[DaveMorton]

[update]
I've had to re-create the install files for both apps, but I got it done, and have the files up on my website, at http://www.geekcavecreations.com/?downloads. Feel free to give them a try, along with any of the other apps and files I have there. The two files that {poorly} try to emulate Windows 7 features are DesktopClockSetup.exe and WS_setup.exe (trying to stay on topic here). Questions, comments and suggestions are most welcome.

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When anyone makes apps and then gives them away for free they should be applauded and thanked, so well done and thanks GeekCaveCreations. 

Now if I may say why I think XP is finished 

There is no Direct X 10 or 11 support in XP and after spending quite a lot on a good graphics card I would like to see the latest games look as they were intended to look with all the latest graphics tweaks.

Also I had to up-grade for RAM reasons, my XP was 32 bit and it only supports 3 GIG of RAM, when you run, lets say Fallout 3 as it’s a game im playing now, on a 1 GIG graphics card and at maximum quality at 1920 x 1080 res you suddenly realise you don’t have enough RAM and you get those annoying windows paging the HD for RAM jerk outs.

So being a bit of a gamer there is only one choice Windows 7 64 bit.

I guess if you’re not into maxed out gaming and you don’t mind running Direct X 9 on the latest games then XP is still ok, just out dated to use and less efficient at utilising the latest quad core CPUs as windows 7 is better at spreading the load between cores.

OH and one last thing if you want to use a SSD drive instead of HD then Windows 7 is by far the best choice of OS as it supports all the optimisation tweaks needed to get the most out of the drive.

I’m not disagreeing with you XP users but there are real reasons to use 7, not just to say I have Windows 7.

[lrh9]

Don't toss out XP yet. Last I checked 7 was horrible for retro gaming. Halo crashed. Half Life crashed. Certainly anything older than that crashed. Of course I was trying them out on the live beta so maybe they've fixed that problem. However, viva retro.

[DaveMorton]

Sounds like it's more a case of "Viva Dual-Boot!"

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To be fair, there were no official graphics card drivers back in the beta days of 7, now the drivers are solid.

viva retro on Win 7





Im not sure if the Halo vid is Halo 1, never played the game.

[lrh9]

That's the one, but I didn't see anywhere in the videos that showed they were playing on a Windows 7 box.

[DaveMorton]

[snark] Irh9, if you want to shoot me a copy of the install CD, along with any CD keys, I'll install it on my Mom's box, and let you know what happens [/snark]

Kidding, kidding. Sometimes my warped sense of humor gets the best of me.

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The titles of the two videos are:

Half Life 1 on Windows 7 (9800 video card)

&

Halo (PC) MAX Settings on Windows 7

This got me thiking what is the oldest 3D game I have and does it run in Win 7.

Quake 1 was released June 22, 1996 which makes it the oldest game I have and guess what it still runs today in Windows 7 64bit, I had to make a video of it, here it is, Quake 1 playing in hi res in Windows 7. 

[Freddy]

One old game I keep meaning to get hold of is Theme Hospital, that was fun.

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I played  Theme Hospital, I remember taking money from the patients but not treating them, I did try, but ended up on the front page of a newspaper, hehe, I think that was Theme Hospital, fun game.

[Freddy]

Yeah I think that is the one.  Here's a video I found :

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Windows 7 service pack 1 is just around the corner, at the moment all we can get is RC1, which I wouldn’t recommend getting, best to hang on for the final version, but the word is PC manufacturers have been given the final version to put on PC’s that will be sold in the coming months.

[Freddy]

Nice, though I don't know what they are going to fix, W7 has been perfect 

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Yup I agree with you Freddy W7 has been pretty perfect for me too, though there have been quite a lot of up-dates since its release.

SP1 is being released for the business sector I should think, large businesses tend not to up-grade to the latest OS until it reaches SP1.

SP1 = £ or $ for MS.

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I heard today that Win 7 SP1 is being released on 22nd Feb 2011.