Re: Windows 7 RC coming May 5 for public consumption

**Anospa** · 04-28-2009, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by Spulat

After a certain date, if you purchase VIsta or get it with your computer purchase, you get a certain rate discount on the purchase of Windows 7. There's lots of reasons why they want to push Win 7 out....

-and as for the Creative drivers, I'm absolutely FLOORED that they have Win 7 updated drivers. Considering how bad they are about drivers in general. Many people have already written Creative off as beyond redemption...

Seriously! It took them years, YEARS, to get a working driver out for Linux, and its a beta driver. Released in 2005, and not since thought about by them. They do make nice products, but getting them to work to their fullest potential can be a headache sadly.

Win7 is looking like its going to be a very good comeback for MS with how they're handling issues. Its not too much of an upgrade over Vista (so I've heard/understand), but there's a few items I'm very interested in now.

**Bamboo** · 04-28-2009, 08:56 PM

Originally Posted by Spulat

After a certain date, if you purchase VIsta or get it with your computer purchase, you get a certain rate discount on the purchase of Windows 7. T

I think that is starting in June, or early July last article I read. Pretty much if you buy a new computer after that time, it will come with a coupon you can redeem for a free copy of Win7.

As for release date, there is nothing confirmed, but a lot of reports point that MS really wants to get it out the door before the back to school buying season starts. They want to do that to make a LOT of dealers and computer makers like Gateway, Dell, and HP very happy, as it will boost their sales. So looking at an Aug/Sept. time frame.

**Acreo Aeneas** · 04-28-2009, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by Spulat

-and as for the Creative drivers, I'm absolutely FLOORED that they have Win 7 updated drivers. Considering how bad they are about drivers in general. Many people have already written Creative off as beyond redemption...

Hold your horses. Those "updated" drivers could be crappy. They may still be beyond redemption.

**=Sarc=** · 04-28-2009, 11:56 PM

Originally Posted by Acreo Aeneas

Hold your horses. Those "updated" drivers could be crappy. They may still be beyond redemption.

They could have worked off of the Vista drivers. I could understand why the Vista drivers took so long to be decent because the audio architecture changed a lot from XP. Win7 could be a much easier job for the driver team to transition from Vista.

**Reaperassault** · 04-29-2009, 11:18 AM

Windows 7's XP Mode to Require 2GB of RAM, True Processor Virtualization

Time to check your processors, I know a good bit of chips don't actually have VT if I remember correctly. Here is a chart for Intel CPUs.

**Bamboo** · 04-30-2009, 01:02 PM

Couple of writeups:

Engadget:
Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 impressions, insights, and expectations

Gizmodo:
Why Windows 7 Is Snappier Than Vista
and
Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 vs. Vista: First Benchmarks

But that that with a grain of salt, as drivers will get better.

**draeh** · 04-30-2009, 01:48 PM

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/252181/w...or-a-year.html

Microsoft is effectively giving away Windows 7 free for a year with the launch of the Release Candidate.

The Release Candidate is now available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, and will go on unlimited, general release on 5 May.

The software will not expire until 1 June 2010, giving testers more than a year's free access to Windows 7.

**Spulat** · 04-30-2009, 02:17 PM

It's already on the download, here

backing up the PC as we speak...

**Reaperassault** · 04-30-2009, 02:20 PM

Acer: Windows 7 Will Be Out Oct. 23, Free Upgrade If You Buy a PC 30 Days Before

**peardog** · 04-30-2009, 06:55 PM

is it the 7100 build?

**DigitalAssassin** · 04-30-2009, 09:42 PM

I got the 7100 build from torrents last night. The entire ~2.5GB download took just over an hour so there must have been plenty of seeders.

**kevlarorc** · 05-01-2009, 03:38 PM

I saw this on Digg today and I was gonna post it but though "I'm sure Bamboo has already found this and posted it up like a month ago..."
and sure enough! You're too fast, Bamboo.

**Bamboo** · 05-01-2009, 05:06 PM

That might change some next week. Finally starting a new job, so will only have a few mins. in the mornings to check stuff, and then maybe some in the afternoons. Will probably go through withdrawal

**Spulat** · 05-01-2009, 08:42 PM

I have it up and running on two out of four machines. One of them was running x86 and I decided it was time it was x64 (plus it got a RAM upgrade) so that was a fresh install, the others are or will be using the "upgrade from Beta to RC" trick.

We'll see how it all works out. The main rig is the last machine to get it, and it's almost done running it's full backup.

**Tobruk** · 05-02-2009, 01:28 AM

Can you run the RC for win 7 as a dual boot with your existing xp system?

If so is it possible to have both xp32 and win 7 64 on your system?

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