My first installation of Windows 7 was on a virtual PC running in Vista on my desktop machine. It took quite a while – I let it run overnight – and once it was done, the virtual machine ran pretty well.
I then installed the Windows 7 January Beta with Office 2007 already installed (available to Microsoft Partners) on a Dell Latitude D600 with 1GB of RAM. That install went about the same as the VM install.
Then I wanted to lay the release candidate on top of that install, only to find out that Microsoft never intended the RC to upgrade earlier Beta releases. So once I figured out that workaround (read about it here), I was off and running.
Running a new OS on a clean, non-production machine is one thing – even if it does only receive a 1.0 Windows Experience Index Rating – but using it daily is another; so four days ago, I decided to jump in with both feet. After backing up my daily use laptop, a ThinkPad X60 with 4GB RAM, I inserted the Windows 7 RC disc and launched the upgrade. Three hours later I had my new Windows 7 laptop.
The process was pretty hands off, but to say I was unimpressed with the time it took to upgrade is an understatement. I have been running Vista on this machine for nearly three years and I know it is pretty junked up so I suppose I should be happy the upgrade worked at all.
So far, I am reasonably happy with Windows 7. Other than the crazy long boot times I have run in to, the OS is pretty snappy and nothing has failed to run yet. I will be digging into speeding up the boot process this weekend.
I’d love to hear about your installation experiences, so feel free to leave any thoughts or questions in the comments.
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