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David Lum wrote: > > VM'd a 64-bit one with VMWare Workstation on Friday from an ISO, took > 18 minutes from ISO boot to desktop on a modern hardware w/ 8GB RAM. > > > > "Vista R2" is a good way to describe initial impressions. > > */David Lum/*/ /*// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 > > *From:* Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, January 12, 2009 5:09 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Now that Win7 is out , whos running it? > > > > Been running smoothly here. Have it both on a test desktop, and threw > it on my laptop. Both have been running smoothly for now. IE8 is too > buggy for me, installed FireFox. Office 2007 works with no problems. > So far, I have not come across any software that I use normally that > does not run in Windows 7. *Much* quicker boot time than XP/Vista on > the same machine. Getting in the lower teens for boot time on the > desktop, low 20's on the laptop. > > > > So... so far, so good. > > > > Christopher J. Bosak > > Vector Company > > c. 847.603.4673 > > [email protected] > > > > /"You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue."/ > > /- B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me/ > > > > *From:* Ken Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, January 12, 2009 07:00 hrs > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Now that Win7 is out , whos running it? > > > > We've had builds for about 4 months via TAP. Been running it on my > main machine for several weeks now. > > > > The icon grouping thing takes a while getting used to (some ways it's > faster, but if you had pet ways of using the older-style taskbar, some > things are slower). Explorer doesn't lose folder column preferences > anymore (thank goodness). IE8 has a bunch of bugs (and the IE task bar > icon randomly doesn't display some tabs, which is really annoying). > The positioning of the "show desktop" in the bottom right corner is > great (you can drag your mouse there) unless you have a second monitor > that extends your desktop to the right. Dunno if it's my chipset > drivers but I have a heap of problems with USB power after a random > number of sleep/resume cycles. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Sunday, 11 January 2009 2:58 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Now that Win7 is out , whos running it? > > > > I loaded win7 in a vm the other day (I got my hands on it on Wed), and > it took everything I pretty much **needed**. Quickbooks 9, Office 2007 > etc etc. > > > > Sooo yesterday I dropped a new drive in and loaded it directly on my > box (quad 9950, Geforce 9600, 3gb ram, 2x22' dvi screens, asus onboard > audio/nic) > > > > System came right up, Nvidia already has a driver in Windows Update, > MSN, Office, Quicbooks, Rocketdock, City of Heroes all work as expected. > > > > A few apps aren't running right (I am on the 64bit where my vista was > 32bit) -- CutePDF, MagicDisc, MountISO (all 'driver' related stuff) > doesn't seem to load correctly. > > > > IMGBurn works, haven't tried Nero 9 yet, but will look at that today. > > > > I don't know about faster/slower/benchmarks, however, I think the > added desktop stuff while may take a little bit to get used to > (grouping icons, disappearing windows when you select stuff in > toolbar) seems much more efficient. The 'changing' desktop is pretty > nice too. > > > > The UAC has a gradiant scale. IE8 seems pretty good, the new 'private' > version of the browser looks promising. The 'home' sharing setup with > the keycodes is pretty neat, but I haven't tried it yet. > > > > I would have to say overall, Im pretty impressed with the 'beta' so far. > > > > So for today, I am going to stick with it as my primary computer at > the house and see how stable it remains. Just curious what other > people like about it too. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
