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    Good idea to install Windows 7 on an SSD as the only OS?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by exi, May 10, 2009.

  1. exi

    exi Notebook Evangelist

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    Should be getting a Sony Vaio Z540 with an OCZ Vertex SSD this coming week. I have a copy of Windows 7 RC1 sitting here, begging to be installed.

    My understanding is that SSD handling is greatly improved in Windows 7.

    So anyway, the big question is this: should I go ahead and install Windows 7 off the bat as soon as I get the laptop, knowing that it will be good to go well into next year without interruption or automatic reboots or any such thing?

    The notebook is shipping with Vista Business -- more specifically, PortableOne's homebrew of Vista Business without Sony's detritus that they love to leave on there.
     
    exi, May 10, 2009
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  2. ValkyrieLenneth

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    I think it should be ok, both performance wise and compability wise.
    I haven't tested Windows 7 on SSD, yet because... I'm a Mac and my 64GB SSD is way too small for both OS to be installed :D Please try and tell us the result....
     
    ValkyrieLenneth, May 10, 2009
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  3. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    While W7 is apparently ready to go, I would never use the release candidate as your production OS for more than a year. I would encourage you to check it out, but don't live with it.
     
    Greg, May 10, 2009
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  4. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

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    As far as Win7 and SSDs are concerned, I think it'd be a great combo, but I wouldn't recommend it as your primary OS simply because of it's non-official status, as Greg has already stated.
     
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  5. Rebellion

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    Windows 7 behaves just like vista in regards to SSDs. I am not sure any SSD optimization has been put into the OS yet. Saying that, this combo is working great and I have had no problems. Just make sure you google about how to set up your OS for use with an SSD.

    I have two production Laptops, one with x64 Vista and one with x64 Windows 7. This is because Windows 7 is the future and I need to find out the bugs/quirks before it goes live and the first adopters start having problems. Because its one of my main systems I will have enough experience on its quirks so I can help the customers much faster. This worked for Win 2000, XP and Vista.

    Just make sure you backup often.
     
    Rebellion, May 10, 2009
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  6. Stella

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    If you're going to use it as your primary OS for a work machine, you may want to partition the drive and save all of your vital files to a different partition. That way, you don't have to worry about losing any data if you do have a problem with Win7.
     
    Stella, May 11, 2009
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  7. davepermen

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    win7 should work better on an ssd, but vista should perform just great on it, so you may not notice any difference.. :)
     
    davepermen, May 11, 2009
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