Windows 7 Beta
Jan 10, 2009 | 7:28 pm
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Jan 10, 2009 | 10:55 pm
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I'm running it on my primary laptop right now and it's great. Takes a little getting used to, but it feels quicker and sharper. Took about 45-60 mins to install.
Jan 10, 2009 | 11:04 pm
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I will rather try to do that for me. I will ask my friends' permission to let me downloads tomorrow. I will find out if I will hear anything more new testing will be completely done.
Jan 11, 2009 | 12:14 am
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I you download the beta, just be prepared to burn a DVD. The instructions on the site are very good, but it is likely that you will need to download a program that will correctly burn an ISO file to DVD.
It's not hard, but just a surprising extra step.
It's not hard, but just a surprising extra step.
Jan 11, 2009 | 12:36 am
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Can you please explaining to me more information how exactly I can wait for downloadable for more than 45 minutes, am I correct? So I will asks my friends by tomorrow on the phone. I really appreciated it for your efforts but, I will wait to see if my brother to have says something for me. Then I will let you know by tomorrow.
Jan 11, 2009 | 8:30 am
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Jan 11, 2009 | 12:37 pm
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I've noticed that W7 has bricked my volume, mute and DVD eject buttons on the front of my Vaio TT, and I also haven't fixed the Bluetooth drivers yet, but all else seems to be going swimmingly.
Jan 11, 2009 | 8:19 pm
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Presumably you need some Sony drivers to use those buttons. AFAIK those aren't standard interfaces and thus the manufacturer needs to provide a driver.
Jan 11, 2009 | 9:25 pm
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Shot an email to Cierge, but I assume she'll be equally ineffective. I think Dell has been much more proactive about working with this beta.
All that said, the issues I've encountered so far are deal-able, since the performance is so much better. And I lurve the behavior of the new toolbar on the bottom. Even the simple things, like the very simple wireless icon in the system tray - which is actually useful *and* legible - make me happy.
And I know this is going to call me out as a civilian loser, but I'm running Norton for antivirus, and after a double Norton Removal, it's running great.
Jan 11, 2009 | 9:27 pm
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Yeah - I think you're right. I emailed Sony tech support, and they pretty much told me to go to hell.
Shot an email to Cierge, but I assume she'll be equally ineffective. I think Dell has been much more proactive about working with this beta.
All that said, the issues I've encountered so far are deal-able, since the performance is so much better. And I lurve the behavior of the new toolbar on the bottom. Even the simple things, like the very simple wireless icon in the system tray - which is actually useful *and* legible - make me happy.
And I know this is going to call me out as a civilian loser, but I'm running Norton for antivirus, and after a double Norton Removal, it's running great.
Shot an email to Cierge, but I assume she'll be equally ineffective. I think Dell has been much more proactive about working with this beta.
All that said, the issues I've encountered so far are deal-able, since the performance is so much better. And I lurve the behavior of the new toolbar on the bottom. Even the simple things, like the very simple wireless icon in the system tray - which is actually useful *and* legible - make me happy.
And I know this is going to call me out as a civilian loser, but I'm running Norton for antivirus, and after a double Norton Removal, it's running great.
Jan 11, 2009 | 9:39 pm
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Sonys are usually packed full of proprietary and unusual stuff, but everything else (touchpad, webcam, SSD, display, biometric scanner) seems to be working. Strange. I was going to get the Vaio P also, but this experience is going to delay that until Sony gets with W7.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Jan 13, 2009 | 7:53 pm
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Yeah, I think you will wait for full-release will be completely done. They will tell you when they are releases newest Windows 7. It should be wait for awhile until Beta testing will be consider it done. Then you can purchase new version Windows 7 is coming in the store. So please be patient for awhile when they are in progress.