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    Experiences with Windows 7 64 bit RTM

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by J23, Jul 24, 2009.

  1. J23

    J23 Notebook Geek

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    Hello all. I have stuck it out with the RC 7100 RC. Got burned out by all the builds,although it was a hell of a lot of fun! I am looking to hear from fellow 1640 users experiences thus far with 7600. I purchased a few 7's via pre order and am Debating just running the rc until Oct. 22. On the other hand I am very curious to have a go @ the RTM. Let me know how it is going for you. Thanks.
    Regards,
    J
     
    J23, Jul 24, 2009
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  2. J23

    J23 Notebook Geek

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    Actually that post just reminded me-Does anyone know if Canada is getting the 3 pc license deal?
     
    J23, Jul 24, 2009
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    poncratias Notebook Enthusiast

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    is the rtm available as RC ?
     
    poncratias, Jul 24, 2009
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  4. J23

    J23 Notebook Geek

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    I am not quite sure what you are asking? The RC-Release Candidate was the follow up to The Beta. Both of these were down loadable officially from MS. The RTM-Release To Manufacturer is expressly for OEM tweak-able aka bloatware versions for most pc makers. You cannot DL'd the RTM from MS but it is available one various torrent sites, Isohunt,Demonoid etc. Hope that helps.
    J
     
    J23, Jul 24, 2009
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  5. Stormeh

    Stormeh Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was under the assumption that the RTM will be available on TechNet and MSDN in around a fortnight's time?
     
    Stormeh, Jul 24, 2009
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    Believe its aug 6th for those users ^
     
    dblock05, Jul 24, 2009
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  7. Fragilexx

    Fragilexx Get'cha head in the game

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    Yes the RTM build will be available on TechNet early August I believe, until then it is only available via sites that we can not and should not talk about here. Let's make sure this thread says nothing more about those other methods and save the mods some time :)
     
    Fragilexx, Jul 24, 2009
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  8. J23

    J23 Notebook Geek

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    Let's make sure this thread says nothing more about those other methods and save the mods some time :)[/QUOTE]

    Now that you mention it I have no idea why I posted this in the first place. ;)
    J
     
    J23, Jul 24, 2009
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  9. gage006

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    I have the RTM running on my m1330. The only major changed I noticed was suddenly the Quickset volume overlays work. I was really annoyed by it not working, glad to have it back.
     
    gage006, Jul 24, 2009
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    Fragilexx Get'cha head in the game

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    Glad they've got that fixed, it was strange how the caps lock / num lock etc overlays still worked, just the volume one that didn't.
     
    Fragilexx, Jul 24, 2009
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  11. J23

    J23 Notebook Geek

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    Hey I thought we were not talking about this?
    :confused:
    J23
     
    J23, Jul 24, 2009
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  12. dblock05

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    We aren't talking about where you can obtain the RTM.
     
    dblock05, Jul 24, 2009
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  13. xnightxwingx

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    Are you talking about build 7600? I have that installed and I have no time bomb XD unless I don't know where to check for it o_O
     
    xnightxwingx, Jul 25, 2009
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  14. J23

    J23 Notebook Geek

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    But what's up with that? Last time I checked this site was not affiliated with Microsoft or jebus forbid Apple? Just good old censorship? Have you talked to the owner? How do you know this? Are you NSA? :eek:
    Looking over shoulder,
    J23
     
    J23, Jul 25, 2009
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  15. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    still, there's the issue of licensing, and since you don't have a license, the site could get a complaint from microsoft about that... so nope
     
    paper_wastage, Jul 25, 2009
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  16. J23

    J23 Notebook Geek

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    BTW-Q 2 of my thread here was : Does anyone know if the home 3 premium will be available for Canada? I have not found anything on the Seven Forums or Paul's site.
    J23
     
    J23, Jul 25, 2009
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  17. Fragilexx

    Fragilexx Get'cha head in the game

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    No this site is not affiliated with MS, but as part of the forum rules we are not allowed to discuss certain things, and methods for obtaining software illegally is one of those things.

    We can talk about the actual software as much as we like, but discussions on where you can obtain it should be take place if these places include such things as torrent sites.
     
    Fragilexx, Jul 25, 2009
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  18. J23

    J23 Notebook Geek

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  19. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Anyone know when we'll be getting copies in our action packs?
     
    Hep!, Jul 26, 2009
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  20. Quicklite

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    I'm still running Pre 7000 on my desktop. Had M1730 for about 4 month, it was so fast with Vista, I didn't want to put W7 on.

    But now M1730's sold, I'm back to my desktop, slower with less ram. This pre-7000 build is buggy and annoying... off back to Vista until my W7 Pro disc arrives.
     
    Quicklite, Jul 26, 2009
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    Why don't you go 7100? I like it, faster than Vista, no big bugs, pretty stable.
     
    cdrad57, Jul 26, 2009
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  22. Quicklite

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    I would have, but my mobile internet is slow, and cuts off sometimes for no reason at all. Downloading some 2gb+ file would be extremely..... time consuming.

    Edit:

    err.... its err shutting down every two hours... makes my day. :( s&%&w this, back to vista
     
    Quicklite, Jul 26, 2009
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  23. cdrad57

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    That sucks. BTW your avatar is hilarious.
     
    cdrad57, Jul 26, 2009
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    I'm running 7600 right now, it's amazing, can;t go back to vista
     
    jb1007, Jul 26, 2009
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    Per Paul Thurott here:

    http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/rtm_availability.asp

    Action Pack subscribers can dowload it in English beginning August 23. As previoisly mentioned, Technet and MSDN subscribers get in beginning August 6.
     
    Fountainhead, Jul 26, 2009
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    Running Win 7 Ultimate (64 bit) RTM on MacBook with BootCamp. Everything is working great. It found all the devices except the coprocessor. Did some research and downloaded an NVIDIA 64bit driver and everything is working.

    I am also looking at installing Win 7 to my m1330. Haven't tried it yet b/c Vista was running so well.



     
    gigadigit, Aug 10, 2009
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  27. Nitti

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    What he said, W7 is alot better than failsta from all of my experiences. I even compared 64bit vista with W7 32bit, and W7 was more responsive.
     
    Nitti, Aug 10, 2009
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