Solved How are you using Windows 7?

[silma]

Main OS here. No issues so far, with games, IDEs like Eclipse, Visual Studio 2008 and NetBeans running smoothly, as well as every other program I tried (among others: Office 2010 TCP, Adobe Photoshop CS4, Blender)

I've never been happier with a MS prerelease

 

[oldewolfe]

Swapped in a Fresh Drive for Clean Install and Runnin' 32 Bit Win7 Build 7100 Solo...

I just swap out Cables to the Original Drive to Move programs around, so far, No Issues of Life Altering Nature...

Initial Program Moving went Smooth, but found they ran Better if Downloaded Fresh from respective Sites (IE: Xfire, Combat Arms, AVG 8.5 Free, Cooliris, etc...) while others ran without Hiccup after Copying (Hoyle Puzzle Games and Everest Home Basic- The Later just want Admin to run Sensors)...

Drivers Updated beyond my Original XP Settings on Install and Start Up, Printer Drivers needed Sorted from Manufacturer but the Lexmark was Painless (Took me directly to the Site thru a Link) and the Canon BJC needed a File Downloaded to get the Proper Driver which took a bit Longer, but in the end, I have more Control over my Printer Functions than I had in XP...

It reads my Cobra 5.0 Megapixel Cam as a Webcam, which it does do, but haven't figured that one out yet (It's not actually working on 7 yet)... Haven't tried loading Office 2003 yet either, but it's planned for later this week...

Otherwise, I'm Liking it so far and can't wait for the final product... Oh, and just what Build are we officially in anyway...???

Sorry for the Length, just seemed like relatively important details...

 

[Mitchell90]

Been using Windows 7 as my main and only OS since Build 6801 and I'm now running Build 7127 x64.

 

[oldewolfe]

How was that Installed... Fresh or Upgraded from a Previous Version...?????

 

[smarteyeball]

have suse in another drive but havent used it for sometime...

Ditto. That's why it got the bullet

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Seven's my main OS too now. Vista's a backup and is being used less and less.

 

[Mercurial]

Windows 7 = entertainment OS ( music, video , games , TV, ect ... ) XP SP3 = Programming/IT OS on two pc's

but still vista on my laptop

 

[napilopez]

Been using Seven as my primary OS since 6801, booting with Vista SP2(x86) and Ubuntu 9.04. I'm used every single windows 7 build leaked(not counting x86 and x64 versions), except for 7022, up until 7100. I started using x64 with 7000, am not turning back.

Am currently on 7100 and don't plan on upgrading till RTM unless major speed improvements or cool new features(such as glass right menus as rumored) are reported

 

[Voodoo]

Hi

Only OS on my main machine, 64 Bit and 32 bit on my main laptop.


Greig

 

[oldewolfe]

Being Computer Stupid here... Besides Security... What's the Differance between 32 and 64 Bit OS's...???

 

[Zagadka]

Well, this is something gone over many times... I just now do this:

64-bit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[garbanzo]

it's my one and only OS. i held on to XP on another partition until RC1, then i got over my attachment and filled the partition with something more useful - HD rips of my favorite movies

 

[trae329]

Main OS but I'm trying to get it to boot on my Blackberry...

are you serious?

trae329

 

[Ves]

At the moment as main OS. This is so I can prepare for my transition to the full version once it gets out and I get a new PC. (coming from XP)

 

[tw33k]

i dual boot with vista ultimate but have only booted up 7100 since installing it

 

[GatoSoft]

I'm using Windows 7 as main OS in all the PCs I use. My PC at work, used for tech service purposes, is using build 7057 x86, my notebook Acer Aspire 4520 was using 7057 x86 too but now I'm using 7100 that have upgraded via clean install a few days ago. And my Core2Quad is using 7048 x64, but I'll install 7127 x64 soon, because 7048 have too many bugs for the what I use it. :huh:
Also, I'm installing Windows 7 on PCs of my family and friends, also to SOME special clients at work.

Windows 7 rulz. Efficient, fast, compatible (too much compatible even when it was on beta phase), comfortable, cute, etc.
I mean, I loved Vista when it came out but, it was a memory hog and needs too much tweaking to make it working good and smooth. Windows 7 needs 10% of the tweaking that Vista needs and even without tweaking is working great. Also with less bugs than Vista.
I recommend to all the people that is using Windows Vista and is not sure to move to Windows 7, to do it. Is better in all the posible ways and, at the moment, free to try.

 

[Scotteq]

Dual Booting Win 7 64 with Vista 64. At first, I was using both. But at the present time, I'm almost exclusively using 7.

 

[Mitchell90]

How was that Installed... Fresh or Upgraded from a Previous Version...?????

Oh, I went through a bunch of the early ones including all the x64 leaked builds after 7000 on my main desktop. I basically just done upgrades after 7000 until I reached 7100 and I'm now continuing this method again starting with 7127.

6519 x64 (Dual Boot with Vista x64)
6801 x64 (Clean install)
6936 x64 (Clean install)
7000 x64 (Clean install)
7022 x64 (Upgrade)
7048 x64 (Upgrade)
7057 x64 (Upgrade)
7068 x64 (Upgrade)
7077 x64 (Upgrade)
7100 x64 (Clean install)
7127 x64 (Upgrade)

Overall the upgrade process in Windows 7 is pretty good and vastly improved over Vista, I've not ran into any major issues yet.

Greig

Yes that's me! lol

 

[Fizban]

Main OS on my laptop for the past five months. x64 for the last three of those five. Currently on Build 7127.

 

[DarkXeno]

Its my main and only OS on my HP DV7z (was Vista Ultimate SP1)
Im using build 7100 for everything web, office work, gaming, programing.
My next step is to up grade to 7127, and to try some video editing on it since I've been holding back and still using my older laptop for that.

 

[harpua]

7127 x64 as main OS, (with Vista x64 dual boot in reserve (but I doubt I will ever boot into Vista again).