Windows 7 anyone?

tchariya · 01-19-2009, 08:59 AM

So...I woke up this morning forgetting that it was a bank holiday and that means a day off in the trading world!

I decided to give the windows 7 install a whirl on my Lenovo T61 laptop. The DVD installed in about 30 minutes, finding all my drivers except 2 bios looking ones. I'll worry about those later.

Its pretty. It is still Aero-ish, but it NAGS THE CRAP out of you. Updates went through fine. Then it started to ***** about not having anti-virus software on there. You can't install a current one, you have a choice (from Windows 7 website) to install beta AVG, Kapersky, or Norton. I'm not a big fan of the bloated Norton software, so I installed Kapersky.

Big mistake....if you hate nagging like me, do not install the anti-hacker crap. After about 5 minutes of allow this port and allow that port and allow windows to write to this and that...I had to get rid of the anti-hacker portion.

I'm not a big fan of Windows Media...so I downloaded my favorite GOM Player and it seems to install and work well.

I'll do Firefox now.

Boot times are fast (I'm running crippled with 1GB of ram). More impressions as I play with this.

Install is very friendly...so I imagine Bootcamp will be easy with a MBP, just hope that Apple is doing testing with their Driver install on Windows side.

i'll take a few screen shots and post shortly.

AD720 · 01-19-2009, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by tchariya

Its pretty. It is still Aero-ish, but it NAGS THE CRAP out of you .

Wow, this really sounds like the huge improvement over Vista that was promised.

For what it's worth I have vista on my work laptop and after disabling all the nag-ware I think it is fine.

The problem with the "Vista wants to this, do you want to allow it" is that to the regular end user the "Yes" button becomes the "let me get back to work button" and those warnings become completely meaningless.

tchariya · 01-19-2009, 09:21 AM

purdy picture!

bvilchez · 01-21-2009, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by tchariya

purdy picture!

What add-on did you use to put your links on the left? That looks pretty cool.

01-21-2009, 11:30 AM

Instead of creating a new OS maybe they ought to perfect at least one of there OSs.....

Winblows

tchariya · 01-21-2009, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by bvilchez

What add-on did you use to put your links on the left? That looks pretty cool.

If you are talking about Firefox add-on, the ones I always use are as follows:

Tree Stlye Tab (puts tab where you want)
FoxTab
Download StatusBar
Stock Ticker
Tab Mix Plus

Rabidsquirrel · 01-21-2009, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by bvilchez

What add-on did you use to put your links on the left? That looks pretty cool.

View > Sidebar > Bookmarks

BORIStheBLADE · 01-19-2009, 09:22 AM

I downloaded the .ISO and gave it a try, but I ran it in virtualization so I didn't have to erase a hard drive. Its pretty slick, but its in beta so I don't know how its going to end up. I just installed Ubuntu on my desktop and laptop because I'm so fed up with windows. I can't wait to see 7 when it comes out though. I've been wanting to get a new desktop pc, but I'm going to wait till 7 is bundled with them.

With all the articles I've read about it so far it looks promising.

tchariya · 01-19-2009, 09:39 AM

FYI...I never switched to vista. I thought it was very hokey and unstable at the time. I just didn't think it was made for an IT driven environment like XP was.

Ubuntu is a great start for non-Windows users.
So is Mac OSX Tiger....but there is a nice price tag that comes with that.

AD720 · 01-19-2009, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tchariya

FYI...I never switched to vista. I thought it was very hokey and unstable at the time. I just didn't think it was made for an IT driven environment like XP was.

Ubuntu is a great start for non-Windows users.
So is Mac OSX Tiger....but there is a nice price tag that comes with that.

Agreed. It seems pretty clear to me that Vista was a stab at grabbing some of the OSX hype/money.

Ubuntu is great if you can get the drivers you need. The whole driver/wrapper thing is over some people's heads though.

BORIStheBLADE · 01-19-2009, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by AD720

Agreed. It seems pretty clear to me that Vista was a stab at grabbing some of the OSX hype/money.

Ubuntu is great if you can get the drivers you need. The whole driver/wrapper thing is over some people's heads though.

Agreed, Right out of the box the new Ubuntu got everything running right and the drivers for my printer.WTF!!! Can't get any better than that.

01-19-2009, 08:59 AM	#1
tchariya Taters of the lost Ark Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 592 Trading: (13)	Re: Windows 7 anyone? So...I woke up this morning forgetting that it was a bank holiday and that means a day off in the trading world! I decided to give the windows 7 install a whirl on my Lenovo T61 laptop. The DVD installed in about 30 minutes, finding all my drivers except 2 bios looking ones. I'll worry about those later. Its pretty. It is still Aero-ish, but it NAGS THE CRAP out of you. Updates went through fine. Then it started to ***** about not having anti-virus software on there. You can't install a current one, you have a choice (from Windows 7 website) to install beta AVG, Kapersky, or Norton. I'm not a big fan of the bloated Norton software, so I installed Kapersky. Big mistake....if you hate nagging like me, do not install the anti-hacker crap. After about 5 minutes of allow this port and allow that port and allow windows to write to this and that...I had to get rid of the anti-hacker portion. I'm not a big fan of Windows Media...so I downloaded my favorite GOM Player and it seems to install and work well. I'll do Firefox now. Boot times are fast (I'm running crippled with 1GB of ram). More impressions as I play with this. Install is very friendly...so I imagine Bootcamp will be easy with a MBP, just hope that Apple is doing testing with their Driver install on Windows side. i'll take a few screen shots and post shortly.

01-19-2009, 09:21 AM	#3
tchariya Taters of the lost Ark Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 592 Trading: (13)	Re: Windows 7 anyone? purdy picture!

01-21-2009, 11:30 AM	#5
piperman Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Windows 7 anyone? Instead of creating a new OS maybe they ought to perfect at least one of there OSs..... Winblows

01-19-2009, 09:22 AM	#8
BORIStheBLADE _ Join Date: Nov 2008 First Name: Mike Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 643 Trading: (4)	Re: Windows 7 anyone? I downloaded the .ISO and gave it a try, but I ran it in virtualization so I didn't have to erase a hard drive. Its pretty slick, but its in beta so I don't know how its going to end up. I just installed Ubuntu on my desktop and laptop because I'm so fed up with windows. I can't wait to see 7 when it comes out though. I've been wanting to get a new desktop pc, but I'm going to wait till 7 is bundled with them. With all the articles I've read about it so far it looks promising. __________________ I.B.E.W LOCAL # 617

01-19-2009, 09:39 AM	#9
tchariya Taters of the lost Ark Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 592 Trading: (13)	Re: Windows 7 anyone? FYI...I never switched to vista. I thought it was very hokey and unstable at the time. I just didn't think it was made for an IT driven environment like XP was. Ubuntu is a great start for non-Windows users. So is Mac OSX Tiger....but there is a nice price tag that comes with that.

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