Re: Windows 7 I like it

"Collector_NZ" <> wrote in message
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> Well I splashed out and bought Win7 Pro 64bit.
>
> I love it, no apps installed yet but 1 hour to get to usable and with
> firefox and AVG installed, all my remote access facilities I normally use
> running and my Raid Array imported and working from the Vista setup.
>
> By far the best Win OS I have struck so far for install.

Vista recognised my RAID array, but what impressed me was that this time
around there was no need to install any chipset drivers. Windows 7 found
drivers for all the onboard devices, and this motherboard is fairly niche.
Media Centre now works with the Hauppauge HVR 2200. Vista's edition for
some reason failed to pick up any DVB-T channels. In either case, Media
Centre's UI is hopelessly stodgy. WinTV 7 is far better software for
watching TV. All my apps and utilities that worked in Vista work in W7. I
like Vista Ultimate but the improvements in W7 are too numerous to ignore.
My favourite are the jump lists. They save just so much time ****ing about
clicking through folders.

Now that I don't have any use for Windows 7 RC any more, there is a 300GB
partition ready for Fedora 12. Fingers crossed it will detect an ICH10R
SATA array.

Tony.

Tony Neville

On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:54:18 +1300, Tony Neville wrote:

> Vista recognised my RAID array, but what impressed me was that this time
> around there was no need to install any chipset drivers. Windows 7
> found drivers for all the onboard devices, and this motherboard is
> fairly niche.

Why should an admin need to install drivers? The OS should recognise the hardware and use an
appropriate driver already supplied and installed when the OS is installed.


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"Collector_NZ" <> wrote in message
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> I too found very little driver issues, my Canon iP3000 printer didnt get
> recognized till I did a win update and then off it went

Which reminds me... It was good not having to reboot the PC half a dozen
times to get everything up-to-date following an install.

> Over all a very pleasent experiance and none of the drama associated with
> going 64bit that was part of Vista

My first use of Vista was considerably late. I guess by February this year
most of the 64-bit issues were fixed. I had none.

Tony.

Tony Neville

"Carnations" <> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:54:18 +1300, Tony Neville wrote:
>
>> Vista recognised my RAID array, but what impressed me was that this time
>> around there was no need to install any chipset drivers. Windows 7
>> found drivers for all the onboard devices, and this motherboard is
>> fairly niche.
>
> Why should an admin need to install drivers? The OS should recognise the
> hardware and use an
> appropriate driver already supplied and installed when the OS is
> installed.

Sounds like a neat idea, but in order that OS developers know the future of
hardware development and implementation, where is there a ready supply of
dilithium crystals to run their time machines?

Tony.

Tony Neville

On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:54:22 +1300, Tony Neville wrote:

> Sounds like a neat idea, but in order that OS developers know the future
> of hardware development and implementation, where is there a ready
> supply of dilithium crystals to run their time machines?

In case you were not aware, other operating systems com with drivers for all known and supported
hardware.


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Carnations

"Carnations" <> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:54:22 +1300, Tony Neville wrote:
>
>> Sounds like a neat idea, but in order that OS developers know the future
>> of hardware development and implementation, where is there a ready
>> supply of dilithium crystals to run their time machines?
>
> In case you were not aware, other operating systems com with drivers for
> all known and supported
> hardware.

Let's take these three devices: An nVidia GTX 295, an ICH10R SATA2 array,
and a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2200. Which other operating systems come with
drivers to support all three of those?

Tony.

Tony Neville

On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:01:33 +1300, Collector_NZ wrote:


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>>
>snip>

>>
>> Now that I don't have any use for Windows 7 RC any more, there is a
>> 300GB partition ready for Fedora 12. Fingers crossed it will detect an
>> ICH10R SATA array.
>>
>> Tony.
>>
>>
> I too found very little driver issues, my Canon iP3000 printer didnt get
> recognized till I did a win update and then off it went
>
> Over all a very pleasent experiance and none of the drama associated
> with going 64bit that was part of Vista


Yep my win7 upgrade was awesome ,,,,

Biggles..

BigglesZz

On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:12:21 +1300, Tony Neville wrote:

> "Carnations" <> wrote in message
> news...
>> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:54:22 +1300, Tony Neville wrote:
>>
>>> Sounds like a neat idea, but in order that OS developers know the
>>> future of hardware development and implementation, where is there a
>>> ready supply of dilithium crystals to run their time machines?
>>
>> In case you were not aware, other operating systems com with drivers
>> for all known and supported
>> hardware.
>
> Let's take these three devices: An nVidia GTX 295, an ICH10R SATA2
> array, and a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2200. Which other operating systems
> come with drivers to support all three of those?

how old are those devices? And have the manufacturers of those devices released accurate and
complete documentation about the APIs and ABIs that those devices use?


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Carnations

On 2009-11-07, Carnations <> wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:54:18 +1300, Tony Neville wrote:
>
>> Vista recognised my RAID array, but what impressed me was that this time
>> around there was no need to install any chipset drivers. Windows 7
>> found drivers for all the onboard devices, and this motherboard is
>> fairly niche
>
> Why should an admin need to install drivers? The OS should recognise the hardware and use an
> appropriate driver already supplied and installed when the OS is installed.

And you add some more hardware. Then what?

Gordon

On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:10:51 +0000, Gordon wrote:

>> Why should an admin need to install drivers? The OS should recognise
>> the hardware and use an appropriate driver already supplied and
>> installed when the OS is installed.
>
> And you add some more hardware. Then what?

The OS should recognise the hardware and use an appropriate driver already supplied and installed
when the OS was installed.


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