Author Topic: Windows Fucking Sucks!!! (Read 1471 times)

videoholic · « **on:** November 25, 2009, 05:56:02 AM »

Logan\'s computer was ll screwed up. Slow to the point where it was impossible to do anything. So I redid it with an upgrade version of Windows 7. I booted from a CD, wiped off the hard drive (WITH THEIR FUCKING SOFTWARE) and did a clean install (WITH THEIR OPTION TO DO IT)

Now I can\'t get it to accept the key code because I didn\'t upgrade. It doesn\'t even give me the option to give my old keycode to prove I have an old copy. Fucking retarded.

I found one work around by editing the registry, but that didn\'t work. If any of you have heard of anything let me know. Please. I think I have about 25 days then I guess I\'m buying another mac.

« **Reply #1 on:** November 25, 2009, 07:41:36 AM »

Google it, lots of people have the same issue and found a workaround. Wish I knew a URL offhand but I don\'t

videoholic · « **Reply #2 on:** November 26, 2009, 07:04:20 AM »

Like I said, I did one of the work arounds and it went from saying "invalid key" before I fixed the registry to "this is an upgrade key" after fixing the registry.

It\'s just plain stupid. If they offer a format option on install then let me type in my old key to show I have a past version of the software like they do on the mac.

« **Reply #3 on:** November 29, 2009, 02:52:23 PM »

Error is in between the chair and keyboard

videoholic · « **Reply #4 on:** November 29, 2009, 04:27:57 PM »

i got it fixed the third fix I found. Ridiculous.

Titan · « **Reply #5 on:** December 01, 2009, 12:13:49 PM »

And this is why I\'m upgrading to a mac

« **Reply #6 on:** December 03, 2009, 09:04:25 PM »

Quote from: Titan

And this is why I\'m upgrading to a mac

By upgrading you meant downgrading right?

Titan · « **Reply #7 on:** December 08, 2009, 09:59:56 AM »

Quote from: mjps21983

By upgrading you meant downgrading right?

I do a lot of imaging and macs are better at it...supposedly. Everyone I talk to at work tells me to go with a mac, and I\'ll take the guys from Geek Squad\'s word for it over yours

« **Reply #8 on:** December 08, 2009, 11:33:07 AM »

Macs have a better UI but if you\'re just using Photoshop and buy the right LCD monitor you can have a similar experience on PC.

Another thing to think about is Photoshop is now 64-bit on Windows only with CS4. It flies on my core i7 w/6gb of ram.

MPTheory · « **Reply #9 on:** December 16, 2009, 08:32:59 PM »

I\'m a Mac and Windows user. I do like the Mac interface better, but I have found W7 quite impressive. Lately, I only use the Mac for video editing.

videoholic · « **Reply #10 on:** December 17, 2009, 03:56:36 AM »

I was PC all my life until three years ago. Mac is far more stable and easier to use. As many programs? No.. But they certainly have everything you need.

MPTheory · « **Reply #11 on:** December 17, 2009, 07:56:09 AM »

with stateless applications & OS\'s swinging our way, we will see a lot more stability for those folks who just want to read email, surf the web and watch Po2n. Thats when most people can give M$ the finger and the boot. I find mac more stable, to date, but I\'m not willing to pay a premium for such a lack of customization.

videoholic · « **Reply #12 on:** December 17, 2009, 08:03:27 AM »

I always said the same thing. Gosh it\'s so nice to be able to upgrade easily with the basic PC. But I never did... By the time I wanted to update my computer, the motherboard was out of date anyway so fuck it.

Mac Pro are going to jump to 12 core/24 threads next spring so I will probably upgrade then. I still have a quad.....

« **Reply #13 on:** December 17, 2009, 09:57:43 AM »

Quote from: videoholic

Mac Pro are going to jump to 12 core/24 threads next spring so I will probably upgrade then. I still have a quad.....

Nice. Do you think you\'ll see an improvement when working with/encoding video?

videoholic · « **Reply #14 on:** December 17, 2009, 05:42:21 PM »

Oh jeeze.. Al I do is render. It has to be way faster.

Encoding won\'t make a difference. That\'s real time.

Transcoding will be a lot faster though.

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