Windows 7 rc1 news

For those of you who still haven't tested Windows 7, word is that the Relase Candidate will be made available to the public within a few days and will not expire until June 1st, !

That's pretty much a free copy of Windows 7 for one whole year. It looks like Microsoft is really working and pushing hard to make Windows 7 their recovery after the Vista disappointment. Read Discuss [11 replies] Permalink Tweet. Now I just need to decide if I want to start nuking and reinstalling on a bunch of systems or stick with the beta for awhile and put the RC on a system at a time. The beta has been so good I am almost scared to change to the RC. Not sure what all the fuss is about.

Windows 7 RC1 is still not quite ready for prime time yet. It is definitely better than build You will avoid many problems doing a fresh install of a new OS. I figure this would be common sense to anyone using windows in the last 15 years!

Yeah, I wish creative would just suck it up and allow the drivers to integrate into a windows install. So easy to dual boot this with Vista. I installed W7 on a 48 GB partition on one of my drives. Now at startup I get a choice of Vista 64 or W7 x64…. Quite amazing to see a ten minute install, you are at desktop with only sound card nonfunctional. I had to finish that thought for you — you know you wanted to say it.

Having only seen and tried them a little, Reason appealed to me the most, with its rack-like design and really nice synth- and effect-modules bundled aswell as the sound for them. No way am I going back to a bit OS now. I gave up after a half-hour on hold. I elected to post in the official Cakewalk forums instead and hold off on purchasing anything until I get an answer of whether or not the OS is supported.

You mean Sonar being strong? The sys requirements specifically say XP and Vista bit. Been putzing with it ever since. We've changed the flashing animation and used a bolder orange color to make it more noticeable. Set it to download before I left this morning. Will have to check it when I get back home tonight. File Name: I use Sonar Producer 8. Definitely a good choice, IMHO. Neither app is XP compatible, though, so I long abandoned them.

This is a hobby, not something I do professionall. A number of places cite it as being the top of the line by any standard. There are some really cool things in those last two links.

Well, I just got done doing the upgrade from the Beta, using the method I posted, and so far all my common programs are working fine. Anyways, my main OS is a bit Vista:. It helps that alot of the work was already done with Vista which they got alot of feedback read:bitching from on top of what they got from W7 itself. TPB, where else? At least 3 different builds have leaked out in both and bit flavours since the beta build went public.

Have you even used Windows 7. Feels rushed? Windows 7 already feels like an OS that has had maturing time. More like MS has tried and tried to keep from doing that very thing, but Windows 7 is pretty much done, and has been for some time. Type search above and then hit Enter. Operating systems Windows. Part of Situation Publishing. Review and manage your consent Here's an overview of our use of cookies, similar technologies and how to manage them. Manage Cookie Preferences Necessary. Always active Read more These cookies are strictly necessary so that you can navigate the site as normal and use all features.

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