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Jan 10, 2009 12:02

Currently downloading Windows 7 Beta. I'm very happy with Vista, but am eager to see  how Microsoft have packaged Lucky 7. I hope it will catch on. Maybe Obama will endorse it.

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britbear January 11 2009, 01:19:41 UTC
do you know the build number they released ?

I have a build at work. Loving it so far. super stable and fast. (stabler, and faster than vista).

Haven'tplayed with any new bells and whistles yet cos -- well the whole Aunty thing.

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furlicker January 11 2009, 03:30:56 UTC
7000. I'm loving it too. There don't seem to be very many bells or whistles (compared to Vista). Yes it is stable, and installed without a problem. There's a thing called Homegroup which at first looks like it replaces the Workgroup, but then I found the Workgroup. So Homegroup is for communicating between Win7 users and Workgroup is what it used to be. Except the default is 'WORKGROUP' so I had to change it to MSHOME.
I made the mistake of loading the 64bit version of Win7 and then couldn't run the setup software for my motherboard, also my NIC driver wouldn't install, but I everything is running despite that.
I don't understand why it is rating my SATA drive as 3.0 (maybe it needs the mobo driver that I can't load). And Online Help keeps thinking I'm offline, but I ain't (this reply is being typed in IE8 on Win7)

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furlicker January 11 2009, 03:44:01 UTC
ooh... looks like it has all kinds of stuff for handwriting recognition and touch screen. Not sure if that's a bell or a whistle. Large touch screen monitors are about $600, so not yet.

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britbear January 11 2009, 01:20:10 UTC
Fairground Attraction. oh my, haven't heard them in maybe a decade !!!

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furlicker January 11 2009, 03:38:46 UTC
Yep. I don't know what inspired me to dig it out of the CD rack. I was doing dinner (roast pork) and wanted some music while I was tooling around in the kitchen. It was just right.

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