB sticks or 1 x 4GB). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikede Posted January 7, 2011 at 02:14 AM Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 at 02:14 AM it ran fine for me until i installed one of there updates i just did a system restore and went back and it was fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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