What works with Windows 7??

Hi all,

has anyone had hands on experience with windows 7? forgetting the preinstalled apps, what other apps are currently working with 7? firefox, itunes, microsoft office?? I read microsoft say that all apps that work with vista will work with 7, but is this also true of the beta?

iv downloaded the beta and am planning on giving it a whirl, but was wandering what sort of levels of daily usability am i going to be able to get from it?

Thanks for your help. Chris

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Permalink Reply by Rex Torres on January 12, 2009 at 3:21pm: So far, I installed Chrome, VB Express and C# Express on Windows7, and everything worked like a charm! No problems yet...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mateus Augusto Lopes on January 12, 2009 at 3:45pm: A lot of things, like Firefox and Winamp, i think.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chris Santiago on January 13, 2009 at 6:00am: oh great! it sounds like a fair few apps will work!

i am keen to beta test windows 7, but was debating whether to do it on my primary machine in case i lost too much daily usablilty, but it sounds like it could well be better than i imagined.

I plan to install 7 at the weekend, so ill post my feedback/review next week sometime.

thanks for your replies guys! much appreciated!

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Permalink Reply by Mateus Augusto Lopes on January 18, 2009 at 4:57am: Well, Windows 7 still beta.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ian Walker on January 18, 2009 at 4:59am: I'm waiting for it to be released fully. It cannot be long now :)

Take care.

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Permalink Reply by Mateus Augusto Lopes on January 18, 2009 at 5:00am: Well, i just will get on RTM version.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ian Walker on January 18, 2009 at 5:03am: So will I but I don't know when it is due for release.

Take care.

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Permalink Reply by Mateus Augusto Lopes on January 18, 2009 at 5:03am: Will be this year, when i don't know.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Justin Clarke on January 13, 2009 at 7:16am: Pretty much for me now, that all Vista drivers and apps work with Windows 7. But before you get those stuff, I would suggest you get the bug fixes installed so it works right.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chris Santiago on January 13, 2009 at 8:06am: Hiya

which bug fixes are you talking about? i have the 7000build iso which i will clean install. Most reports iv read are of a smooth install.

are there bugs that i should be aware of?

thanks for your help and opinion. peace!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Justin Clarke on January 13, 2009 at 8:31am: (MP3 Corruption-Hotfix can be downloaded for here x86 x64)
(Internet Explorer 8 Beta opening slow-when UAC is on with Hamachi network driver installed)
(Gadgets not working with UAC turn off-Know bug only fix is to downgrade to a lower verison of the windows 7 sidebar or you can use vista sidebar both can be download here GADGETS FIX)
(Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing slight lag-only fix i found was to disable it)
(when playing music in windows media player and installing some thing that has a heavy load your music skips); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chris Santiago on January 18, 2009 at 4:51am: Hey justin,

iv been running the beta for a couple days now and have had none of the problems listed above thankfully, thanks though.

im sure ill find several bugs of my own, but so far so good to be honest! the two software issues iv had are with virtual cd/dvd drive softwares. also, im not sure that the uninstall feature of se7en is working properly either. but overall most software iv tried seems to work (nero,itunes,firefox,avg, office 2007, and a few others.

is se7en good enough for you to consider upgrading when it comes out?; ▶ Reply to This