I am not going to say that they were totally lame, they would just benefit from a capacitive touchscreen like those found in some high-end laptops and in top-tier smartphones. HP loaned me the TouchSmart knowing full well that it wasn't originally developed to run Windows 7 touch apps, and as such, it can't be judged for its gameplay or minor hiccups. In the main Surface apps, it does a great job, and as for the OS, it runs Windows 7 smoothly with a spring in its step.
But am I waiting eagerly to see Windows 7 running on a touchscreen with more dexterity? You bet your ass. The "full" version is mostly for people who are building their own systems. Windows 7 Home Basic is not available in the United States or most of Europe though, along with residents of Burkina Faso and Vanuatu, Montenegrans will be able to buy it. Just in case you were concerned, Windows XP will also be available, distributed and supported for 12 months after Windows 7 launches though limited to these same "small notebook PCs.
Anyone, anywhere in the world, in 35 different languages, will be able to buy a Windows 7 PC on October The actual box of software will be available in most countries, covering 14 languages, on the 22nd, with the other 21 languages getting their retail boxes by October It's a damn fast rollout, especially given all of the terrain it's going to cover. Stay tuned, because we're going to post more details on this pre-order business soon. In the meantime, talk amongst yourselves.
Is this a good deal? You can upgrade your Windows 7 Beta install if you've got one, but it's not recommended, and takes a bit of skunkwork. You're out of luck with XP and any other older version of Windows, which is how it's gonna be with the retail version of Windows 7 too—though Microsoft has some tools to make it less painful , or you could take the long way around , just to say you did it.
Is It Safe? It's very safe. Unlike Google, Microsoft seems to be using product cycle terms in their traditional sense, so the designation " release candidate " means it's a version that's got the potential to go final—as long as nothing majorly FUBAR is discovered—with just a few little bugs left for squishing. Besides, the Windows 7 Beta was pretty damn solid to begin with. And if you follow one of our guides to dual-booting it , then you've really got nothing to worry about.
All of your hardware should work just fine, especially if it worked alright on Vista, since we're talking mostly the same OS guts here, and Microsoft bent over backward to make stuff backward compatible with Vista. It's possible you'll need to grab drivers for your hardware or gadget straight from the manufacturer—or in the case of graphics cards from Nvidia or ATI, you'll want to for the best possible performance—but you should be able to just plug and play.
Depends on what you mean by that! It goes completely poof on June 1, But on March 1, it becomes basically unusable—it starts automatically shutting down every two hours like a dbag. Here's everything of value that we learned about Win 7, packed in a complete, easy-to-read guide. But leave plenty of room—there's a wide world of other Windows 7 guides out there to plow through.
Here are the best, linked and previewed for your perusal. Microsoft says that Windows 7 is the "seventh" major Windows version, which it isn't, but whatever. Adding to the mystery, the Windows 7 version number will actually be 6.
Since you are only given one CD key, you can only activate a single version at a time. Who was in charge of the project? How do international prices compare for all editions? Icrontic 's guide is of the more esoteric sort, but hey, context! Microsoft compiled a total of builds of Windows 7, 14 of which were leaked after the January 9 Beta. If you find this fascinating, then I find you fascinating. In a neutral way!
Plus, they have pretty charts:. If you want to be done reading about this Windows 7 bullshit in, like, 30 seconds, they're your guys:.
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