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I didn’t see this topic anywhere else. Maybe it’s just radio chatter but some of you may be interested.
I have been using Windows 7 Release Candidate for a few weeks now.
Initially I loaded it on my Windows Vista box – a Core 2 Duo processor with 4 Gigs of RAM.
It is more compact than Vista, and, maybe, a little faster. But I have a computer that is, properly, Vista ready – enough power and enough RAM.
I took Windows 7 off the Vista box and put it on my older Linux box – a fairly old 486 processor with just 1 Gig of RAM. This is a computer that would not be able to run Vista at anything like acceptable performance, if at all. Windows 7 works fine on it. It is not as fast as my Linux distro (Ubuntu 9.04) but then almost nothing is. It loads and works faster than the version of Windows XP Pro I replaced. This – use of a less than Vista capable computer, including netbooks with Intel Atom, processors and only 1 Gig of RAM – is what I think Microsoft was aiming for. If so they have managed to hit the target. It is compact, quick and will run on a pretty basic machine.
Thus far, after a few weeks, Windows 7 appears stable and has no problems coping with any of my favourite programmes including Avast anti-virus (I use the free “Home” edition) and Open Office 3.1 (which is also free!).
You can use it, too, for “free” until March 2010 if you download the Release Candidate version before 20 Aug 09, but I would not recommend making it your primary operating system if you have only one computer. If you have two computers or enough hard drive space to run it on a separate partition then you may wish to give it a try.
I have been using Windows 7 Release Candidate for a few weeks now.
Initially I loaded it on my Windows Vista box – a Core 2 Duo processor with 4 Gigs of RAM.
It is more compact than Vista, and, maybe, a little faster. But I have a computer that is, properly, Vista ready – enough power and enough RAM.
I took Windows 7 off the Vista box and put it on my older Linux box – a fairly old 486 processor with just 1 Gig of RAM. This is a computer that would not be able to run Vista at anything like acceptable performance, if at all. Windows 7 works fine on it. It is not as fast as my Linux distro (Ubuntu 9.04) but then almost nothing is. It loads and works faster than the version of Windows XP Pro I replaced. This – use of a less than Vista capable computer, including netbooks with Intel Atom, processors and only 1 Gig of RAM – is what I think Microsoft was aiming for. If so they have managed to hit the target. It is compact, quick and will run on a pretty basic machine.
Thus far, after a few weeks, Windows 7 appears stable and has no problems coping with any of my favourite programmes including Avast anti-virus (I use the free “Home” edition) and Open Office 3.1 (which is also free!).
You can use it, too, for “free” until March 2010 if you download the Release Candidate version before 20 Aug 09, but I would not recommend making it your primary operating system if you have only one computer. If you have two computers or enough hard drive space to run it on a separate partition then you may wish to give it a try.