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1. 
   Review - Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit

   Release Candidate 1 (RC) (May 5, 2009)

   Stable, fast, outperforms Vista and even XP in many areas.
   
   Need some more 64-bit 3rd party application support still, but that's not the fault of the OS.
   
   Boots fast, GUI is extremely responsive, taskbar is nearly flawless.

2. 
   Review - Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit

   Release Candidate 1 (RC) (May 5, 2009)

   Yay! for trolls.
   
   "Looks like KDE" *laughing*
   
   Yeah, you need glasses, sparky.
   
   "runs as slow as vista"
   
   Hmm.... Sounds like your problem. Everyone who's actually *run* it is saying it performs *far* better.

3. 
   Review - Defraggler

   1.09.138 (Apr 14, 2009)

   Issues: Extended defrag times, and disappearing HDD space during defrag.
   
   Solution: Disable System Restore and the Pagefile (may require reboot) Defrag - re-enable System restore and Pagefile.
   
   They *really* need to "lock" system restore while defragging to solve this glitch. The pagefile thing is just a preference, really.
   
   Do the above, however, and it will work flawlessly for almost all.
   
   (This does *not* apply to single-file or selection-mode defrag, it will work fine for that without the above steps.)

4. 
   Review - Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit

   Beta (Jan 9, 2009)

   Gawd, what a bunch of whiners. Yeah, they screwed up and should have known better. It sucks that they had to go and screw up the first beta release of a perfectly good OS.
   
   That's a strike against Microsoft, not the product you are "supposedly" reviewing.
   
   If you haven't tried the OS, don't rate it, morons. Duh?
   
   Using the build now, activated. Handles much better than Vista does (What does that tell us...beta code running better than the current platform..)
   
   Vista wasn't the best. It's launch was horrifying. It's a decent OS now, and Windows 7 blows it out of the water.
   
   I'm one of those "technical types" running it as my primary OS. It is faster, more stable, and (subjectively) more responsive than Vista ever was.
   
   Download link:
   http://download.microsof...te-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD.iso

5. 
   Review - CrystalCPUID

   4.15.1.450 (Jul 11, 2008)

   mjm....
   
   *laughing*
   
   Damn you. This keyboard cost me $60 bucks!

6. Comment - EC's Reding: Government should act as broker for media downloads

   4.15.1.450 (Jul 9, 2009 - 5:20 PM)

   Same...

7. Comment - Silverlight 3 goes live on Microsoft's servers

   4.15.1.450 (Jul 9, 2009 - 5:04 PM)

   Since when has Silverlight been pushed?
   
   I believe one of their statements when they first created it was that they would *never* make this an "update".

8. Comment - Silverlight 3 goes live on Microsoft's servers

   4.15.1.450 (Jul 9, 2009 - 4:06 PM)

   "they still require some type of browser intervention -- and by default (or by design, depending on your point of view), this means Internet Explorer."
   
   "So a browser-independent Silverlight isn't just a design innovation but an urgent necessity."
   
   Scott...
   
   Firefox, Safari, and Chrome have supported Silverlight 2.0 since at least October 14th of 2008.
   
   Ars Technica: http://arstechnica.com/m...x-safari-and-chrome.ars
   
   Sheesh...

9. Comment - Report: Evidence of further creativity with Windows 7 upgrade prices

   4.15.1.450 (Jul 9, 2009 - 4:03 PM)

   Directly from the build that contained the license terms that spawned this "rumor":
   
   b. Family Pack. If you are a "Qualified Family Pack User," you may install one copy of the software marked as "Family Pack" on three computers in your household for use by people who reside there. Those computers are the "licensed computers" and are subject to these license terms. If you do not know whether you are a Qualified Family Pack User, visit go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?Linkid=141399 or contact the Microsoft affiliate serving your country.
   
   Three is pretty specific, wouldn't you say? Considering this is all we *really* have to go on, I'd trust that more than anything else...

10. Comment - The battle ahead: Google Chrome OS vs. Microsoft 'Windows 8'

    4.15.1.450 (Jul 9, 2009 - 4:00 PM)

    Can't believe I actually agree with fatty on this one...
    
    You can do better than that, Tenoq. (Not that I've ever seen a criticism of X that *didn't* fall into the same general, vague "it sucks" category...)