Windows 7 RC, what you think so far?

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Alreet

Just wondering who is using windows 7 and what you think so far? Ive just updated both my systems to vista a few weeks ago with xp as secondary instead of primary OS (i like to make sure things are stable first lol).
So, im just wanting to know your experiences so far of windows 7, things such as good and bad features, things you miss, compatability issues etc. Ive heard that there is also an XP compatability mode so what you guys think of this so far?

Cheers

Mick

 

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I've been loving it since Beta
but the RC bringing XP Mode really made a difference for me, VMW Workstaiton didnt work properly in 7 beta, but does in RC, and has its own unity feature, but XP mode is cool too
I have the vSphere client running in XP because it doesnt work in 7 yet

the snap to side aero feature is awesome when im working on two things or have a single monitor (like laptop)

so far, awsome product

 

just downloading it now, gonna run it under vm first

 

Alreet mate, hows it going?
Whats vsphere? Never heard of it lol.

Any plans to get over UK for a GTG, they arent the same without ya

 

Ive had problems with IE8 aswell, it tends to just close pages randomly and then restart them due to a crash.
I did notice your other thread regarding processors that support the virtualisation feature. Do you know if the E2200 or Q6600 support this and do you know of any guides that show how to set this bad boy up ?

Cheers

Mick

 

Ive had a dabble with it on fusion 2, its nice so far, but ive very limited use of it

 

Cool cheers for that

 

I've been running the RC since the day it came out and love it. I first ran it on a VM and now it is my main OS. I have had absolute success with almost everything, I really like the new task bar and the action center. I think Microsoft finally found their new XP with Win7. I have had the same problems with IE8, so I just don't use it, I prefer FireFox anyway.

I did have a problem with drivers for my old Micro Innovations webcam, but since I paid $5 for it two years ago I figured it was time to upgrade anyway and got myself a new Logitech Pro 9000. When installing it wasn't letting me install drivers and software first so to override the problem I just plugged it in first and it finally recognized the device and then let me install. It takes getting used to the directory views if you did not use Vista extensively but I really like the libraries they have set up, nice way to keep everything organized and easy access.

 

Cool, so are ya havin any software issues, what AV are ya using?

 

I've posted a new thread on this issue but i got no answers yet so here it goes:

I've downloaded Win7 RC1 and installed on a VMware VM. I can't get win7 to install a network device driver. I want to use VMWare workstation's NAT network configuration so that it could share my host's IP address but it simply does not install a network driver. I've used the troubleshooting feature on win7 and it pointed out this particular problem...what should I do? I've followed these instructions (http://communities.vmware.com/thread/136676) but it did not work...has any of you guys had a similar problem?

 

Nope - but have you tried just powering off the VM, adding a second NIC, powering it up and using that instead? This has worked for me as a 'quick fix' in the past when I've had issues with networking in VMWare Server

 

What do you mean by AV? Sorry for the ignorance.

 

Raff means AntiVirus

 

Sorry, I had a momentary brain fart. I'm running Free AVG, I was having a problem getting McAfee to update in the Win7 environment. So far so good with AVG.

 

Does it run well on an average spec laptop like XP and unlike Vista ? Is it's footprint less than 14 GB ?

Let me know when you finish testing it for free for the richest IT corp and have ironed out all the bugs, I may then install Windows 7 SP5.

 

I've got it on my work PC and in the house


Work:

Code:

Processor AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3000+ 3.5  
Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB 4.2 
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM v1.1) 3.4 
Gaming graphics 1023 MB Total available graphics memory 5.1 
Primary hard disk 112GB Free (140GB Total) 5.9 

Not the best spec in the world but it runs the 32 bit version poerfectly but its not a patch on my x64 in the house