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Casa de TrailMyx => Programming / Operating Systems => Topic started by: UOMaddog on August 16, 2009, 02:35:50 PM
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So, I checked our MSDN Academic Alliance site yesterday, and low and behold, there was our Windows 7 Professional (x86 AND x64) downloads available!! So of course I downloaded it right away, backed everything up, and now I'm running off a newly formatted Windows 7 machine! I must say that it's a very nicely polished revision of the Beta and RC. So far the only things I've found a little strange are handling the way things pin/unpin from the taskbar. A little more working with it and I should be used to it. Also, I can't seem to pull off a separate Toolbar from my Taskbar and move it to the sides or top of my screen (even with the taskbar unlocked). I'll have to dig a little deeper and see if I can find a solution. Other than that, I'm quite pleased. It's nice having the Windows Media Center with built in TV tuner support as well as DVD support. UO installed and is running great! I had no driver issues other than my Coprocessor driver (I have an AMD Athlon x2 64-bit 5000). Everything else was installed by default by Windows. It definitely is very smooth
Pros: Nice, smooth interface; "New" taskbar; Windows Media Center; Great driver support
Cons: Takes a little getting used to; Very minor driver issues; Annoying to have to mark alot of programs as "Run as administrator"
I'll update this as I find more pros and cons!
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One thing about having a newer cpu with Windows 7 is XP Mode. XP Mode is Microsofts solution to things not running well in Windows 7. I've been using it, and it's basically just a Windows XP virtual machine, but it's pretty damn slick. :) I've been having a lot of fun with it. And in Windows 7 it seems to play nicely with VMWares software also. I routinely have 2 Windows 7 VMWare VM's running and 2 Windows 7 XP Mode VM's running at the same time with no issues. Fun stuff. The only problem is I BELIEVE Windows XP Mode requires a compatible CPU from AMD or INTEL. I'm not positive of that, but I believe I read that. Anything within the last 2 years should be up to the task... AMD has a utility on their website to check if your cpu supports the feature.