Windows 7 first thoughts & the upgrade process from Vista October 27, 2009
Posted by jphebert in General.Tags: microsoft, os, upgradem, vista, Windows, windows 7, windows vista
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I got my copy of Win 7 Home Premium for my wife’s laptop and installed it last night and already installed the RC on an old Sempron 3000 w/1Gb RAM & ATI 256Mb Radeon card.
Collection of thoughts on the two installs:
1- The Sempron box: old PC doing not too much but gathering dust at this point, so I wiped the HD clean of XP and installed the release candidate version (RC) about a month ago. Smooth install, and surprizingly fast operations for a “new” OS on an old clunker. Have not had the chance to mess with it since then but was impressed nonetheless. The ATI card made it so the UI with full-blown animations was working smoothly.
2- The HP Latptop: it’s a Core2Duo with 4GB RAM and 800Mhz FSB, decent hardware running Vista 64-bit and was slower than molasses due to Vista. So did the upgrade thing as I decided to be lazy about it (I usually install an OS from scratch but my wife wanted it back asap so what the heck!). The upgrade process went without a hitch but be advised it took hours. Just be patient. The laptop under Win7 runs smoothly and I have to say significantly faster without changing a damn thing to the apps & hardware.
Overall, Win7 is a really cool OS at first and will post notes as times flies by on how this is going.
Anybody else enjoying 7 and ditching Vista faster than the speed of light?
Vista 64-bit any good? Stick with XP? Windows 7? Laptop hunting. December 27, 2008
Posted by jphebert in family, technology.Tags: 64 bit, 8gb, laptop, mac, macintosh, macos, vista, Windows, windows 7
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Hi there y’all!
I’m shopping for a new laptop for my wife so she has her own at home, and not stuck on one of my contraptions 
. So snooping online I quickly realized that most units these days on the higher-end of consumer-class products run Vista 64-bit – which surprized me.
Apparently 64 is faster than 32 (duh) but is it all worth it? One of the main benefits is that you break the RAM barrier of 4Gb linked to 32-bit OS’es, which means you can slap in a total of 8Gb on the average unit. If you take into consideration Windows 7 (aka Vista done right so we hear), maybe just maybe a 8Gb could eventually be useful in the long run.
Should I decide to downgrade to XP – how easy is it to locate drivers? Egad – why can’t this be easy? I’m no fan of Vista, but looks like as time goes by we’ll be stuck with it, like it or not.
Here is my conclusion – make my wife want a Mac! I’ve been aching to get onto Apple’s turf, but she is reluctant. With all this OS crapola, looks like Apple is the safe bet.
Any comforting words of wisdom?
Save XP! March 25, 2008
Posted by jphebert in technology.Tags: end of life, end of sale, end of support, microsoft, vista, Windows, xp
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With the Vista fiasco, Microsoft is extending support for XP but sale of the venerable (and quite able) OS is this June. If you want to affect Microsoft’s timeline, check out the petition to save XP.
Mac Vs PC Vs Linux February 28, 2008
Posted by jphebert in Funny, technology.Tags: linux, mac, macos, south park, tux, vista, Windows
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Too funny!
Microsoft Source Fource Action Figures February 20, 2008
Posted by jphebert in Business, technology.Tags: action, figure, fource, microsoft, source, toy, vista
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Well, I don’t know what to say other than some person in marketing is running low on ideas and has too much budget.. Still worth a look. I went back to XP so did I defeat the Vista Sensei?
Vista moot point? February 1, 2008
Posted by jphebert in technology.Tags: 7, downgrade, microsoft, upgrade, vista, Windows
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I’m one of those who tried Windows Vista and ran back to good old XP. I even got my dad a new PC with XP, avoiding Vista for him as well. With the cold response Microsoft got, they’ve accelerated “Windows 7″ development and plan to release next year (2009 H2) – so why even bother with Vista then? Especially that 7 will be available on 32-bit platforms. Here is a good quick read on the topic.
