Windows 7

MrSparkle

Doubt software dongles will work well, they're a pain even on XP on it's own to get going, never mind on a virtualised version. I haven't played with Hyper-V so don't know how well XP Mode will be implemented. There's some early shots of it here, looks like a mix of VM Fusion and Virtual PC.

http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/xp_mode_pre_shots.asp

They'll have a hard time selling it to businesses, it'll be slower like you were saying and they won't want to spend money on new HW just for it. There's no real reason to upgrade to it(from IT dept point of view) for users that just create reports with Excel and Word all day.

Still, it should be interesting/frustrating to play with anyway!

Mac daddy

If you have access to msdn/technet they have just uploaded a new version of virtual pc.

Just downloaded the two packages giving them a whirl tomorrow morning.

gloobag

Has anyone actually managed to legitimately activate RC1? I thought the keys I had from the beta would work, but none of them do

cpu-dude

gloobag wrote: »

Has anyone actually managed to legitimately activate RC1? I thought the keys I had from the beta would work, but none of them do

Yeah I have mine up and running right now. Here, I'll PM you my spare one.

Gadgetman496

Mine is working fine too on the the original beta key.

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5uspect

I'm planning on building a new i7 machine in the next few weeks.
I'm considering running the new RC instead of Vista as my main OS until the RTM.
Its valid until June 2010 and I hear rumours of an October OEM release.

I have a XP machine to fall back on just in case.
Am I mad?

cpu-dude

5uspect wrote: »

I'm planning on building a new i7 machine in the next few weeks.
I'm considering running the new RC instead of Vista as my main OS until the RTM.
Its valid until June 2010 and I hear rumours of an October OEM release.

I have a XP machine to fall back on just in case.
Am I mad?

You'd be mad not too

Gadgetman496

5uspect wrote: »

Am I mad?

No you're not.

2010's a long way off so to speak, so why not avail of it now

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5uspect

Thanks,
I can put the extra cash into hardware, or a new monitor and put a bit aside for the licence in the future so.

Mac daddy

Here's another tip for Windows Vista Enterprise users looking to move onto Windows 7

It’s pretty easy to upgrade from your existing Vista image to Windows 7 RC7100

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
Change the key : ProductName from “Windows Vista ™ Enterprise” to “Windows Vista ™ Business”
Change the key: EditionID from “Enterprise” to “Business”

Start Windows 7 RC setup!

works like a dream been playing around with it in work today and the virtual client

G-Money

I have the Windows 7 beta and it's been running fairly well. The only "issue" I noticed was the task bar kind of flickering. I think it happens when I'm running IE, but it's not all the time.

Anyway I plan to download the RC next week when it's released but I do have one question.

If I download the RC, can I install it on two seperate computers? Do I need two different product keys or anything?

AlmightyCushion

I think you can use the same product key as many times as you like. I'm using the same key on 2 different computers.

G-Money

Nice one, cheers. Thanks for the reply.

Kinetic^

Just wondering how windows 7 performs gaming wise? I noticed a slight drop in FPS when I moved from XP to Vista, maybe 10-15 fps.

Stephen

Better than Vista. I've been using Windows 7 x64 on my main machine for games since the beta came out without any problems. Playing lots of Left 4 Dead on it at the moment.

Now running Win7 64bit RC 7100 as my main system, installed everything I have both hardware and software with no issues. Looks and runs a whole lot better and a vast improvement preformance wise over Vista, games too are running quicker, smoother, and less install time too

Overall I'm very happy with it, it feels like a complete finished version OS and it's the best OS Microsoft have produced in my opinion :cool:

G-Money

The only "issue" I had with Windows 7 was with Second Life, it wouldn't run. You'd try and load it and it would complain about the hardware or some crap. A bit of digging in the error log and googling pointed out that the issue was with the video drivers. I was using whatever video drivers 7 had used for my video card, but when I installed the video drivers that came with my PC, Second Life magically worked.

Don't know if a similar issue may affect other games, but that's the only issue I've had. That and the taskbar flickering at times. I'm guessing/hoping that is fixed now.

tech

Running Windows ultimate 7 now on a test rig

Rc 71000 ver

HP d530
1.5 gig ram
running smoothly :P

nice OS so far!

Kinetic^

Stephen wrote: »

Better than Vista. I've been using Windows 7 x64 on my main machine for games since the beta came out without any problems. Playing lots of Left 4 Dead on it at the moment.

I knew there wouldn't be any problems tbh, it was more to see if there was any FPS drop when playing online. I've got both XP & Vista here, I'll test W7 out when the public beta is released.

tech

IE 8 is also very nice! MS are getting back on track !

Ginger

I am currently running Vista Ultimate SP1 with WSS3.0, MOSS 2007 and PerformancePoint 2007 as well as SQL Server 2008 (Dev).

Anyone know if either of these products will run on Windows7. I want to do the upgrade and see how it goes but kinda need these products to run otherwise I am stayingw here I am!

tech

It has NO driver for HP laserjet 2100

just going for the Vista drivers!

tech

all sorted again :P

Windows 7 grows on you, I have nero, office, Itunes and a few more bits seems ok

so far so good!

Villain

RC out to public tomorrow is it?

Ginger

Yup and its based on PST time

Zascar

Cool, can someone post a link when it is out please?

I hope its not going to be like the last time and all their servers crashed because of high demand...

Gangsta

Lads, are any of ye using it on a laptop? Just wondering what win7 is like for battery life. Have a vaio ns10 myself and vista sucks for battery life

Tea_Bag

hey im wondering if i should put W7 on my desktop PC but worried it won't run properly... any advice?

its an oldish Dell Dimension 3100 ie

P4 2.8Ghz HT (2 virtual processors)
1Gb RAM
128mb Onboard Intel graphics (boo)
160GB HDD
currently running XP Pro MCE (I refused to jump to Vista because i hated it so much..)

Oh i have a HP Photosmart C3180 printer that MUST run on W7 or its a no no.. (does it?)

thanks!!

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usually just a boards.ie browser, thought i'd join up cause its a laff

quarryman

Tea_Bag wrote: »

hey im wondering if i should put W7 on my desktop PC but worried it won't run properly... any advice?

its an oldish Dell Dimension 3100 ie

P4 2.8Ghz HT (2 virtual processors)
1Gb RAM
128mb Onboard Intel graphics (boo)
160GB HDD
currently running XP Pro MCE (I refused to jump to Vista because i hated it so much..)

Oh i have a HP Photosmart C3180 printer that MUST run on W7 or its a no no.. (does it?)

thanks!!

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usually just a boards.ie browser, thought i'd join up cause its a laff

Running it on a similar PC and its fine. Regarding your printer, does it work on Vista? If so, then it should be ok on Win7.

Tea_Bag

quarryman wrote: »

Running it on a similar PC and its fine. Regarding your printer, does it work on Vista? If so, then it should be ok on Win7.

exellent thanks. 1 more question, do you recomend a format/install of the HDD or would an upgrade of the XP -> W7 be sufficient?