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  • RayintheUK
    Veteran Member
    • Sep 2003
    • 1792
    • Crowborough, East Sussex, United Kingdom.
    • Ryobi BT3000
    #1

    Windows 7 Release Candidate

    Anyone trying Windows 7 RC yet? I'm downloading it as I type, but if you've had any horrendous experiences with it, please share them with me!

    Ray
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    • Sam Conder
      Woodworker Once More
      • Dec 2002
      • 2502
      • Midway, KY
      • Delta 36-725T2
      #2
      Been running it on my work laptop since Beta1. My brief synopsis:

      The foundation looks good, the current driver base is terrible. It work well on my laptop because it's a Dell and dell works closely with MS on development so there are DECENT drivers available for my hardware.

      Once the driver base begins to grow, I think it will be a reall winner (as compared to Vista).
      Sam Conder
      BT3Central's First Member

      "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas A. Edison

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        • Chris_B
          Established Member
          • Apr 2006
          • 216
          • Cupertino, CA
          #3
          I've been running W7 64-bit since beta on my work laptop. Overall it works great, and seems to do a better job with SSD drives than Vista. Stability has been excellent and startup/shutdown is noticeably faster.

          The only nagging problem that I have is docking/undocking, where more often than not it gets confused about the monitor configuration.

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            • cgallery
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              • Sep 2004
              • 4503
              • Milwaukee, WI
              • BT3K
              #4
              I only used it a little but it seemed remarkably similar (at least on the surface) to Vista.

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                • crokett
                  The Full Monte
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 10627
                  • Mebane, NC, USA.
                  • Ryobi BT3000
                  #5
                  I have (well had till the HDD crashed) it on my desktop downstairs. I would be using it full time except for difficulties with getting the printer working. I like it, boots and shuts down noticeably faster than XP. I haven't had any problems with any of the apps I've tried to install.
                  David

                  The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.

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                    • Chris_B
                      Established Member
                      • Apr 2006
                      • 216
                      • Cupertino, CA
                      #6
                      Originally posted by cgallery
                      I only used it a little but it seemed remarkably similar (at least on the surface) to Vista.
                      It is definitely based on Vista, but W7 has removed most of the insanely frustrating 'features' of Vista. Most notably, UAC is *far* less annoying - so I have just left it on (I turned UAC off on my main desktop client). When there are driver issues W7 actually seems to help (vs. Vista's tendency to flip you off).

                      The new networking stack seems better, and the new taskbar is actually a useful improvement. Overall W7 also seems to be less of a resource hog, which is definitely a first for a new Windows client... So far the only thing that I miss from XP or Vista is the ability to revert to the 'Classic' start menu.

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