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Yeah, the first thing I noticed between XP and Win7 was the speed. Not just the boot speed, but the general speed of the OS. I dunno. I still think that my next computer will be a Mac. With Win7 as a VM. Better safe than sorry.

Sigh. I can't answer the poll. I can't decide which is my favourite. It's a close tie between Voyager and Enterprise. DS9 would come second, then TNG, with TOS in last place. As for the movies, it would be: First Contact, the Voyage Home, and Nemesis.

Hehehe, did you guys see this when it was in the news? (Man robs 7-Eleven with a Bat'Leth!) Don't watch Dr Who. It's bad for your health. I have no idea why we ship the retched stuff over to you guys! What's with all the hate for Enterprise? I thought it was a great series.

(Text highlighted by me) Damn, I'm gonna be out of money by the time Summer's over!

Hehehe, sure. It's still just an RC, so we'll have to wait and see. I take it you're using Vista? I'm still on XP, so for me, Windows 7 is a significant jump. I agree, I've got it on a partition for the moment. It's going to stay there until I've tried all the features I use a few times to make sure it's stable.

Damnit Galahad! How can you detest Enterprise? Tell me what was wrong about it! (Don't you DARE mention the theme tune, that's not a valid argument!) Yeah, he is quite easy on the eyes. Saying that, they're ALL quite easy on the eyes. (Except perhaps Scotty) Hopefully I'd have seen the movie by then, so I'd be ready to watch something like that! (Chants) Bring Back Star Trek! Bring Back Star Trek! I just hope he doesn't go and interview any of the eccentric fans. Anyone remember that film Trekkies? I agree, Kirk wasn't on my list of favourites. Saying that, the Original Series was my least favourite out of them all. Not really sure why. But it isn't at the bottom any more! Hehehe, I'm not that much a fan of Mr Pegg.

ME! PICK ME!!! The first thing I done yesterday was pick up the new RC. I've installed it over the old one and I have to say, it's pretty darn good. When I have the time to migrate over, I'm going to make it my primary OS! What about you, Galahad? Given it a test with those (dodgy) graphics cards yet?

I saw X-men yesterday, I'm seeing Star Trek sometime next week, and Angels and Demons the week after. Too many good movies = Nothing is gonna stop me! Even zombies.

Star Trek: Andromeda would be great, but I doubt that they'd use the novels to explain the current situation of the quadrant/galaxy. It would be cool, but I doubt it. As I mentioned before, Stargate Universe is (apparently) gonna explore real alien looking aliens, so it will be interesting to see what they come up with and if something similar would work on Trek. A big budget, Ron Moore and a great cast will guarantee success. But I'm thinking that Paramount will just sit on movies for a while, if this one goes well. I always thought that it would have been good for the Romulans to be goodies for a change. Just kiss & make-up already! Hehehe, trust Janeway to be the one to take out the Borg. Does Sisko return in any of those Novels? Or, we could just use the EMH. Some of those wallpapers are quite cool, like the black/shadowy one. Yeah, Chekov is kinda cute. (Still have my eyes set on the Vulcan!) You had a very good mother in that regard! You're right, this is going to be very different from anything we've seen or associated with Star Trek, so it will be interesting to see how it pans out! ----------- Aside from that, my friends have been quite vocal about how they ALL want to go see the new movie. These were the same people who would NEVER watch the show, just because it's Star Trek. So I was very surprised when they said that they want to see it. Has anyone else come across this 'phenomena' in their group of friends/family?

Happy Birthday, Comsie! I hope you have a great day!

USS Titan, eh? Like the sound of that! Quite a detailed storyline you have there, clearly this was all off the top of your head...(WINK WINK) Making Star Trek intergalactic would certainly have kept things new. Saying that, it might have been something like Stargate in that regard, with a different galaxy and everything. Except with different races, rather than Humans. The potential story lines for such a series would have been enormous. And with those species being part of the Federation, it would be great to see some of them serving onboard the ships within Starfleet. Oh, and where would have the Borg fitted into that? Would the Federation have wiped them out, or would they simply be on the defensive, as always? Rick Berman is frowning at you right now. "With a few clicks of his mouse, a new frontier of GA can be born..." Star Trek movie vs. papers Hmmm. Which one to choose?... A Starfleet Medical officer? If GA had a starship of it's own, sickbay would be yours.

You're most welcome. Your hard work and dedication has earned you the recognition that you rightfully deserve. Thank you, Talon! On behalf of authors, writers and readers worldwide, I'd like to give a big thank you to The Writers Support Team here at GA, and to editors, beta readers, and everyone else behind the scenes for all the work that they do. And for how very much that it is appreciated. Thank you guys!

No, no, please don't stop. I think we need some more Trek on GA. (Cough) An entire section (Cough) I can see what you mean by Enterprise, but I personally enjoyed that series. Perhaps it didn't work with television in the early 00's, but it was a good representation of Star Trek. Ok, now you're teasing me. Ron Moore heading up a Star Trek film would be amazing. Completely amazing. A closer look at the occupation would be a nice idea, but that would have probably worked better as a separate series. (With Moore heading it) If Ron Moore could bring BSG into Star Trek, it would be fantastic. Just imagine the gritty episodes of DS9, but with a BSG twist to it. It would have rocked! I wasn't too hot about them revisiting the Original Series period, but it makes the best sense from a marketing/selling perspective. Especially considering they could throw Nimoy in there for good measure. Ok, now maybe I should stop. The Klingon foreheads was explained in Season 4 of Enterprise, but it seemed more like a way to cover their own mess up in the pilot, rather than a full explanation, so I'll let you have that one. Ok, Talon, explain to me how resistance is not futile! (Don't answer and make me look silly ) Aww, now if there was some millionaire on these forums, then he/she could have hired out a cinema (and pay for flights) just for a special GA screening. Then we could all go as a (small) group. Hehehe, I have the same problem. Forget about the head slicing, I just wanna rush up and look for the pointed ears. A Voyager movie would have been great, but I'm not sure how they could make a movie about it. Saying that, any movie with the Voyager crew would have been magic.

Hey guys! Ok, now I don't want to step on James' movie topic, but I wanted to create one just for the new Star Trek movie, because it deserves it! So who's going? I wanna hear from all of you, Trekkies and non-Trekkies alike! I'm all set, got my tickets booked and everything! Just waiting for the day... Oh, and in case you are having any lingering doubts, let me dispose of them with this: (Swoons at hotness) Yep, Resistance really is futile! Emulated

Happy Birthday, Vance! I hope you have a great day!

I agree, it's much better.

Shhh! We're not going to talk about those! I have also read similar things regarding complex applications and its use in the scientific community. I should have been clearer and stated that, what are the benefits for the average user? E.g. MS Word, Firefox, iTunes and stuff? In some games I've only seen a negligible increase in the FPS. Unless it increases stability when multitasking, I can't see how it's a real benefit for everyone. Perhaps we've yet to see this type of software take full advantage of running on a x64 OS. In the short time that I used Ubuntu, I had problems with drivers. Win7, for the most part, was quite adept in that area. You can bet that MS are working with Nvidia and Ati for Win7, given the fact that it needs a 'competent' graphics card to run with aero.

ACK!!! (hides under bed) That thing is HIDEOUS! I want that androgynous cat back!

"We can all be camp, Simon! We can all be camp!"

No one hopefully! (Who knows, perhaps Linux market share would be higher by then?) Yeah? Cool!!! Screen caps of the new UI would be gladly appreciated! (I'm asking everyone out there!) I've never understood the real benefits behind x64. It seems to me that people spend more time complaining about driver issues and stuff. Are there any real benefits beside a slight increase in speed? Oh and some more news: The public RC is rumoured to be released on May 5th. I just hope it fixes some of those issues we've been having!

Happy Birthday, Kurt! I hope you have a great day!

I agree with your point about the updates. I recently reinstalled XP on a machine and spent ages downloading and installing the many patches and security fixes that were available. With something like XP, which has been out for around nearly 8 years, there's been so many updates that it's becoming ridiculous. Hopefully Windows 7, when released, should be able to stand on its own two feet longer than XP did, and still maintain some speed regardless of how many times its been updated. Yep, free XP support was 'terminated' last Tuesday, (14th). You can still get support, but you're gonna have to pay. Security fixes will be provided freely until 8 April 2014. Now that's a bloody long time! Have you also heard the rumour that MS might be changing the UI of Win 7? That would be interesting to see. That's true. Once finished, I'm sure that Windows 7 will be much better than any version of XP. (Well I hope!)

Yeah? I have to admit, it was the first time I had heard of the issue. (I don't look in Win 7 forums, so it could be widespread and just avoided me) XP Pro? Naah, XP Home for me, I'm afraid.

I don't blame you. What's the use of having something nice and shiny if you can't see it all the time? I think it needs some more time in the oven.