Hello Saverio, and welcome to the forum
I have also been using 7 for the past weeks, it has not been problem free, maybe due to mistakes by myself, :) but there have also been no problems that I could not sort out.
There will be no going back for me, and my only problem will be what to do with all the copies of Vista that I have
Pooch
Hi,
my first install was a dual-boot with XP pro. I didn'n expect to keep 7, so I simply chose a free 10GB partition to try it.
As it turned out, 7 worked great. (where my notebook + Vista RC1 = hell on earth)
So I decided to give the official beta build a more comfy home^^
Single booting now. I'm Using the XP disk as ext. USB-storage.
Basically, since it's a XP install with the USB modifications, I could run it from there, but I never bothered to try it; there was simply no need for it (so far).
2 destops dedicated win7 only op system, 2 laptops dual booting win7/vista on seperate partitions. no significant problems either way. hardly ever boot to vista anymore other than my financial software and network diagnostic softwares.
Being a Vista 'hater' from the word 'GO', I was very wary about Windows 7, I need not have worried, as I now use it as my 'main' OS 24/7Stable as a rock and undergoing some heavy overclock testing day by day.
WOW !
Thanks everyone for the great welcome and response!
Well you gus and gals have made my mind up!
I've had a copy of vista Ultimate x64 ready to install, and downloaded all my device drivers for it, so hopefully it should all be good to go.
I've got the apps I use now with vista ready versions and where possible x64 versions.
I dont really have any games just lots of 3d modelling and cad software which are all certified vista ready and compatible, so that should be cool
I've been saving a nice 15K scsi drive for this so hopefully since Se7en has been stripped of some of it's flab, it should hopefully boot like a rocket!
Also I've been reading that it's got a feature that allows people with poor eyesight to still use large resolution monitors buy adjusting font sizes within all apps and windows - my partner has poor eyesight and at the moment we use a resolution manager to allow her user profile to load at 786 x 1024 instead of the monitor's native 1200 x 1600.
If this is the case, then it beats apples equivalent hands down
Anyway thanks for the votes of confidence, you've made my mind up for me!
I am now using win 7 as my main OS. It is reliable now with the driver updates etc.
I did have VISTA ultimate. I will be loading my games on here soon. :)
I'm reading a lot about 'builds' when the software updates do you get the latest build release or are you stuck on the one you downloaded initially?
On the iso download it says:
7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.iso
does this mean I have build 7000?
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