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Posted on 03-29-12 06:20:55 PM (last edited by Bagel at 03-29-12 03:21 PM)

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Ehh, give Windows 7 a chance. At first I was wary as well, but it's definitely the best release of Windows to date. It should at least run about as fast as XP does. Besides -- drivers may not exist for your hardware under XP, especially these days.

Congrats on your new machine and job though!

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Posted on 03-29-12 07:11:55 PM

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Hehe, thanks.

There is this weird cursor lag in directdraw applications I get when on 7, but not XP really.

And well, with good always comes the usual downer.

"hurp durp, no forums, chats, games, timepassers, etc, live here and obey our rules or you're out"
Like I'm going to obey that though.

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Posted on 03-29-12 07:12:51 PM

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Double congrats!

Wait, did you mean pastries, or are you really going to be making pasties?

And Windows 7 isn't really that bad. Give it a try, and I think you'll like it. It has a lot of features that I wish XP had, such as being able to maximize windows by dragging them to the top, dragging windows to the sides to make them side-by-side.

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Posted on 03-29-12 08:13:40 PM

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The window management stuff in 7 is really nice, I've found myself missing it even when I use OS X...

But that's great, Ijah! A shame your parents are trying to be so restrictive, though...

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Posted on 03-29-12 08:28:46 PM

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I haven't bothered to boot XP since I installed 7. It has its share of annoyances and incompatibilities (anything that used DirectDraw looks like pixelated garbage now, and some programs simply can't get along with Aero), but overall it performs remarkably well. And thankfully, VMware Player is free and runs XP flawlessly for those programs that refuse to work in 7.

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Posted on 03-29-12 11:23:12 PM

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I still think XP is better, but I am also completely insane. I have no problem living with 7 until I graduate and can once again use XP x64 though.

But if you're like me, 7 exists only to be hacked to behave like XP anyway.

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Posted on 03-30-12 12:23:25 AM

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Originally posted by Metal_Man88
I still think XP is better, but I am also completely insane. I have no problem living with 7 until I graduate and can once again use XP x64 though.

But if you're like me, 7 exists only to be hacked to behave like XP anyway.

Well, in my case, I pretty much got all the good parts from 7 modded into my XP install.

Also, got it dual-booting 7 and XP now :3

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Posted on 03-30-12 06:30:10 PM

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Oops, got fired lol..

Seriously though, I got told to start in the morning after being told I have the job, then a few hours later when I'm back home, phone rings.

"I regret to inform you that you are not going to be working as the position has been taken".

Basically, I found that someone else applied after I was hired with a "better cv" and that got me fired.

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Posted on 03-30-12 06:44:47 PM

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Originally posted by Ijah
Oops, got fired lol..

Seriously though, I got told to start in the morning after being told I have the job, then a few hours later when I'm back home, phone rings.

"I regret to inform you that you are not going to be working as the position has been taken".

Basically, I found that someone else applied after I was hired with a "better cv" and that got me fired.

Man, that sucks... you'd think a formal offer of employment would be considered some kind of binding contract or something, though I don't know how British law works. (Like, at all. Not one bit. Or American law. Don't go by what I say for legal advice.

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Posted on 03-31-12 05:34:32 AM

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Originally posted by Ijah
Oops, got fired lol..

Damn :|

That is some right rotten luck... but look on the bright side.

With this job, you have had more hours of legal employment than I have!

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Posted on 04-01-12 08:06:25 AM

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Do you at least get severance pay?

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