Microsoft wants you to have a Windows 7 launch party - Page 2

Flint · 10-04-2009, 09:14 AM

These "launch parties" soung strangely familiar...
I think these "hosts" are generally called APPLICATIONS TRAINERS and are paid employees of the software vendor!!!1

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Originally Posted by richlevy

BTW, the video said to install Windows 7 'a couple of days' before the party and to call support if you have any problems.

What makes it even funnier is that the line "call customer service if you have any questions" (at 1:01) is an obvious voice-over.

toranokaze · 10-06-2009, 02:42 AM

When doing your launch parties just remember to always cut your cocaine, at least 50/50, with baking soda not backing powder.

Sundae · 10-06-2009, 07:27 AM

I don't think any party I hold could possibly tick as many demographic boxes.

Then again, no-one there looks like a recent cancer "survivor" so I'm one up in that regard.
Oh and none of them are hard of hearing.
Or fat.
Ya know what - maybe I will hold a party after all!
Just have to change the name a bit so the 'rents aren't confused.
I know, I'll call it curry.
We can have it tonight at dinner time.
And maybe I'll open a window afterwards.

capnhowdy · 10-26-2009, 06:47 AM

Well... is anyone actually going to try Windows 7? I'm intrigued.

Pie · 10-26-2009, 08:34 AM

We've installed it on 4 machines in our house. So far, so good. I'm going to try to get Dreamweaver CS4 running next -- I hear there are issues with getting the 8.02 patches installed.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-26-2009, 11:35 AM

If it can be done, you can do it.

Beest · 10-26-2009, 11:40 AM

I heard it described as "the much anticipated update to the flawed windows Vista"

I didn'tknow Vista had such a bad rep. as bad as ME ?

ME worked fine for us for years, until some 'update' started causing it to crap out.

Had Vista for about 6 months, no problems with it except it's not back compatible with some of the really old games, I've read about windows 7 and didn't see any features that would set me to 'upgrade'. I can resize a window to fit on half the screen, and network a printer to print wirelessly. being able to send video to another device is interesting, but still rates as gimmick for me.

capnhowdy · 10-26-2009, 12:06 PM

I'll think long and hard before I try it. My machine runs fine now, and I have become very familiar with it. Guess as usual I'll be one of the late bloomers on this deal, too. Last "upgrade" i installed caused me a lot off unnecessary grief and in the end it wasn't really that much better.
Excuse me... did I say grief? I meant ISSUES.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-27-2009, 02:06 AM

I just read if you upgrade from XP to 7, you don't get a full upgrade. In order to do that, you must upgrade from Vista to 7.

link

Pie · 10-27-2009, 08:33 AM

On all our XP machines, we chose to go with a clean OEM install of 7 on new partitions or harddrives. The one Vista laptop was 'upgraded', though I think we will wipe it and do a clean install as well.

TheMercenary · 10-27-2009, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Pie

On all our XP machines, we chose to go with a clean OEM install of 7 on new partitions or harddrives. The one Vista laptop was 'upgraded', though I think we will wipe it and do a clean install as well.

Sounds like a lot of work. If you do a wipe then you have to re-install all the other programs, and updates for each of them as well, right? I think I am just going to hang with my Dell with XP til I am forced to buy a MAC Pro.

Undertoad · 10-27-2009, 10:45 AM

I don't think I have my Photoshop original install disk... it's been 10 years since I installed.

The system is urging me to pirate stuff.

Pie · 10-27-2009, 12:45 PM

Yes, we do have a lot of the original disks. We also use a lot of free and/or open software. I'm trying to see if I can get by with OpenOffice; that just leaves Photoshop and Dreamweaver as my must-haves.

dar512 · 10-27-2009, 01:30 PM

Have you tried Gimp? It's not bad. Setup is pretty easy on Windows now.

glatt · 10-27-2009, 03:23 PM

I had Photoshop 3.0 for Mac years ago. Paid full price for a legal copy of that bad boy. Three computers and operating systems later, I switched to GIMP and am loving it. It's got different controls, and takes a while to get used to the new interface, but it has basically all the same things Photoshop had. Very powerful, and free.

10-06-2009, 02:42 AM	#17
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	When doing your launch parties just remember to always cut your cocaine, at least 50/50, with baking soda not backing powder. __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

10-06-2009, 07:27 AM	#18
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I don't think any party I hold could possibly tick as many demographic boxes. Then again, no-one there looks like a recent cancer "survivor" so I'm one up in that regard. Oh and none of them are hard of hearing. Or fat. Ya know what - maybe I will hold a party after all! Just have to change the name a bit so the 'rents aren't confused. I know, I'll call it curry. We can have it tonight at dinner time. And maybe I'll open a window afterwards. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-26-2009, 06:47 AM	#19
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Well... is anyone actually going to try Windows 7? I'm intrigued. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

10-26-2009, 08:34 AM	#20
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	We've installed it on 4 machines in our house. So far, so good. I'm going to try to get Dreamweaver CS4 running next -- I hear there are issues with getting the 8.02 patches installed. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

10-26-2009, 11:35 AM	#21
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If it can be done, you can do it. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-26-2009, 11:40 AM	#22
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	I heard it described as "the much anticipated update to the flawed windows Vista" I didn'tknow Vista had such a bad rep. as bad as ME ? ME worked fine for us for years, until some 'update' started causing it to crap out. Had Vista for about 6 months, no problems with it except it's not back compatible with some of the really old games, I've read about windows 7 and didn't see any features that would set me to 'upgrade'. I can resize a window to fit on half the screen, and network a printer to print wirelessly. being able to send video to another device is interesting, but still rates as gimmick for me.

10-26-2009, 12:06 PM	#23
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I'll think long and hard before I try it. My machine runs fine now, and I have become very familiar with it. Guess as usual I'll be one of the late bloomers on this deal, too. Last "upgrade" i installed caused me a lot off unnecessary grief and in the end it wasn't really that much better. Excuse me... did I say grief? I meant ISSUES. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

10-27-2009, 02:06 AM	#24
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I just read if you upgrade from XP to 7, you don't get a full upgrade. In order to do that, you must upgrade from Vista to 7. link __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-27-2009, 08:33 AM	#25
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	On all our XP machines, we chose to go with a clean OEM install of 7 on new partitions or harddrives. The one Vista laptop was 'upgraded', though I think we will wipe it and do a clean install as well. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

10-27-2009, 10:45 AM	#27
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I don't think I have my Photoshop original install disk... it's been 10 years since I installed. The system is urging me to pirate stuff.

10-27-2009, 12:45 PM	#28
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Yes, we do have a lot of the original disks. We also use a lot of free and/or open software. I'm trying to see if I can get by with OpenOffice; that just leaves Photoshop and Dreamweaver as my must-haves. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

10-27-2009, 01:30 PM	#29
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Have you tried Gimp? It's not bad. Setup is pretty easy on Windows now. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

10-27-2009, 03:23 PM	#30
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I had Photoshop 3.0 for Mac years ago. Paid full price for a legal copy of that bad boy. Three computers and operating systems later, I switched to GIMP and am loving it. It's got different controls, and takes a while to get used to the new interface, but it has basically all the same things Photoshop had. Very powerful, and free.

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