Windows 7: my first impressions
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Does it have all the dev required thingies, like IIS? Will I be able to install Visual Studio, Office, and SQL Server?
Brady Kelly wrote:
Will I be able to install Visual Studio, Office, and SQL Server?
Yes, I have SQL2005 express and SQL2008 express, VS2008 and Office 2003 on mine...no problems! Mike
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Joan Murt wrote:
- It starts incredibly fast. - Its memory consumption is under 320 MB.
Wonder how much is due to it being a clean install? I've noticed a clean windows server 2003 installation only has about 70MB in use when first installed and boots in a very short amount of time, but starts going up a lot once service packs and other updates are installed.
Joan Murt wrote:
IT reacts fast in all the things I've tried.
Other than explorer which loves to hang for several seconds periodically (suspect threading issues, but dunno, processor as usual is under less than 1% usage), my XP is generally fast enough really.
Joan Murt wrote:
The new task bar allows you to search for the right window easily and fast
I've heard bad things about it, but not tried it myself. What's it like when you have 10 windows open that use the same icon?
Joan Murt wrote:
The Network configuration is really easy.
Do you still need to faff about in the registry to enable routing?
Dave Parker wrote:
Other than explorer which loves to hang for several seconds periodically
It's been my experience with XP that when it does this, it has something to do with network connections. We have a NAS at the office that sometimes gets bogged down and is dog-slow. I have a couple of mapped network drives that point to it, and it will cause Windows Explorer to "hang" for 30 seconds or more at a time. If I disconnect the drive mappings, the "hang" will disappear.
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