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Monday April 27, 2009
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Quicker to install, more polished and customizable, and easier to use than earlier builds, the Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100) is a nice step towards finalization of the operating system. And you thought the Windows 7 Beta was good! The Release Candidate feels just a touch faster, both in app launches and boot and shutdown times. Enthusiasts eager to get their hands on the latest build--which Microsoft will deposit on TechNet on the 30th, and make publicly available on May 5th--will be happy to hear that it installed in no time, too--as little as 20 minutes in my experience. Compared to the hour it often took to install Windows Vista, this thing flies.
Microsoft supplied us with an advance copy of the operating system, direct from the Windows Burnlab in Redmond, Washington. For our walkthrough of the various changes I've noticed in Build 7100, from install to optimization, based on days of experimentation and installation on several computers, including desktops, laptops, and netbooks, see the full story on PCMag.com.
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April 27, 2009 6:02 PM
I am looking forward to this version of Windows. Although I never installed this in my machine I did see some people using the beta for test...
Win7 is much faster than Vista and gives u the feel of Windows XP with a much better UI. All the previous used programs have been totally reformed...e.g. Wordpad, Paint etc. Definitely the biggest change since Win95 and Wind XP
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April 28, 2009 9:35 AM
Frankly, there is a reason why Microshaft is extending it's support on XP, because every one loves it and it plays nice with just about every driver and hardware device out there. Best operating system they came out with.Boots fast, shuts down fast, requires low RAM to run. An OS should not be so RAM heavy that it requires a gig just to run the desktop.They didn't learn the lesson with ME and Vista is another ME. This OS will line their pockets some more with an inflated retail price, forcing people to invest in their PC just to run it correctly,when there isn't anything wrong with XP. XP has given them all the money they can get now, so time to move on and try to fleece the public again with a bloated, underachieving OS. For newer mobos that can handle 8 gigs of memory, an update to 64 bit is all that's needed.I'm sure by the time this rolls out, there will be another issue with drivers especially with video cards, which is already a nightmare in Vista.