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Win7 experience

Hi!

How y'all doing?

I'm just fine, enjoying my Christmas vacations (from the 24th of December 2008 until the 7th of January 2009).

After reading that the beta 1 version of the Windows 7 was released (build 7000), I decided to try them on my PC and see for myself if they are hot or not.

So, I created a virtual machine using the Sun VirtualBox with 493MB of RAM and 7GB hard disk. For the Windows 7, I used the Windows 7 Beta 1 Build 7000 x86 DVD (REPACK-WinBeta). The installation worked out just fine, even with the petty system I own (Athlon64 3500+ 2.2GHz, 1GB RAM, 120+160+320GB hard disks, Windows Vista 64) and the even pettier setup for the windows 7 installation (493MB RAM, 7GB hard disk; specifications that sound just like a netbook).

The only problem that I faced is that windows 7 and the virtual network adapter of the virtual machine won't work together, as windows don't have a suitable driver. Besides that, the system worked perfectly and the feeling of the interface is ok.

Below you can find some screenshots:

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