In a previous post, I went and installed the Windows 7 Beta on my VMWare server.
It was good (hey, I was able to install it, successfuly), however I had some issues with it (due, I must admit, to running it in a virtual environment instead of actually installing it on the hard drive).So, I went ahead and created a new partition and installed it.
All in all, it took about 30 minutes to install from start to finish. That was the (fairly) easy part.
So was the automatic configuration of the network, and Windows 7 picked up the new driver for my video card.
So I decided to see what else I was able to do?
- Firefox? Check
- nVidia driver? Check
- Avast Antivirus? Check
- Flash Player? Check
- VLC Player? Kind of – haven’t set up sound card
- Creative SB Card – downloaded the Vista version, but it came up with Driver Version Not Found, so will try again.
I have to admit, the beta loads up quickly, shuts down quickly, and, so far, is playing “nice” with the apps that I have been using on XP.
Setting up default programs for Windows 7 was easier than I thought too, likewise the Gadget gallery seems to be working fine.
Almost seems to good to be true at the moment. Even if I do have a base score for Windows Experience of 3!
My main gripe – my Ubuntu partition has disappeared (new bootloader means that running FixMBR in XP will NOT work), however, I’m glad I used Remastersys to create a live CD so I can have Ubuntu running as it was before.
