Windows 7 on sale tomorrow

Posted on October 21, 2009 | Filed Under News - Gossip | Comments Off

Speaking as someone who has been using the Release Candidate version of Windows 7 since February this year, I have nothing but recommendations for the newest Windows operating system. I've not had a single problem since day one and will install a 64bit version when the license on the Release Candidate runs out in April 2010.

Windows 7 is what Vista should have been.

Windows 7 64bit – First impressions

Posted on June 2, 2009 | Filed Under News - Gossip | Comments Off

After the success I had installing the 32bit version of Windows 7, I thought I'd give the 64bit version a try.

Installation of the 64bit version and the same programmes I'd installed in the 32bit version was problem free.

Not much more to say as the only difference seems to be the extra memory that windows recognises. Another plus is programmes like Photoshop load faster.

I'm beginning to quite like Windows 7 and so far I've not had the networking problems that caused me to ditch Vista. If the current stability continues I'll upgrade to 8Gb of ram.

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Windows 7 32bit Release Candidate – First Impressions

Posted on February 5, 2009 | Filed Under News - Gossip | Comments Off

I downloaded and installed the Release Candidate of Windows 7 a few days ago and here are some early thoughts. This is not an exhaustive technical review more a quick first impression.

Once I'd burned the iso to disk the install was a breeze. I installed it on a back up disk expecting all the data to be lost, no so, Windows 7 didn't ask to format the disk and left all the files intact.

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