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    Image of akashhhhh akashhhhh
    01/23/09

    In reply to Win 7 Tip: Device Stage Gadget Interface Is Gorgeous (When Supported!)
    I don't understand the taskbar icon...when would it be there? Like, I'm not gonna pin it and if the managing window is already open why do I need the jump list off the taskabr? Maybe I'm confused.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    01/23/09

    @akashhhhh: The icon can stay when the managing window goes away, so you can get easy access. Maybe a printer isn't the best example, but think of cameras or phones—something with storage that you want to get at randomly. One of my points is that the jump menu is way better than that managing window for most regular workflow stuff, so odds are, that icon will be your friend long after you've forgotten what the XML page even looks like.
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    Image of Davide Canavesi Davide Canavesi
    01/23/09

    In reply to Win 7 Tip: Device Stage Gadget Interface Is Gorgeous (When Supported!)
    Any chance of having Device Stage with HP printers?
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    01/23/09

    @Davide Canavesi: My edumacated guess is that the chance of HP on Device Stage is 100%.
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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    01/23/09

    @Davide Canavesi: there are already several in this list - follow the link in the article
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    Image of bonedog73 bonedog73
    01/23/09

    In reply to Win 7 Tip: Device Stage Gadget Interface Is Gorgeous (When Supported!)
    All I know is that Windows 7 runs like crap on my laptop...and all this HYPE makes me think it's Vista all over again.
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    Image of Futrell Futrell
    01/23/09

    @bonedog73: What are your specs? (I'm thinking of trying it out on my relatively wimpy lappy that's currently running Vista...)
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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    01/23/09

    @Futrell: as I've said in other Win 7 posts, I've got it on my oldest rig that's about a decade old (except the video card), with full Aero: Single core 32 bit AMD Athlon XP 2600+ @ 2.13GHz w 266MHz FSB; 1GB DDR SDRAM @ 266MHz; ATI Radeon 2600XT w 512MB GDDR3 (gimped by AGP 8x interface, and further gimped by 4x AGP slot on the motherboard).
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    Image of JeffEd JeffEd
    01/23/09

    @Zlevee: My guess is you've got some driver issues. The weakest machine I've installed 7 on was my Wind netbook's Atom. And it works as well if not better than XP. Same story for dual-core Atom 330 and 64-bit VMware'd on my MBP.


    It's a huge step over Vista, As long as they get the Beta kinks worked out. I've been overly impressed.

    Check the forums (google) and see if anyone else has installed the Win7beta on a system similar to yours. Maybe you can find the conflict.

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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    01/23/09

    @JeffEd: I'm assuming you meant this for bonedog73. I was saying it runs fine for me on an old system.
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    Image of vladdybear vladdybear
    01/23/09

    In reply to Win 7 Tip: Device Stage Gadget Interface Is Gorgeous (When Supported!)
    This is so sad. Windows Just getting to this?
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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    01/23/09

    @vladdybear: Just getting to what? Presenting a unified UI? I'm sure there was soem resistance to that by 3rd parties.
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    Image of mocax mocax
    01/23/09

    In reply to Win 7 Tip: Device Stage Gadget Interface Is Gorgeous (When Supported!)
    i was kinda surprised when the device stage for my Motorazr2 V8 popped up almost immediately after i plugged the phone in.


    doesn't work if i set my phone to "storage device" mode though.

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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    01/23/09

    @mocax: What kind of functionality did you get?
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    Image of mrzippy mrzippy
    01/23/09

    In reply to Win 7 Tip: Device Stage Gadget Interface Is Gorgeous (When Supported!)
    This feature is very similar to what happens on my Mac, can safely say I have never installed a driver since 2003 and all my printers have been recognised and shown an icon that looks just like the printer!


    Nice feature though, more detailed images than the current Mac equivalent.

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    Image of pdditty pdditty
    01/23/09

    @mrzippy: i was about to say the same thing, the icons on my Mac arent this big but still they are there. Nice feature but its not the first time we've seen this
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    01/23/09

    @pdditty: Actually, about half of this functionality is stuff you haven't seen before on the Mac. I should know—what do you think I used to type this article? Drivers are definitely old hat. Even XP had certain device drivers pre-installed. But rich, specific menus accessible from the taskbar and the XML pages pushed through a content network as they're built, man, that's all new.
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    Image of Anarian Anarian
    01/23/09

    In reply to Win 7 Tip: Device Stage Gadget Interface Is Gorgeous (When Supported!)
    Sweet... Seems like Windows 7 may be a great success afterall
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    01/23/09

    @Anarian: SShhhh! Musnt wake the fanbois...
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    Image of mynamesafad mynamesafad
    01/23/09

    In reply to Win 7 Tip: Device Stage Gadget Interface Is Gorgeous (When Supported!)
    Cant wait til my cell phone is supported.
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    Image of lexz11 lexz11
    01/23/09

    @mynamesafad: even my iPhone isn't supported, neither is my HP printer or any other gadget.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    01/23/09

    @lexz11: Just wait for it—this list is growing every day. Some good cameras (including the Nikon D90) are coming very soon.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/21/08

    In reply to Official Nvidia Mobile GPU Drivers Available Online
    Thank GOD, they're for XP too...
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    12/20/08

    In reply to Official Nvidia Mobile GPU Drivers Available Online
    Sadly this doesn't do anything for those of us with mobile nVidia GPU's prior to the 8 series... *sigh* left in the dust again after only a couple years. My 17" powerhouse laptop is pretty much useless junk now.


    The only driver it runs properly with is from nearly 3 years ago (any newer drivers don't engage the GPU fan properly and temps skyrocket to PAINFUL levels). So, it can barely run anything new or graphically intensive. Altho, a couple years ago it was quite good.


    Time to throw it on ebay for a couple hundred bucks and dig into my credit for a new laptop. :/

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