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No BS Podcast #121: Windows 7 is Live

Posted 10/22/09 at 12:00:00 PM  by The Maximum PC Staff

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Windows 7's launch is the main topic of this week's No BS Podcast. The gang compares the new Microsoft store that's opened in Arizona to Microsoft's first retail store in San Francisco from a decade ago. We give out pointers for upgrading to Windows 7 from XP, Vista, and the Win7 Release Candidates, answer some listener questions, and dish out a rant. This episode also features a contest for some free games. Listen to the show to craft your submission, and send entries to contests@maximumpc.com 

Do you have a tech question? A comment? A tale of technological triumph? Just need to get something off your chest? A secret to share? Email us at maximumpcpodcast@gmail.com or call our 24-hour No BS Podcast hotline at 877.404.1337 x1337--operators are standing by.

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TAGS: No BS Podcast, windows 7, windows 7 week, microsoft stores
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avatarWindows 7 RC to Home Premium

Submitted by the_river on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 8:52am

I just installed the Home Premium version via clean install on a customer's computer and during the install, it scanned the drive and gave me the option of 'Upgrade' or 'Custom' install. After installing the OS, I went to activate and it worked just fine. They were using the Ultimate 32-bit RC that their son in law installed. I installed the Home Premium 64-bit copy via clean install (as always). No problems.

I didn't have to do a hack. I know if I choose to install it on a fresh drive (like I plan to do, from a Raptor to the new Caviar Black 2TB drive) then I need to do the hack.

Is there something I'm missing where the install should not have activated from the RC?

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avatarPodcast Show Notes

Submitted by GrayWolf1 on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 10:56am

Can anyone tell me where to find the podcast show notes? I always
listen to them and often hear Will and the rest referring to putting
links to topics and other stuff in the "show notes." Where are these
notes? Thanks anyone who knows. And Maximum PC? I always look
forward to your podcasts and the magazine in my mailbox -
keep up the great work!

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avatarpodcast show notes

Submitted by thumperdh on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 3:13pm

I have been curious about that myself can any one else tell where to find?

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avatarJust want to make sure I

Submitted by hbar98 on Sat, 10/24/2009 - 10:27am

Just want to make sure I heard this right...

Does MaxPC suggest that I use the 32 bit version of Win7 on my Dell XPS m1530 laptop?  I went ahead and bumped it up to 4gig of memory. 

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avatarLong story short:

Submitted by Techrocket9 on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 7:18pm

If you have 4gigs or more, you always want x64. If you have less, you want x32 unless you are planning/able to upgrade to 4 or more.

 

 

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avatarCps computers

Submitted by wy2k on Fri, 10/23/2009 - 6:35pm

my school is one of  the top pulblic school in chicago. we have four macs that are useless because you can't print or access the schools network. But the pcs they have aren't any better. One of my classes was unsing flash for a project and the computers at the school took like five minutes to open flash CS4 and another three or four minutes to import a song. It saddens me.

 

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avatarMacs

Submitted by Columbia747 on Sat, 10/24/2009 - 8:53am

My school just bought brand new 22 inch imacs

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avatar  Purchasing an OEM version

Submitted by Khaled on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 9:54am

 

Purchasing an OEM version of Windows 7 (interesting that you had to chose 64 or 32..) Pro version(will survive with one language) (newegg has a nice promo) for my new i7 system that I'll build, can't wait :)

 

Mac user and PC gamer.

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avataryep my highschool had macs.

Submitted by Dick Motorman on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 9:22am

yep my highschool had macs.

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avatarmacs in school

Submitted by praetor_alpha on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 3:08pm

When I went to public school back in the late 90s, all they had were beige Power Macs. It wasn't until my last year there they got some Dells, and some first gen iMacs. Of course, none of the Dells were in my room.

And this was in a small town, no rich folks.

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