Windows 7 RC

[_tom_]

Anyone else tried this yet? I've just installed it on my laptop (3 year old Dell Inspiron 6000) and it seems great. I thought it might run slowly as it was never quick with XP, but its so much better! Quite liking the "radically updated taskbar" or whatever they call it, quite handy. Think I might put it on the desktop soon. The only problem at the minute is that it doesnt boot up very quickly, takes ages to get in but when you're in its fast. Same issue on my mates desktop which isnt much different a spec from mine...



Looks nice :)


edit - just realised for some reason I didnt format it, so I have a big folder called "Windows.old" which takes up over 20gb. Can I just delete this to free up some space?

[ailean]

Yes you can delete it, but if you do you lose the option to roll back.

I've not tried it yet as my home PC isn't really up to it. It's spec'd ok but some of the hardware is older and doesn't do well with Vista drivers, so I think Win 7 will crash and burn.

If it turns out well then I might consider a system upgrade. But I'd rather spend the money on gear :)

[JDC]

tom if you ain't heard, you'll be getting forced shut downs every 2 hours in March 2010

one of the features I like is the XP mode, it's only on the business versions but it lets you run programs in an xp virtual machine that's integrated into the windows 7 desktop itself, so it looks like a normal program instead of having to run a virtual pc... only works in certain very new processors though

[Lew]

Cool the new windows os is close and Digidesign still haven't given Protools $%&#ing vista compatability  :snipe:

[_tom_]

Yes you can delete it, but if you do you lose the option to roll back.

I've not tried it yet as my home PC isn't really up to it. It's spec'd ok but some of the hardware is older and doesn't do well with Vista drivers, so I think Win 7 will crash and burn.

If it turns out well then I might consider a system upgrade. But I'd rather spend the money on gear :)

Ah ok cool. I dont really want to roll back, this is fine for me :) My specs are pretty poor but it runs 7 so much better than XP. Specs are:

1.73ghz pentium m processor
1gb ram
128mb gfx card (though I'm not using aero)
60gb hdd
other cheap laptop stuff

tom if you ain't heard, you'll be getting forced shut downs every 2 hours in March 2010

Yep I knew that, but I'm thinking by that time I'll have probably changed computer or upgraded to a different OS so it shouldnt really affect me.. if it does I have XP Pro I can go back to until a proper version of 7 is available.

[Adam.M]

I'm surprised it's only doing that in March, It is after all just so you can see it and test it, it's just a Beta after all.

It does look good though, I have the 7000 Build on here and I'm going to have to check this RC/7100 out.

Is the task bar solid by default? I didn't like the see through one that the beta had, though having the option of transparency is always good.

I think I may buy Windows 7... here's to hoping they don't screw it up.

[Roobubba]

Word has it that W7 is working very well on legacy hardware. Far better than Vista in all cases, and in some cases also better than XP. Microsoft are definitely to be commended on that achievement!

I'll be trying out this release candidate fairly soon (few things to get out of the way first, though!).

Roo

[_tom_]

Yeah I wasnt going to bother until I found out it was available til March. I'm impressed though, my laptop has never ran so smoothly! Just dont know if I want to make the change on my main computer yet because of the slow startup time :(

[MDV]

I'm quite looking forward to windows 7. As soon as its out, RME have stable fireface drivers for it and when I know that DFH Sup 2 and a good DAW (not that fussed which anymore) work on it, I'm finally getting the i7 machine I've been planning for 6 months with it.

Use it as a 100% audio machine, keep my current one for tat; games and stuff.

[JDC]

hey tom since you've only got 1gb of ram, I'd get a fast usb stick or a fast memory card and use the readyboost feature, especially if you get the odd bit of hard drive stutter

[ailean]

Tom, did you have the option to dual boot install Win7? I'd like a look at it but can't afford to take down my XP environment.

[_tom_]

I think you can do that but I have no experience with dual booting machines so could be wrong.

[Adam.M]

I'm quite looking forward to windows 7. As soon as its out, RME have stable fireface drivers for it and when I know that DFH Sup 2 and a good DAW (not that fussed which anymore) work on it, I'm finally getting the i7 machine I've been planning for 6 months with it.

Use it as a 100% audio machine, keep my current one for tat; games and stuff.

Surely by then what you designed 6 months ago will be obsolete? as is the way with these things... sadly :(

[indysmith]

I'm quite looking forward to windows 7. As soon as its out, RME have stable fireface drivers for it and when I know that DFH Sup 2 and a good DAW (not that fussed which anymore) work on it, I'm finally getting the i7 machine I've been planning for 6 months with it.

Use it as a 100% audio machine, keep my current one for tat; games and stuff.

Surely by then what you designed 6 months ago will be obsolete? as is the way with these things... sadly :(

Yeah - boooo technological progress! Classic example of a guitarist :lol: Stuck in the '50s

[MDV]

I'm quite looking forward to windows 7. As soon as its out, RME have stable fireface drivers for it and when I know that DFH Sup 2 and a good DAW (not that fussed which anymore) work on it, I'm finally getting the i7 machine I've been planning for 6 months with it.

Use it as a 100% audio machine, keep my current one for tat; games and stuff.

Surely by then what you designed 6 months ago will be obsolete? as is the way with these things... sadly :(

No, but it should cost less than £1700 :)