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Windows 7 Retail version?

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by ---tk---

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My main questions is: Has anyone purchased the OS? After you installed it, was there any difference between that version and the Win 7 RC which will expire March of 2010?

Now aside from the fact that the RC is the "Ultimate" edition... I know the difference between all the versions ect...

Normally I wait a year or so before I run out and purchase a copy, and I might follow the same game plan (so MS can tweak their OS, and get it right). From what I have scene of the RC version, I have had a great experience no major issues ect... I am tempted to go out and buy it, but I am looking for some opinions...

So for those that have purchased it, after you installed it... Does it run the same, faster, slower, more/less stable ect...?

lol, I dont want to hear how Linux is better bla bla bla... and how Ubuntu is coming out with 9.10... I am a fan of Linux... I know all about it!

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by older mycroft

The courier delivered it on the afternoon of 22nd October - the official release day. That in itself was impressive. ([i]I'd pre-ordered it back at the end of July.[/i])

The installation was smooth as silk, completely faultless although I was rather surprised by the multiple auto-restarts - all five of them. It didn't request ANY drivers (offline or online - I know because it wasn't connected to the internet when I installed) and upon completion it ran fine, recognising my system entirely.

[Asus P5N-E SLi, Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz, 8GB 800MHz Crucial RAM, 1.25TB HDDs, Nvidia 8800GT]

With 'Device Stage' fully enabled now, Windows 7 allowed me to plug in my Canon printer, Canon scanner, Logitech's Webcam, 3D Force Feedback joystick, G25 Racing Wheel - in each instance it then scooted off onto the internet and downloaded whichever driver best suited each peripheral, giving each item its own bespoke Device Stage window for twiddling with individual settings.

Currently I've got a dual boot of both the 32-bit and 64-bit systems and will compare them against each other for the following three and a bit weeks before activating them.

If I were to complain about anything regarding Windows 7 Professional, it would be that the FISH is missing - they've changed the default desktop wallpaper!

Bastards!! LOL

by ---tk---

Thank you for the post :).. I knew they would something like that, taking the fish away... thats just rude! - to funny!!

wow, it actually got the right print drivers and scanner drivers.. that quite impressive in its self :)

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