[access-uk] Re: Windows 7

  • From: "Peter" <peterholdstock@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:38:47 -0000

The operating system itself is several Gigabytes so, plus you need quite a few gigabytes for virtual memory etc. Also all operating systems generally run slower once you've got less than 20% of your hard drive space left, so no, I would recommend it. 


Peter

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From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 3:38 PM
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows 7
Sorry. I mean if I can shrink my C drive I would only get an extended partition of 700MB. Does that help? 

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter" <peterholdstock@xxxxxxx> 
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 3:14 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows 7
As for duel booting, I found after installing Windows 7, that Windows 7 is the first and default option on the boot menu. Vista is the next one down.
Chris, did I see you say you wanted to shrink your drive down to less than 700MB. I hope that's not your system drive, because if it's that small you really will have a very slow system with both vista and windows 7. In fact I'd be surprised if you wouldn't have probelms altogether. 

Peter

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From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 3:05 PM
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows 7
Thanks Tristan, greatly appreciated. I'm pretty much a geek, but will leave it for the time being until I have either some free time or I somehow find a way to dual boot. 

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Tristram Llewellyn" <tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 3:00 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Windows 7



Please bear in mind that those of us talking about Windows 7.0 are
talking about a public beta version of which there are restricted
numbers (some 2.5 million across the world and there has been heavy
interested that delayed the post on Friday).  The software is not yet
fully complete and although you will probably hear good reports about it 
there are still rough edges some of which I have encountered.
I would say that for average users out there who depend on their machine 
working especially with their access technology to hold off doing
anything yet.  Those people testing should really have a spare machine
powerful enough to do it justice rather than put it on anything they
depend on.  It is quite likely that Windows 7.0 will be released to the
public well before the year is out.  Some are talking about before
August anyway.  Microsoft have more or less explicity said this is THE
BETA not one of a sequence.  Therefore release to manufacture can only
be a matter of months away rather than half a year or even a year.

I will stick my neck out and say that if you have VISTA now and you do
eventually decide to go for Windows 7.0 that you will not want to keep
VISTA.  This isn't because it is fundamentally different but mainly
because the whole experience feels a bit more efficient.  It is more
like Windows VISTA Reloaded and re-touch but it does make such a
difference even so.  Hardware detection has been very good for me and
after initial install on a Sony laptop which is not the easiest machine
to get going left me with far more of the machine working than I had
running from an OEM VISTA install.

I would always do a clean install, upgrade installs are clever but
usually come undone sooner or later.


Regards.

Tristram Llewellyn
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