Win 7 RC confirmed

[AVGWarhawk]

I have heard of Beta testers getting the OS for free. Lets face it, you used your hardward on potentially destructive OS programs. You should get something for sticking your hard drive out.

[Peto]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I have heard of Beta testers getting the OS for free. Lets face it, you used your hardward on potentially destructive OS programs. You should get something for sticking your hard drive out.

Typically a virus .

[Arclight]

The Win7 beta FAQ specifically states you don't get a free copy.

Although I think I read somewhere you could get a free copy of Vista if you signed up for some program, see if I can find it...

Ah, here it is:

Sign up for the Windows Feedback Program

Touch the future. Join the Windows Feedback Program so we can learn more about how you use Windows every day. We'll use your feedback to design upcoming versions of Windows. If you send us automated feedback for at least three months and participate in surveys, you will receive a free version of Windows Vista or Office Ultimate 2007. To sign up, please send email to winpanel@microsoft.com with the subject line: "Request to sign up for Windows Feedback Program on Windows 7." We'll send you a registration link. Enrollment is limited to the first 500 participants.

* PS: RC is up.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Peto

Typically a virus .

Keep that hard drive covered

[Peto]

Well--I've decided (finally) to build my next system and I think I'll try using RC 7 for its OS. It should prove to be interesting... I wonder if it'll handle Rise of Flight ? I'm pretty sure my new system will!!!

Ordering of parts begins tomorrow ! The only parts I've really nailed down so far is AMD Deneb 940 CPU and my, already purchased EVGA 9800GTX. Gigabyte is in the lead for MBD although I haven't completely made up my mind yet.

I look forward to seeing what I can squeeze out of Windows 7 with 4 cores.

[Arclight]

Installed Win7 RC on a friends PC yesterday: 1,8GHZ P4 with 512MB RDRAM and Radeon 9250 graphics card. Ran fine.

No aero offcourse, but it worked, smoother than XP (think 34 processes right after install). Only problem was not being able to get online because no driver was installed for NIC. I don't know whether this was because of Win7 still being in test-version, or the antique components in that PC not being supported anymore. Actually this applies to more components, such as sound cards.


Word of advice:

If you plan on putting this on your primary and perhaps only PC, collect all the drivers you need after intalling Win7 beforehand.

[Peto]

Originally Posted by Arclight

Installed Win7 RC on a friends PC yesterday: 1,8GHZ P4 with 512MB RDRAM and Radeon 9250 graphics card. Ran fine.

No aero offcourse, but it worked, smoother than XP (think 34 processes right after install). Only problem was not being able to get online because no driver was installed for NIC. I don't know whether this was because of Win7 still being in test-version, or the antique components in that PC not being supported anymore. Actually this applies to more components, such as sound cards.


Word of advice:

If you plan on putting this on your primary and perhaps only PC, collect all the drivers you need after intalling Win7 beforehand.

That's good advice !!! From what I've heard and read, 7 is better about finding hardware than Vista was when released (had nightmares 'o plenty with that)! Once I figure out what hardware I'm going to have I'll start collecting drivers on my flash drive.