Thread: Know this about a Windows 7 Upgrade

Originally Posted by Foxbat

Really. 6 Gigabytes of RAM and Windows 7 sucks down all but 57 MB? Really.

I see the caching; I see the 3 GB "Available". So, what's the difference between "Available" and "Free"?

Also, I assume you went with the 64-bit version of Win7.

You had me there for a second.

BUT those stats are for the desktop (which I did the upgrade on yesterday).

Originally Posted by Foxbat

Really. 6 Gigabytes of RAM and Windows 7 sucks down all but 57 MB? Really.

I see the caching; I see the 3 GB "Available". So, what's the difference between "Available" and "Free"?

Also, I assume you went with the 64-bit version of Win7.

Windows keeps a ram cache of recently accessed files until the memory is needed by a program. This way if you click on a program it could already be completely in memory. It can reuse the pages instantely since the cache has already been written to disk (well it writes to disk as soon as it can, so most likely all is on the disk). There is no net harm using all the available memory if most of it is a read cache since it can go to use as program memory or you could get lucky and access the same data and it is in cache waiting for you.

Originally Posted by rockymtnhigh

Windows encouraged me to uninstall the Adobe Catylst Control Center

You mean ATI Catalyst Control Center. How anyone could confuse Adobe and ATI is beyond me.

Originally Posted by BuddyBoy

You mean ATI Catalyst Control Center. How anyone could confuse Adobe and ATI is beyond me.

Wow.

Excuse me for such a grievous error.

LOL I make errors like that all the time. I catch grief about it too. It happens to all of us. Love Win7 so far. I got it loaded on my laptop and workstation at work. Grabbed it off our MS software site for a full version.

Originally Posted by Apprentice

LOL I make errors like that all the time. I catch grief about it too. It happens to all of us. Love Win7 so far. I got it loaded on my laptop and workstation at work. Grabbed it off our MS software site for a full version.

I know, I was just in a cranky mood when I posted. Should have ignored it.

I also love W7; if I could only get the IT idiots at my work to upgrade my machine. The machine is capable, but the IT staff isn't.

Originally Posted by rockymtnhigh

I also love W7; if I could only get the IT idiots at my work to upgrade my machine. The machine is capable, but the IT staff isn't.

Don't blame the IT Staff; they have to follow the CIO/Head of IT lead on this.

Our company, like many, passed on Vista so I expected pretty quick action now that Win7 has been released. Nope. The official decision from Global IT to support / upgrade to Windows 7 will be made by mid-2010. Maybe.

Originally Posted by Foxbat

Don't blame the IT Staff; they have to follow the CIO/Head of IT lead on this.

Our company, like many, passed on Vista so I expected pretty quick action now that Win7 has been released. Nope. The official decision from Global IT to support / upgrade to Windows 7 will be made by mid-2010. Maybe.

Nope, I can blame the IT Idiots. At the University level, IT is supporting W7 with open-arms. It is the college-level staff. And to be honest, the guy we have for support, truly is an idiot. That's why I use the word. Actually both of the people at the college level are.

When I got my machine last year, it came with Vista; the moron assigned to our department reimaged it with XP, because he didn't want to deal with Vista. I was pissed.

As a result, to even do the upgrade, I'll need to do a clean install. Which, is probably worth it. Honestly, I'll contact a guy at the university level, and have him send me the install disc, and I'll do it myself.

Originally Posted by rockymtnhigh

... and I'll do it myself.

What? No Extra Credit opportunity for some IT-savvy student?