Final Agent 17 » Vista http://www.elyonscircle.com/blogs/FA17 My random thoughts on life, death, and oversized giant pink poodles Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:46:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Microsoft Windows 7 Beta released!! http://www.elyonscircle.com/blogs/FA17/2009/01/microsoft-windows-7-beta-released/ http://www.elyonscircle.com/blogs/FA17/2009/01/microsoft-windows-7-beta-released/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:47:13 +0000 admin http://www.elyonscircle.com/blogs/FA17/?p=213 I am so excited! Microsoft has finally released the much anticipated “update” Operating System to Vista, Windows 7!!!
It is currently available in download form from several sites, including www.microsoft.com and www.download.com.
This release of Windows is supposed to fix a few known bugs with Vista, speed up the system a bit, provide ease of use enhancements, and an updated UI (User interface).

I’m currently downloading it, and am going to either create another partition on my hard drive to load it on, or run it as a virtual PC through Windows. I’ll keep updates here as to how it works!

 

EDIT:
Here are some professional reviews on it…

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/11/10/10-genuinely-kick-ass-features-to-get-excited-about-in-windows-7/
http://mintywhite.com/tech/windows-7/will-windows-7-be-a-worthwhile-upgrade/

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Next I had to load Windows XP, and then overwrite it with Windows Vista. I got Windows Vista from someone who works at Microsoft (heh…they get a 90% discount…so for Vista Ultimte…normally $600…I paid $60 :D ), but they accidentally got me the UPGRADE version…so you have to have a previous version of windows installed first (hence why I had to load XP first). I love it! I installed Vista 64-bit…which is awesome because it means it can fully utilize my 8GB of RAM that I have in my computer. The computer runs so fast it’s amazing. :)

SIDENOTE: For all interested…the day I was ordering my parts…I noticed that my 2.2Ghz quad-core processer wasn’t in stock…so I upgraded. I went with the AMD Phenom 9850 BLACK edition 2.5Ghz quad-core!!! Which, by the way, I found out, is the BEST processor you can GET from AMD. :)

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I also stopped by our local computer surplus store today and grabbed some SATA and IDE power and data cables…because apparently the “Open box” motherboard I’m getting from Newegg only includes the motherboard…and none of the accoutrements. I can’t wait for tomorrow, when the rest of my boxes are scheduled to show up!!!

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