Suprisingly Simple Install

[ran007reed]

Just weighing in on how my install for windows 7 ultimate RTM went. Previously using the RC until now. I ran the install while inside of windows 7 RC and chose the fresh install option. Things I've noticed:
-Downloaded all needed drivers for my laptop first which I thought was extremely intuitive and proactive
-Install rebooted a couple of times and performed flawlessly!
-Very little input needed.

Post Install:
-Much snappier ...Almost feels like I'm running XP on top of an i7 quad!
-Everything in the root of C was copied into Windows.old, including the old program files folder. Very nice.
-Encrypted files worked perfectly after I imported the key from my last install.

I give it a 5 of 5 stars. No bugs encountered yet after a few days. Installed VMWare, Office 2007, Thunderbird, AVG, Adobe, iTunes and AlwaySync, and still seems as snappy as a fresh install! I'm taking a snapshot now from the backup tool. Running a Dell Lattitude E6500 - 8GB and 320GB.

 

[chuckr]

Just weighing in on how my install for windows 7 ultimate RTM went. Previously using the RC until now. I ran the install while inside of windows 7 RC and chose the fresh install option. Things I've noticed:
-Downloaded all needed drivers for my laptop first which I thought was extremely intuitive and proactive
-Install rebooted a couple of times and performed flawlessly!
-Very little input needed.

Post Install:
-Much snappier ...Almost feels like I'm running XP on top of an i7 quad!
-Everything in the root of C was copied into Windows.old, including the old program files folder. Very nice.
-Encrypted files worked perfectly after I imported the key from my last install.

I give it a 5 of 5 stars. No bugs encountered yet after a few days. Installed VMWare, Office 2007, Thunderbird, AVG, Adobe, iTunes and AlwaySync, and still seems as snappy as a fresh install! I'm taking a snapshot now from the backup tool. Running a Dell Lattitude E6500 - 8GB and 320GB.

Nice post, ran007reed.

Thank you.

Good to hear about non-problems...

 

[Tews]

Just weighing in on how my install for windows 7 ultimate RTM went. Previously using the RC until now. I ran the install while inside of windows 7 RC and chose the fresh install option. Things I've noticed:
-Downloaded all needed drivers for my laptop first which I thought was extremely intuitive and proactive
-Install rebooted a couple of times and performed flawlessly!
-Very little input needed.

Post Install:
-Much snappier ...Almost feels like I'm running XP on top of an i7 quad!
-Everything in the root of C was copied into Windows.old, including the old program files folder. Very nice.
-Encrypted files worked perfectly after I imported the key from my last install.

I give it a 5 of 5 stars. No bugs encountered yet after a few days. Installed VMWare, Office 2007, Thunderbird, AVG, Adobe, iTunes and AlwaySync, and still seems as snappy as a fresh install! I'm taking a snapshot now from the backup tool. Running a Dell Lattitude E6500 - 8GB and 320GB.

I just love reading posts like this... another satisfied customer!!

 

[zigzag3143]

Im not at all surprised. Of the 8 32 bit installs I have done only 1 had had any problems at all

 

[ran007reed]

The OS' integration with the dell drivers were thorough. I'm impressed.

 

[Wii Master 64]

what kind of computer did you install onto? HP? Dell? I'm just curious I can't wait for this to come out!

 

[ran007reed]

what kind of computer did you install onto? HP? Dell? I'm just curious I can't wait for this to come out!

I can tell that you're excited! You totally overlooked me saying I have a Dell Lattitude E6500. It's okay. I do the same thing when prescribing medicine to my patients all the time!

 

[wallyinnc]

I do the same thing when prescribing medicine to my patients all the time!

Could you give me your address?
Glad to know it went fine. I myself had one problem, caused by my CPU. All other 5 or 6 installs of Win7 x86 or x64 were a breeze as you described.

 

[ran007reed]

I myself had one problem, caused by my CPU. All other 5 or 6 installs of Win7 x86 or x64 were a breeze as you described.

I believe the 486SX is a little slow for windows 7. You might have to swap it out with a 486DX overdrive chip.

 

[wallyinnc]

I believe the 486SX is a little slow for windows 7. You might have to swap it out with a 486DX overdrive chip.

Mine was a very awkward thing. I have this AMD 64 X2 4200+ that doesn't run Win7 x64. I tried everything. I tried it in 2 different motherboards and nothing. It just doesn't work. But it runs Vista 63, Ubuntu 64, Win7 x86.
I do have a Pentium II, but I abstained from trying on that one

 

[ran007reed]

That sucks. I don't have any advice - I'm just not familiar with the AMD environment. Good luck. I'm only saying that those with a Dell Lattitude E6500, it works extremely well, additionally, Dell's support section for that model has all the Windows 7 32 and 64 bit drivers. I'd say there's no problem with support.

 

[pparks1]

I just installed Win 7 32-bit Ultimate on my work laptop tonight (Dell E6400 with 4GB RAM). Everything worked right out of the box, except video quality was poor (downloaded the Nvidia Quadro 160M from Nvidia) and had to install the Synaptics touchpad driver to get my mouse moving anywhere near fast enough. Everything else worked right after the install.

I had to do this as a dual boot, so I did the "install Win7" as an expanding VHD file and thus far the performance is fantastic. Totally outperforms Vista on this machine...and runs on par with the Ubuntu 9.04 install that is also on this laptop.

 

[wallyinnc]

That sucks. I don't have any advice - I'm just not familiar with the AMD environment. Good luck.

I replaced it with a Athlon II X2 245 and that CPU will go on another machine that will run only the 32 bit version. It will all work in the end