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Adobe is giving away Creative Suite CS2 Standard (PC or Mac Digital Download) Free!
Windows 8 Themes
While there's a lot to compare between Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate, two of the most important differences to the average end-user would be:
BitLocker Drive Encryption. Windows 7 Ultimate allows usage of BitLocker to encrypt the entire contents of internal and external HDDs; very handy if you want to keep your data safe, like for example if you travel a lot and want to keep your data confidential in case your computer or HDD is stolen.
Multilingual User Interface. Windows 7 Ultimate allows users to choose, download, and install up to a total of 37 languages for Windows. For example, a user could download and install a language pack for Japanese onto an English copy of Windows 7 and use a Japanese GUI instead of the default English.
There's also other stuff like booting off of VHDs, but those usually don't concern the average end-user.
Like I said before, I grabbed Windows 7 Ultimate because I wanted everything Windows 7 has to offer (regardless of whether I use them), plus I liked the idea of being able to switch between English and Japanese GUIs freely. For most people though, Windows 7 Professional usually suffices.
EDIT: Ninja'd by LockeZ because I was busy looking for Further Reading(tm) on Wiki. ┐(￣ー￣)┌
BitLocker Drive Encryption. Windows 7 Ultimate allows usage of BitLocker to encrypt the entire contents of internal and external HDDs; very handy if you want to keep your data safe, like for example if you travel a lot and want to keep your data confidential in case your computer or HDD is stolen.
Multilingual User Interface. Windows 7 Ultimate allows users to choose, download, and install up to a total of 37 languages for Windows. For example, a user could download and install a language pack for Japanese onto an English copy of Windows 7 and use a Japanese GUI instead of the default English.
There's also other stuff like booting off of VHDs, but those usually don't concern the average end-user.
Like I said before, I grabbed Windows 7 Ultimate because I wanted everything Windows 7 has to offer (regardless of whether I use them), plus I liked the idea of being able to switch between English and Japanese GUIs freely. For most people though, Windows 7 Professional usually suffices.
EDIT: Ninja'd by LockeZ because I was busy looking for Further Reading(tm) on Wiki. ┐(￣ー￣)┌
author=LockeZAccording to Wiki, Windows 7 Enterprise comes with games disabled by default.
Ultimate is actually 100% identical to Enterprise, though. The only difference is that Enterprise is a bulk license given to businesses.
Windows 8 Themes
The only alternative to Windows that I can think of off-hand is some flavor of Linux or BSD with Wine installed, but I bet you'll have compatibility issues galore if you go that route.
I would really suggest you give Windows 7 another try, I've had no big problems with it besides minor quirks with its audio subsystem. Windows 7 also has native support for stuff like IPv6, which will prove essential in the coming years. Price wise, Newegg has a retail copy of Windows 7 Professional for $280 USD, which isn't that bloody expensive, and an OEM copy of Windows 7 Home Premium going for $100 USD if you prefer going the cheaper route, among other options.
As for which edition (Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate) to get, I wouldn't suggest anything below Professional if you're a power user or enthusiast. I personally run a retail copy of Windows 7 Ultimate, since I want everything, but that's just me. (￣▽￣)ノ
I would really suggest you give Windows 7 another try, I've had no big problems with it besides minor quirks with its audio subsystem. Windows 7 also has native support for stuff like IPv6, which will prove essential in the coming years. Price wise, Newegg has a retail copy of Windows 7 Professional for $280 USD, which isn't that bloody expensive, and an OEM copy of Windows 7 Home Premium going for $100 USD if you prefer going the cheaper route, among other options.
As for which edition (Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate) to get, I wouldn't suggest anything below Professional if you're a power user or enthusiast. I personally run a retail copy of Windows 7 Ultimate, since I want everything, but that's just me. (￣▽￣)ノ
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I dunno what I'm confusing. All I know was I worked at Hospice as a tech assistant (basically, as a glorified reformat/installation guy), and the one Windows 7 I ran into I couldn't even find the Add/Remove Programs, and I tried to run one process, while opening a window and it froze (well, we we're always fixing these computers, so I'm not terribly sure this wasn't just the fact it was a sucky old computer freeze rather than an OS freeze). In any case, instant hate of Windows 7. On the other hand, I liked Windows 8, although the first thing I'd do is shut off the App Store layout, and download programs straight from internet. Can't stand Apps.
"Add/Remove Programs" in Windows 7 is called "Programs and Features". Yeah it's an unintuitive rename, I was mindgamed by that too at first, but that's how it is. On the positive side though, functionality remains pretty much the same. As for the the freezing, I'm willing to bet that was either crappy hardware or a bad installation of Windows, but who knows what the underlying cause was.
Good luck going anywhere without the Windows Store if you're planning on using Metro to any extent though; Metro will only run software purchased/downloaded from the Windows Store, absolutely no sideloading allowed unless you're an enterprise customer. inb4 iOS Apple App Store. (ノ゜Д゜)ノ ⌒┻━┻
Adobe is giving away Creative Suite CS2 Standard (PC or Mac Digital Download) Free!
author=kentonaauthor=8bitbeardI was still using Photoshop 6.0 ... it's part of the reason why the graphics on RMN looked so shitty (the other reason is my poor sense of aesthetic).
I was still using Photoshop 7. Time for an upgrade.
Also, I have no idea why Adobe would make this so publicly accessible either (even though I understand the reasoning). Like, for those who have CS2 suite, why not just email them privately a secure download link and key?
The sure-fire way to go about this would have been to to ask for legit CS2 owners to provide their keys for verification before providing them the "unlocked" version of CS2. If you instead place the "phat lootz" in plain sight, well...
Adobe is giving away Creative Suite CS2 Standard (PC or Mac Digital Download) Free!
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By "base" I meant that Latin is the ultimate foundation, the "root", from which English grew out of, going through other languages like German on the way; I didn't mean to say English is a direct descendant of Latin because I do know that is not the case.
Adobe is giving away Creative Suite CS2 Standard (PC or Mac Digital Download) Free!
Windows 8 Themes
General consensus is to the contrary actually, Windows 7 has proven to be a rock-solid operating system in reliability, usability (though with some minor problems, mostly related to 7's audio subsystem), and compatibility; Microsoft even gives users of Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate a free VM copy of Windows XP Professional SP3 to run in something like VirtualBox so you can still run software that absolutely refuses to run on Windows 7.
Windows 8 on the other hand, I've heard some compatibility issues with it, though I am guessing this is mostly due to how the operating system is still new and updated software (if relevant) and drivers might not be available in abundance yet.
Maybe you're confusing Windows 7 with Windows Vista? Vista is considered by many to indeed be a flop for a variety of reasons, but Windows 7 is almost as well received as Windows XP is now; Windows 7 even holds the #1 spot in OS market share now, with Windows XP following close behind at #2.
Windows 8 on the other hand, I've heard some compatibility issues with it, though I am guessing this is mostly due to how the operating system is still new and updated software (if relevant) and drivers might not be available in abundance yet.
Maybe you're confusing Windows 7 with Windows Vista? Vista is considered by many to indeed be a flop for a variety of reasons, but Windows 7 is almost as well received as Windows XP is now; Windows 7 even holds the #1 spot in OS market share now, with Windows XP following close behind at #2.
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