Windows 7: Gates must be SOOOOOO hard up..........
 

Bought BRAND NEW 'puter yesterday, Windows 7 64 bit installed.

Turned it on this morning, it has already found, and apparently NEEDS 76 updates:eek:

Why the hell does this guy keep rushing out operating systems that are only half finished? 76 patches after one day is ludicrous.........

should of bought a mac ;)

Yeah cos they don`t admit to doing anything wrong, or needing upgrading.
Yet they release a patch and call it a "Game Changer" and give it a shiney new box.

Apple are marketing genius `s, realising how stupid people are "Ooooh shiney shiney".

ding ding ding we have a winner. 3 mins to get a bite is a personal best

Should of got windows 8 :D

I aim to please ;)

Windows 7 has been out a while. It's not from when you bought the computer but from the release date of Windows 7.

I re-installed Windows 7 Ultimate and it took nearly 5 hours to update to the latest patches/updates, I'd rather have 'shiney shiney' that being the case. ;)

Don't get me wrong I like Windows 7 and I think it's a good OS, but it's like a screaming child that needs constant attention. :wall:

That you or the o/s??

I'm on Windows 9 but the updates are already piling up. :lol1:

Windows 7, even in its unpatched form beats the sh1t out of Vista!

The Windows kernel is finally revealed :D

http://vulcanstev.files.wordpress.co...tional-mcp.jpg

The new MS corporate theme

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress...re-windows.jpg

For his future crimes against the PC community, he was pre-judged and found guilty (ala Minority Report) :p

http://www.absolutecelebrities.com/i.../GatesBill.jpg

Try Linux bases os's ubuntu or. Jolicloud I ditched windows ages ago !

From what I have noticed Windows7 updates are normally security based.

Unfortunately when you have an OS that is this popular that is what happens.

If your "other" OS's had the footprint and the enticement by the "unwashed", you would experience the same issues. It's logical.

Steve,
Windows 8 will be in the same boat in the future..... no need for security patches yet. No fecker is using it for it to be a target! ;)

At least the mac has a spell checker :lol1:

oh yes, it looks lovely

http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/30/we-...ection-button/

Shaun, its only a beefed up Windows 7 ultimate. Even my drivers disk had to run in compatibility mode as the OS wasn't supported

I take it you know what "Beta" stands for yeah? lol

Popularity is not the only reason Windows is a security nightmare, it's getting better every release but its the core that's rotten.

It may not be the only reason, but I would dare to suggest it is probably the biggest single reason.

Yeah it stands for Best ever tested application ;)

Combined with a fundementally flawed underlying architecture, yes.

ms just send out the OS, it's the manufacturers that don't give a stuff about updating most recent service packs. after that, they're mostly security patches.

I hate to defend windows 'n all.

macs are slightly better, in that you will get the latest 'service pack'. you still have to download the other, mostly security, patches.

oh yes, give mr gates a break - he's not really involved with ms these days and he's given away billions of dollars. he's also convinced others to give away billions too... apart from sphincter steve jobs. great products, but a selfish billionaire.

Don't you ever think about anything besides apples, Jack? :lol1:

Easy fix: Just disable automatic updates and uplug the internet :D

Certainly Dell used to release slipstreamed CD's with their later XP machines
ive got quite a selection of Dell OEM CDs from XP thru to XP SP3 heh

and exactly as CrewJ said

If you at least go for the latest SP 1st, it will cut out alot of the individual updates ;/

ubuntu ftw

Nice! :)