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Bugger. Windows 7+. I've had Windows 7 sitting on the shelf since the day it launched, but haven't get got round to installing it...

by porker 14y ago

pja 14y ago
7 the the first version of Windows that didn't bring me out in hives. Give it a whirl...you might be pleasantly surprised.
- porker 14y ago
  I've used windows 7 and do like it - it's the thought of reinstalling ~200 pieces of software that's been putting me off. Give me apt for Windows..!
  - ragesh 14y ago
    http://chocolatey.org/ http://chocolatey.org/ is perhaps the closest thing you'll find.
    - porker 14y ago
      Thanks!
dreen 14y ago
It really makes me wonder what is that they're using that doesn't work for older Windows...
- netcraft 14y ago
  I think it installed .net framework 4.5 - which according to Wikipedia is vista and above. And I bet they just didn't care to support vista.
- lttlrck 14y ago
  Perhaps they just don't want to invest in ensuring backwards compatibility, in particular testing overhead.
bitsoda 14y ago
You've been missing out on the best OS Microsoft has released IMO.
darklajid 14y ago
So.. You're either running Vista (and I really doubt that, because the upgrade to 7 is more or less straight forward, you'd have done it a long time ago) or the long dead, end of life, unsupported, zombie OS called Windows XP. Which is fine. But shouldn't you _expect_ being left out by now? XP came out in 2001 (hazy memory, quoting Wikipedia). OS X (10.0, Cheetah) came out the same year. What's the minimum requirement for the Cocoa app? Well, a quick lookup says 10.6, which is from 2009. Which, incidently, is the same year Windows 7 came out. So Sourcetree needs an OS that is no more than 3.x years old.. Bugger?
- rz2k 14y ago
  To be fair, SP3 was released in mid 2008, 7 wasn't released until late 2009, and XP had a greater usage share than 7 (and Vista combined) until early 2011. It is a sensible decision to only target Windows 7+, and the only reason to stick with XP would be specific compatibility with older programs, but it is a stretch to dismiss XP as a product that came out a decade ago when it still has an enormous market share.
  - darklajid 14y ago
    I agree. And I still don't know if he runs XP at all, of course. But being turned off by the '3+ years old OS' requirement is .. just odd.
    - porker 14y ago
      Yes I do still run XP - I've kept running it for a few reasons: 1) I've spent months customising this install so it 'just works' for me 2) There's over 200 programs I'll have to find, download and install on Windows 7 (finding my license keys, old binaries etc if necessary) 3) I keep saying I'll replace this PC (from late 2006), so it's not worth reinstalling... :)
      - heartbreak 14y ago
        Gee, I hope your hard drive keeps spinning, or you'll have a mess on your hands. I think I take the opposite approach. I try to have the most easy-to-reproduce dev (and just general use) environment possible.
acdha 14y ago
You have a year to upgrade before Microsoft pulls it completely off of life support: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/endofsupport.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/endofsupport.aspx If you care about security, performance, usability or even basic things like display text quality, upgrade now.
- porker 14y ago
  New computer coming this year - when I decide whether to stick with a Windows PC or switch to OSX... While I love software, you might have gathered I hate computer hardware and the setup of OS's :)

Bugger. Windows 7+. I've had Windows 7 sitting on the shelf since the day it launched, but haven't get got round to installing it...

by porker 14y ago

Bugger. Windows 7+. I've had Windows 7 sitting on the shelf since the day it launched, but haven't get got round to installing it...

pja 14y ago

7 the the first version of Windows that didn't bring me out in hives. Give it a whirl...you might be pleasantly surprised.

porker 14y ago
I've used windows 7 and do like it - it's the thought of reinstalling ~200 pieces of software that's been putting me off. Give me apt for Windows..!
- ragesh 14y ago
  http://chocolatey.org/ http://chocolatey.org/ is perhaps the closest thing you'll find.
  - porker 14y ago
    Thanks!

dreen 14y ago

It really makes me wonder what is that they're using that doesn't work for older Windows...

netcraft 14y ago
I think it installed .net framework 4.5 - which according to Wikipedia is vista and above. And I bet they just didn't care to support vista.
lttlrck 14y ago
Perhaps they just don't want to invest in ensuring backwards compatibility, in particular testing overhead.

bitsoda 14y ago

You've been missing out on the best OS Microsoft has released IMO.

darklajid 14y ago

So.. You're either running Vista (and I really doubt that, because the upgrade to 7 is more or less straight forward, you'd have done it a long time ago) or the long dead, end of life, unsupported, zombie OS called Windows XP. Which is fine. But shouldn't you _expect_ being left out by now? XP came out in 2001 (hazy memory, quoting Wikipedia). OS X (10.0, Cheetah) came out the same year. What's the minimum requirement for the Cocoa app? Well, a quick lookup says 10.6, which is from 2009. Which, incidently, is the same year Windows 7 came out. So Sourcetree needs an OS that is no more than 3.x years old.. Bugger?

rz2k 14y ago
To be fair, SP3 was released in mid 2008, 7 wasn't released until late 2009, and XP had a greater usage share than 7 (and Vista combined) until early 2011. It is a sensible decision to only target Windows 7+, and the only reason to stick with XP would be specific compatibility with older programs, but it is a stretch to dismiss XP as a product that came out a decade ago when it still has an enormous market share.
- darklajid 14y ago
  I agree. And I still don't know if he runs XP at all, of course. But being turned off by the '3+ years old OS' requirement is .. just odd.
  - porker 14y ago
    Yes I do still run XP - I've kept running it for a few reasons: 1) I've spent months customising this install so it 'just works' for me 2) There's over 200 programs I'll have to find, download and install on Windows 7 (finding my license keys, old binaries etc if necessary) 3) I keep saying I'll replace this PC (from late 2006), so it's not worth reinstalling... :)
    - heartbreak 14y ago
      Gee, I hope your hard drive keeps spinning, or you'll have a mess on your hands. I think I take the opposite approach. I try to have the most easy-to-reproduce dev (and just general use) environment possible.

acdha 14y ago

You have a year to upgrade before Microsoft pulls it completely off of life support: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/endofsupport.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/endofsupport.aspx If you care about security, performance, usability or even basic things like display text quality, upgrade now.

porker 14y ago
New computer coming this year - when I decide whether to stick with a Windows PC or switch to OSX... While I love software, you might have gathered I hate computer hardware and the setup of OS's :)