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Anyone running Windows 7 as their sole OS?

roguerower

roguerower

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I have vista 64 installed and it runs great. If the reviews for 7 are as great are they are, should I install 7 as my main OS?

Does anyone have it installed as their primary OS?
 
Maybe... lots of people seem to be using it as their main OS without trouble, but remember this, its a BETA and if you run into a problem it wont be easily solved. Googling it will be more difficult because theres few people using it.

Its definately worth testing it out though! Make sure you update it before trying to play any MP3's, it cuts bits off your MP3's without an update.
 
Originally posted by: roguerower
I have vista 64 installed and it runs great. If the reviews for 7 are as great are they are, should I install 7 as my main OS?

Does anyone have it installed as their primary OS?
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I have 3 PCs one with Vista x86,one with Vista x64 and one with Win7 beta,to be honest the Win7 beta one has given me the headaches out of the 3 ie installation ,drivers and software issues,so I would advise against using any beta OS as a dedicated system,by all means try it out like I have done but think carefully of the cons when using any beta OS for your main system.
 
I'd install it in a vm, and play around there. It's just Vista, but a little different, so I don't think you'd gain anything but potential hassles by switching.
 
No. I have it installed because I do testing for Autodesk . But it is not my main OS. There are still some issues that need to be resolved.
I still use XP X64 for that.
 
You can run Win 7 beta as your primary OS without running into too much problems, it's feels like a RC quality release, so this release is actually a marketing stunt.
 
Originally posted by: Aberforth
You can run Win 7 beta as your primary OS without running into too much problems, it's feels like a RC quality release, so this release is actually a marketing stunt.
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Yeah they pushed out a really good beta to get positive feedback.
 
You *could* use it as a Primary OS. But IMHO, that wouldn't be wise because (a) It *is* a Beta, and there is definitely the occasional weirdness. And (b) The licence will expire in August, necessitating a reinstall to the RC, or to Vista/XP/Other anyhow.

What you may want to do is invest in an additional drive. I played with a clean install on a separate disc for a couple weeks. Then last weekend I wiped that drive, used Acronis to clone my Vista 64 install to it, and 'upgraded' that to 7 Beta - Figured I'd preserve all my stuff, as well as do my itty bitty part as a self appointed Beta tester by providing the maximum opportunity for something less than desirable to happen and generate reports to MSFT. Not to mention it was a hell of a lot easier than re-installing everying. At least that's how I justified the laziness! <whistles_innocently>


(Preliminary result after a few days: Had a Video issue from the previous install which I {wrongly??} blamed ATI's 7 Beta drivers for - It seems to have turned out to be a lousy power connector. Though I remain curious why the exact computer worked in perfectly Vista 64 but rather less than perfectly in 7. Still only 50% confident this one is solved. Win 7 didn't like the drivers for my Auzentech Prelude sound card, so I had to fix that manually. And my software firewall committed Hara~Kiri, causing networking troubles. In retrospect, that may not have been entirely a bad thing, since I had the system & drivers otherwise fully sorted before nuking the F/W and making the system available to Microsoft Update.)
 
Have it on several computers, both 32 & 64 bit, and we have had fewer problems than with VISTA. It has been completely stable and no real driver problems once you know how to install them in the devise manager if the original install disk will not work. 64 bit has been much better than VISTA 64 with no problems at all. Certainly have not tried every game but have not found a one that I could not get to run in Vista compatability mode and run as administrator. Far Cry 2 was a little strange to get to start but it does indeed run perfectly. My experience only and YMMV. Would never go back to VISTA.
 
Yeah, but I'm starting to consider going back to Vista on some. Its marginally faster, but there are bugs. Explorer is much more prone to crash on Win7. There have been SO many instances where it refuses to close a crashed process, and I have to hit the reset button on my PC, because itll never shut down.

After a day or two in sleep mode, Win7 will not come back to life on my laptop, probably related to the every few days or so BSOD I get with Win7 on it.

Fallout 3 crashes more than I can stand, like every 30 minutes.

Its pretty solid for a beta, but its still a beta. One can make an argument about speed, but Vista is absolutely more stable at this point. Nothing thatll make you lose your work so Id say its safe to use, but its not ready for release.
 
Would never put a beta OS (SP is a different story) on my main pc as my main OS.
I have it on my laptop, runs fine. When 7 is relased to manufactures, and public, then I will run it at home on the desktop.
 

I was due for a fresh install so I put this on as my sole OS. Haven't really had any problems at all. It's really quite stable and quite snappy. ONly problem is the incompatibility issues with programs. And that's generally fixed by choosing "install as if OS is Vista" or whatever the choice is...
 
I've been running Windows 7 x64 for about two weeks now with all of my photo programs. I was very surprised when I found that they all installed and worked just fine. Driver support has been 100% except for my SRS Audio stuff, and that's because the only driver available seems to be 32-bit.

Windows is snappy and stable.
Windows Media Player sucks and locks up. Internet Explorer sucks and locks up. Good thing I don't use these.

I have also encountered problems with programs not closing and not responding to Task Manager's end process commands. There's a Skype tab in my Task Bar right now that won't close and can't be found in Task Manager because it has already been closed... it's just visually still there.

There have been other random stuff as well, such as the Windows Experience Index benchmarker running out of no where. I was doing some photo editing yesterday and suddenly Aero vanished and my HDD started going haywire. I thought I was being attacked by some virus or something, lol. Turns out WinSAT.exe was what was doing it.

No blue screens yet. No system locks yet. There have been times when the system won't restart on its own because a Windows program refuses to shut down.
 
Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
There have been times when the system won't restart on its own because a Windows program refuses to shut down.
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That's the single biggest issue I'm having. It seems like there are times when Win7 is unable to kill some processes, no matter how hard you try.

Whenever explorer, UltraVNC, or fallout 3 crashes, most of the time I wont be able to kill the process. Shutting down will either get me to a frozen "shutting down" screen, or it'll completely ignore my request. I cant manually kill them in task manager either. It's a hard reset or nothing.

Thankfully, Win7 has come back up just fine after every hard reset, but it's still the most prevalent annoyance. Even copying/pasting a link can cause explorer to crash.

They really need to work on explorer more, as some of these problems have been there in every version of windows. Its far too intolerant to things going wrong. If I were to try to access a network drive that wasnt connecting right, or try to read a scratched CD, it'll just lock up until it finally gives up trying, sometimes minutes later, if ever. During this time, explorer is basically completely hung. I mean, there have been times when right clicking the wrong file can lead to an explorer hang. I know its a beta and all, and some of these are bugs that have been around for so long that theyve just got to fix them already.
 
The problem with programs not closing is already fixed in later builds. Strange but It was actually related to the 'send feedback' option.
 
Originally posted by: Modelworks
The problem with programs not closing is already fixed in later builds. Strange but It was actually related to the 'send feedback' option.
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Can you get this from Windows Update? If so, which update was it?
 
Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Originally posted by: Modelworks
The problem with programs not closing is already fixed in later builds. Strange but It was actually related to the 'send feedback' option.
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Can you get this from Windows Update? If so, which update was it?
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Unfortunately you can't as it isn't out as a KB update file, it's an entirely new build number.

I get a new build about once every two weeks, sometimes weekly as a tester for Autodesk.
They are marked as internal builds, so I'm guessing that Autodesk complains to MS , they fix something and then when MS gets to another point with enough complaints fixed, MS puts out another internal build.
 
Originally posted by: Modelworks
Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Originally posted by: Modelworks
The problem with programs not closing is already fixed in later builds. Strange but It was actually related to the 'send feedback' option.
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Can you get this from Windows Update? If so, which update was it?
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Unfortunately you can't as it isn't out as a KB update file, it's an entirely new build number.

I get a new build about once every two weeks, sometimes weekly as a tester for Autodesk.
They are marked as internal builds, so I'm guessing that Autodesk complains to MS , they fix something and then when MS gets to another point with enough complaints fixed, MS puts out another internal build.
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So basically the general public can't get it? 🙁
 
I put together a PC from parts lying around this weekend, with a new HD, for my son. I had an unused XP disc and was about to load that in when I had this EUREKA moment. Hopped over to MS and downloaded 7 into the new machine. Very smooth install, and everything was supported with drivers after self-updates. Amazing. This is an old P4 Asus board with AGP, both IDE and SATA 1 as well. Not a single "Yellow Exclamation Mark" in Device Manager.

I'm seeing some of the issues as everyone else with programs not shutting down and hang-ups in Internet Explorer. But all in all not too shabby.

My son kicked its tires today and surfed the web and played games, with no problems. Did I mention he was 5 years old?? Now thats a Beta tester!
 
i am using it as my main OS (i made a dual boot Vista64 and W7), i have never seen a reason to go back to Vista.
And i am heavily relying on my PC for my work...but everything's running great here.
 
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