Windows 7 Retail Boxes Showing Up in Stores
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It's here! You just can't buy it yet.
It's just two and a half weeks until Windows 7 officially hits stores worldwide, overwriting Windows Vista as the main operating system sold on PCs. The launch of Windows 7 is no big secret, and some OEMs are even allowed to sell systems with the full OS early.
With such a big release, Microsoft is naturally shipping off product to retailers as you read this. In fact, one of Microsoft's first retail shipments have already hit stores.
Engadget was sent a photo from an unnamed electronics store in Chicago showing a brown box with a red sticker that reads "STREET DATE Do Not Sell or Display This Product Before October 22, 2009."
So there it is, the real deal right before your eyes.
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looks like I will be running a major date back up today...
I Dl'ed mine from MSDN a month ago. Lov'n it so far.
Maybe Win 7 64-bit will be better with the driver support than Win XP Pro x64.
That just got me thinking of something....
Despite it's unpopularity, Vista it helped to bring 64-bit to the mainstream. Yea I know there were other 64-bit OS's out first, but how much did they really impact mainstream acceptance of 64-bit programming?. If it wasn't for Vista, hardware manufacturers would still only be making 32-bit drivers. That was part of Vista's problem when it first hit - hardware manufacturers dragging their feet getting new drivers programmed for it.
Having used the RC for many months: yes driver support is better (Nvidia was super early with WDDM 1.1), but some older printers / scanners likely still don't work x64.
I recently got one as well. I did a clean install of the RTM Windows 7 Professional on my HP Pavilion 9700, overwriting the OEM install of Windows Vista. What a difference! It used to take several minutes to get to the point where I could do something with the computer. It took about 2 minutes for Vista to load, then a couple more minutes for all the crap that HP has pre-loaded into the system (which I disabled). Windows 7 Pro... 15 seconds from power on to the Windows password screen! After I enter the password, another 5 seconds and it's ready to go. It's clean and fast. So far, no compatibility issues with any of my software or games. A bit more testing is in order, but otherwise, I'm preparing to upgrade all of the computers on my home network. I think the family will be quite pleased (particularly the Vista users).
Who do you think the monkey is in the video link below?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc&feature=related
You seriously believe this clown -- jumping around like a fat pig doing his hilter salutes -- you think he knows technology, you think he knows what people want, and don't want -- he has NO clue, he's just riding the monopoly wave and now that people are waking up and realizing Microsoft's software does indeed stink, they're finding alternatives.
Look he's exhausted from 30 seconds on jumping around stage. He's the equivalent of the now ex-Billy Mays of advertising junk that people don't know, doesn't work, and don't want.
But hey, if you liked Vista, you'll love Windows 7 -- cause it's the same product with a face lift, based on the same Vista code base.
But according to most surveys, corporations and individuals don't like Vista and it's there because of the cost to switch is expensive. In fact, Intel IT are still using WinXP -- yes, Intel. Sooooo...
Forget to take our meds today?
I know.
I'll take the black one please.
... My RTM copy expires in less than 24 hours... I should rearm it...