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Microsoft reveals their next OS - Windows 7
Quantum:
--- Quote from: chip! on May 09, 2009, 06:33:34 am ---Some interesting benchmarks on Windows 7 RC1 compared to Vista and XP... guess which OS is winning?
http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=3557&p=15
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Notice they compare 7 x64, Vista x64 and XP x64. The thing here is that XP x64 is based off Windows Server 2003 and has a different performance portfolio to the original XP.
TheHalf™:
Has any one installed Win7 and if so how did you go about installing? ie: separate partition or upgrade 'cause what I'd like to do since I have 4 separate HDD's is dedicate one solely for installing Win7. Any replies will be very helpful.
TheHalf™
chip!:
Hey... I've done it a few times now..
The first time, I choose to install it to a separate partition.. and thus dual boot Vista & Windows 7... this was painless and required nothing other than already having the D:\ partition setup. The clean install setup took about 35 minutes and I had no problems.
The 2nd time, I choose to "upgrade" that Win 7 installation using my post above that changes the "cversion.ini" so that the installer will upgrade the "Beta" to the "RC"... this also was painless, aside from having to make that minor file change... but the upgrade took a little over an hour. If I would do it again, I would skip the upgrade and just format my D:\ and start fresh. I have not tried to "upgrade" a Windows Vista partition to straight Win 7.. while this WILL be possible with the RTM of Win 7, I dont know off hand if it can be done with the RC. I am guessing that it can with a simple modification of the "cversion.ini" to include a minor= build of 6000 (Vista).
But keep in mind that the RC will expire sometime next year, so I would advise you to first install it as a dual-boot machine, in case you want to fall back to Vista.. (or i guess WinXP)..
Any other specific questions.. I'd be happy to answer.. :)
thanks!
chip!:
http://www.gosugoon.com/
here you can find links to torrents with the latest leaks of win 7 builds... awesome :)
chip!:
for those of you who are interested.. the first Windows 7 RTM Candidate has been released:
Windows 7 RTM Candidate build 7260 x86 (by WZT)
http://www.gosugoon.com/data/7260.0.x86fre.090612-2110.client_en-us.ultimate_loader_7201x86-gosugoon.iso.torrent
This is one of the last builds before it is finalized and sent off to the computer manufactures and DVD/CD presses. There might be one or 2 more "builds", but at this point, Windows 7 is feature complete, entirely stable, and rocking awesome!
According to many sources, the actual Windows 7 RTM will be released June 19th, 2009. However, the main advantage of using one of the last RTM Canidates is that your FREE beta license keys WILL work.. so you can keep using the product for free until it expires... March 2010. If you wait to install the RTM, then you will have to use a new license key.. etc.
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