Well for us UK customers we can pre-order Windows 7 from £50 to £100
depending on version (Home Premium E or Professional E) from July 15 to
August 14. The e stands for the fact Microsoft will not be shipping a
browser on EU-based versions of Windows 7.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Marang" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 5:49 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Questions regarding netbook computer,and windows
operating systems
I have not purchased a Netbook yet. I hear that some stores and
manufactures in the US will be offering a free Windows 7 Home Premium
upgrade on all XP and Vista computers sold between now and the final
release of Windows 7 is available. I know Dell and Best Buy were
mentioned. It sounds like the DVD will be mailed out automatically from
the manufacturer when released. Not sure how they can afford this with the
small profit margins on Netbooks. If you are buying before October 22, it
can't hurt to ask!
Don Marang
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Hallsworth" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Questions regarding netbook computer,and windows
operating systems
Hi, for the moment, you are on your own to install and use Windows 7 RC.
RC stands for release candidate and is a prerelease version of the
product. On my machine I found it to be generally stable but is
definitely rough in some areas which will be fixed in time for the full
release. This won't be the case on all machines. However you are most
likely going to be fine with Windows 7 RC if you're using a Vista machine
or a recent XP machine, including netbooks. If you wish to use Windows 7
RC, buy a netbook with XP. Partition the hard drive then you can create a
dual boot configuration, with XP and 7 RC. That way if something went
wrong with 7 you can roll back to XP and safely delete your partition
without affecting the entire system. I'd also suggest creating a virtual
environment so you can test 7 without even affecting the physical
environment. The problem is I'm not sure how well virtualization products
run on Netbooks. I expect though that with 2GB of RAM it should run fine.
1GB might be too much unless you assign the virtual machine's memory to
no more than half the size. Finally, you could just wait till Windows 7
is out then you should start seeing netbooks with Windows 7 preloaded.
Hope this all helps.
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Chris Hallsworth
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Albert Cutolo" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Questions regarding netbook computer,and
windows operating systems
Hi Chris.
Thanks for the heads up on my question.
however, I need to ask one mor if I may. Do you think that I should
wait for the full release of windows 7 before purchasing the netbook?
or should I have them install the rc version of windows 7, and then
later on, have them install the full version of the program after
windows 7 is officially released too the public.
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