Comments on: So… Windows 7 is fast then http://refraction.co.uk/blog/2008/12/11/so-windows-7-is-fast-then/ The long road to riches and ruin... Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:33:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom http://refraction.co.uk/blog/2008/12/11/so-windows-7-is-fast-then/comment-page-1/#comment-1274 Tom Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:15:59 +0000 http://refraction.co.uk/blog/2008/12/11/so-windows-7-is-fast-then/#comment-1274 Trev, SP2 installed ok but was a complete dog to get running properly. Strangely the original Longhorn beta's had all the right drivers etc. in WU, but then on release they were pulled and you had to hunt around to find the right drivers manually. I remember putting the PnP ID's into Google to find the video driver! I think MS would be stupid to bloat things out and slow the OS back down. They seem to have learnt their lesson this time so I'm keeping optimistic :) T Trev,
SP2 installed ok but was a complete dog to get running properly. Strangely the original Longhorn beta's had all the right drivers etc. in WU, but then on release they were pulled and you had to hunt around to find the right drivers manually. I remember putting the PnP ID's into Google to find the video driver!

I think MS would be stupid to bloat things out and slow the OS back down. They seem to have learnt their lesson this time so I'm keeping optimistic :)

T

]]> By: Tom http://refraction.co.uk/blog/2008/12/11/so-windows-7-is-fast-then/comment-page-1/#comment-1273 Tom Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:11:08 +0000 http://refraction.co.uk/blog/2008/12/11/so-windows-7-is-fast-then/#comment-1273 Stan, The tablet does get pretty hot - but no more than with Vista. I seem to remember it running cooler under XP but it's been a few years since I had that on there to compare. T Stan,
The tablet does get pretty hot - but no more than with Vista. I seem to remember it running cooler under XP but it's been a few years since I had that on there to compare.

T

]]> By: Stan http://refraction.co.uk/blog/2008/12/11/so-windows-7-is-fast-then/comment-page-1/#comment-1272 Stan Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:28:05 +0000 http://refraction.co.uk/blog/2008/12/11/so-windows-7-is-fast-then/#comment-1272 Hi, contemplating the same thing, but was wondering how hot does the tablet get? Hi, contemplating the same thing, but was wondering how hot does the tablet get?

]]> By: trevor http://refraction.co.uk/blog/2008/12/11/so-windows-7-is-fast-then/comment-page-1/#comment-1265 trevor Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:36:32 +0000 http://refraction.co.uk/blog/2008/12/11/so-windows-7-is-fast-then/#comment-1265 Thing is Vista with SP2 would probably install fine as well. I'm keeping my fingers crossed but too many times I see these releases blighted by feature creep born during the Beta phase as a bunch of geeks declare the functionality that must be included. Hopefully this time Microsoft is focusing on the user experience and not the technical community and the apparent speed of this product won't be tailed off by uneccesary clever bits. Thing is Vista with SP2 would probably install fine as well. I'm keeping my fingers crossed but too many times I see these releases blighted by feature creep born during the Beta phase as a bunch of geeks declare the functionality that must be included.

Hopefully this time Microsoft is focusing on the user experience and not the technical community and the apparent speed of this product won't be tailed off by uneccesary clever bits.

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