Windows 7 Release Candidate: Now What?

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You should NEVER run a testing operating system to be your primary system since you should be prepared to encounter bugs even if it's an RC release and the fact that it seems stable. I know this from experience as I test a lot of software in the open source community. It may look stable and then suddenly you do something then the program crashes... Then you go WTF?
 
iv only got one system at my place but i could hardly resist testing out the beta and RC, but to be safe i just got my self a cheap 500gb hard drive and set up a dual boot.. to simple
 
[citation][nom]deltatux[/nom]You should NEVER run a testing operating system to be your primary system since you should be prepared to encounter bugs even if it's an RC release and the fact that it seems stable. I know this from experience as I test a lot of software in the open source community. It may look stable and then suddenly you do something then the program crashes... Then you go WTF?[/citation]

lol the funniest part is windows 7 rc is more stable than windows xp x64. so logically, your statement is correct, but just not in this situation
 
[citation][nom]eklipz330[/nom]lol the funniest part is windows 7 rc is more stable than windows xp x64. so logically, your statement is correct, but just not in this situation[/citation]
I agree. A lot of final versions of open software work less good (have more bugs) as Win7 RC.

I expect the final verison of Windows 7 to be somewhat like 5GB in size. Since the current version has a lot of debug and tuning programs, and feedback programs) running that probably won't be there in the final versoin. At least if they do I hope we can strip them down from them.
Despite their use in boosting the OS and provide more stability, once they have done their job, they are no longer needed and can be turned off.

Also, I really hope MS is going to do something about defrag, to support better SSD defragmentation support, as well as keep the OS from spreading files arround the HD, but keep files and folders as clusters on the HD (together, and not spread out).
 
7127 is a internal build. MS still does weekly builds. It doesnt mean there has been any major changes. It just consists of whatever work they did that week.

It could be a very minor change and without release notes you would never know.

 
But does anyone notice a difference in loading times from start-up between the Beta (7000 build) to the RC (7100 build)?
 
[citation][nom]ProDigit80[/nom]I agree. A lot of final versions of open software work less good (have more bugs) as Win7 RC.[/citation]

the word you look for my sir, is worse
 
I am using Win 7 as my primary OS without problems. No it is not my only OS. It is on a separate hard drive, by primary I simply mean it is what I am booting into and using day to day as I slowly install more programs to see if they all function. So far the only ones not to work do not work in Vista either, no surprises there.

All of my data is kept on two separate hard drive. One of which has Vista and XP installed the other with Mac OS X Leopard. So though it is my primary OS now it is by no means my only OS. If Win 7 has some catastrophic failure I can simply hit the reboot button and use one of my other OSes.
 
[citation][nom]ProDigit80[/nom]Also, I really hope MS is going to do something about defrag, to support better SSD defragmentation support, as well as keep the OS from spreading files arround the HD, but keep files and folders as clusters on the HD (together, and not spread out).[/citation]Has it ever been proven that defragging an SSD even accomplishes anything?
 
[citation][nom]Cletus_slackjawd[/nom]how much for windows 7?[/citation]
That's the big question ATM.... I expect prices similar to Vista's pricing, in other words rape, rob and pillage time for M$. US prices, ~400USD for professional. 30 to 50% higher in the rest of the OECD.
 
[citation][nom]deltatux[/nom]You should NEVER run a testing operating system to be your primary system since you should be prepared to encounter bugs even if it's an RC release and the fact that it seems stable. I know this from experience as I test a lot of software in the open source community. It may look stable and then suddenly you do something then the program crashes... Then you go WTF?[/citation]
I do agree. I have installed the RC1 and suddenly the Event Notification service crashed. I could not even log on to the system. Had to remove and install the XP again. Too early to use the RC as a primary system. I even will not use the final retail version until the some period will pass and microsoft addresses common issues
 
[citation][nom]deltatux[/nom]You should NEVER run a testing operating system to be your primary system since you should be prepared to encounter bugs even if it's an RC release and the fact that it seems stable. I know this from experience as I test a lot of software in the open source community. It may look stable and then suddenly you do something then the program crashes... Then you go WTF?[/citation]

All I hear is blablabla.
 
I had sound and graphic errors/bugs that I never encountered with XP64 on Windows 7. I had updated drivers for Windows 7 for my hardware.
Also the Windows 7 default shell was more bloated than XP's which is sub par begin with compared to a replacement shell. Personally I use(BB4WIN) as my replacement shell for windows. With customizing it's more functional better looking and requires less system resources. I'll stick with XP64 for now.
 
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