Windows 7 To Go RTM In August… Or So

Remember we are testing version that is clean and has none of the blot and ad-ware they will be installed into the final to market version.

I looking to test the 64bit version this week but need for work has over come my need to test this RC. Talking with others we still feel the RC is Vista lite and we are wondering what holes are being hidden to have them add the XP mode.

this a fast to boot and to close down OS but what will the computer makers ad? what third party software will come installed that could hinder it? and are we still looking at 6 tp 8 version(over kill).

32bit work well but I am still find the nag ware pop ups of do i want to do that annoying and I now turn off the windows explore bar to get back that resource and I just see it as quick launch on steroid.

I want to get my testing on a few other things this weekend as I know we are looking at closing of the door as for people getting there comments in.

the Plus end on this beta vs Vista some is listing somewhat

GC

GC,
If you have the time, let me know what you think of the 64 bit. This is what I am running without issue.

I particularly enjoyed Windows 7 and the Microsoft 12 Step Boogie:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346877,00.asp

John Dvorak makes several humorous observations, but I like how he finishes.

“But if any of the lunatics out there don’t think this OS will be patched to death and suffer the same fate as everything else Microsoft has done, then tell me: What mysterious transformation has the company undergone to make things different? Hello, patches! We’re waiting for you! ”

Ron: I ended up making a fully patched Windows XP with IE 8, WMP 11, SP3, and all post-sp3 hotfixes, then cut all the crap out of it with nLite.

The biggest thing I dislike about Vista and 7 are that they ship in a new WIM format that’s much MUCH harder to integrate service packs and hotfixes with, so the first thing you have to do once you deploy it is install a humongous service pack, hundreds of hotfixes, and there’s about 6 GB of obvious crap that I’d love to kill off but can’t.

Vista is a nightmare to try to patch update, integrate, and then deploy, and Windows 7 is not shaping up to improve this, I’d imagine Windows XP and Server 2003 users will probably still hold on for dear life wherever they can get by and still use it, because compared to Vista/7, XP is a mature, well tested OS, with all of it’s worst problems behind it.

There’s still some stuff I can’t get Vista to use, and their DRM’d audio stack won’t let me watch my TV Tuner audio output in VLC. But whenever I get on Windows Live Messenger, it tries to broadcast the video feed as my webcam.

*grin*

Hi Ryan,
I hear you about the ease of XP. I believe XP will go down as the best Windows because of what you mentioned.

As I’m typing this, I have RyanVM Integrator and nLite munching on a similarly configured XP X64.

It’s nice to be able to integrate this stuff rather than start out with OS files and a web browser and a media player that have 4 years worth of bugs, security bugs, and other nasties in them.

Spyware infestestion begging to happen

If you haven’t checked out RyanVM Integrator and their update packs, they have RyanVM integration packs for IE 8, WMP11, DirectX 9 March 2009 update, and post service pack rollup packs that nail hundreds of bugs (some of which you have to request the hotfix for from MS support).

XP rolls out all fixed up instead of a heap of junk from 8 years ago.

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