IE9 is out.

[vindictive666 (John)]

Originally Posted by iceman

Except IE9

got that figured as well mine does not like to run 32 bit ie 9 ?

no probs so far with ie 9 64 bit ?

regards john

[Jules76 (Julian)]

Originally Posted by iceman

When I installed Windows 7 on my Toshiba laptop I had the option of 32 or 64 bit Windows.

I chose 32 bit, and almost regretted it at first, thinking 64 bit would run faster.

However I'm glad I chose 32 bit now, since a lot of applications and devices just seem to have trouble with 64 bit.

Though it would be nice to have faster image processing @ 64bit

There really is no real reason not to go 64 bit thesedays. Windows 7 64 bit is a lot more robust when it comes to backwards compatibility with older 32 bit applications. I'm yet to have any real issues with older 32 bit programs and I've been running 64 bit since Vista. Only thing I did have a problem with was a lack of 64 bit driver for my old Canon LBP3000 laser printer. But believe it or not, Canon FINALLY came to the party and released a driver last year! It only took them what, 4-5 years since Vista 64 bit, more if you count Windows XP 64 bit.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by Jules76

There really is no real reason not to go 64 bit thesedays. Windows 7 64 bit is a lot more robust when it comes to backwards compatibility with older 32 bit applications.

I agree with that. I'm in the process of moving a lot of legacy programs to Win7 64 and it runs everything. Even ancient programs from 8yrs ago. The new stuff flies. I have all my Astro stuff on it, CCDStack, Photoshop., etc... It's lightning fast. I also run two legacy WinXP pro 32bit as VMs. So far so good. They actually run faster as VM on the hardware than on the old boxes. I run an I7 950 with 24GB of RAM and 3x1TB HD. Plenty to play with.

[iceman (Mike)]

Good to hear, I might upgrade in the future.

[gregbradley]

Yes I agree Wins 7 is a lot better than Vista and no major probs with it. Althought for some odd reason I could get Photoshop CS 4 to install on it. I have a 2nd laptop that is also wins 7 and it installed in that one. Who knows.

IE 9 seems worse. It is supposed to be faster but I have found several times now it is way way slow.

Also they removed the little green progress bar at the bottom of the page. Know you don't know how long it is going to take to do something.

Often its the little changes to good features that makes you not want to upgrade.

It may have features that are better but I have not seen that yet. Perhaps more for the HD live chat people if video chat is your thing.

Greg.

[AdrianF (Adrian)]

I have installed IE9 on my 64 bit Win7 machine. Don't know whether it is a coincidence but I have had nothing but trouble since. My AutoCad stopped working with fatal errors, the PC won't always startup and when it does most of the programs won't respond. They start ok but then nothing..... I have tried to restore to earlier configuration but no luck as the only restore point is 30 mins after I installed IE9.

I can see what my day as in store for me today......yay

Adrian

[gregbradley]

I'd say Microsoft's days as number 1 are running out. This is just another product in a long string of failures. They're started losing the plot with Vista and their claims of improved and faster performance are simply not what I am experiencing. My internet browsing is now hugely slower. Clicking on back key is very slow to respond. Images take a lot longer to download. Going to a page is about 10X slower. This is all on a lightning fast 64bit I7 lappie with Win 7 ultimate and 8gb RAM.

Hopefully their failures to deliver means up and coming software companies get a look in to develop and sell competing systems.

Greg

[multiweb (Marc)]

I think MS is pretty safe for a while still I've noticed a slight drop in performance with IE9 too but no major problem. It's more like chrome now with docking bars, etc... I like the interface a lot better.

[AdrianF (Adrian)]

When I reinstall Win7 64bit today I am not going to allow IE9 "upgrade" to happen.
Just turned on my PC and it took nearly 5 mins to load and the first thing I did was check email and you guessed it " Not Responding"


Adrian

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by AdrianF

When I reinstall Win7 64bit today I am not going to allow IE9 "upgrade" to happen.
Just turned on my PC and it took nearly 5 mins to load and the first thing I did was check email and you guessed it " Not Responding"


Adrian

Make sure you do an image of your boot drive on an external drive. There are two partitions C: and 100MB of hidden partition. Ideally they should be on the same drive and on the first drive that loads in your BIOS sequence. If you reinstall windows it is possible your boot partition might not end up on the same drive. Then you'll be fine and covered should you wish to go back to a previous working system. I use Acronis True image and Acronis Disk Director to resize or move partitions from one physical drive to another. Works a treat on Win7 too.

[AdrianF (Adrian)]

As it happens I don't think it was the upgrade. I changed the Hdd for a 1TB up from 500Gb and now the pc won't start. Fans work power led doesn't nor the rest of the pc.

Looks like ps problem. Might explain the ticking noise I been listening to the last few weeks. I have a spare 460W ps but the one that died was 750.

The other thing is we had 3 brownouts within 2 mins last night.

Adrian

[Octane (Humayun)]

Mac OS X.

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[AdrianF (Adrian)]

Changed the ps and still no pc. Not a beep out of it. Looks like new board/CPU so will be pcless for awhile.

Adrian

[Tandum (Robin)]

This ie9 is definately flawed. Lots of problems while editing threads in forums and if you go to google maps, start typing a street name, a list of possibilities pops up. Click on one and it is not selected, nothing happens. Try again M$.