I’m sure most of you have heard about the Windows 7 RC release this week. I’ve heard a lot good things about Windows 7 so I though I’d install it on my laptop. The laptop came with Vista Home Premium which I switched to XP Pro because Vista had too much bugs and issues. At one point I had Ubuntu 8.10 installed but had to give it up because hibernation didn’t work properly.
Now Windows 7 is installed and I’m loving it. It works very well and is nice and slick to use. I’ve had no problems with it so far, except for the fact that Zone Alarm firewall doesn’t work in it (yet). There is also the Virtual XP mode which works nicely. Also I like the new task bar (or Super Bar as it’s called). Only problem is when trying to pin files in it. You need to use shortcuts to make it work properly.
I’m using the 64bit version and installed it from USB drive. Here’s good instructions how to do that. If you do the install from 32bit Windows (like I was), in step 6 you need to use bootsect from 32bit ISO because the 64bit version doesn’t work. If you don’t want to download the 32bit ISO (2.6GB), you can also find the 32bit bootsect.exe from google or you can use other 3rd party tool that do the same thing.
Windows 7 RC is available for anyone interested. The license is working until March 2010. After that Windows will reboot itself every two hours. In June 2010, it will switch into non-genuine mode (black wallpaper and constant nag screens).
Windows 7 RC
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/download.aspx
Windows 7 and Cubic Explorer can co-exist, but session changes are always messed up by Cubic Explorer.
For example: I arrange five nice tabs to do exactly what I want. Learning from mistakes, I un-check the Automatcally save option. Save the session.
Add a new search tab and Cubic Explorer shuffles the tabs and makes others a search tab, the desktop or the last used.
Loading a previous saved session is a mess.
Reverting to the previous release canditate is no help.
This is probably a Cubic Explorer problem and not a Windows 7 problem as the same thing happens on my XP Pro x64 machine.
As for Windows 7 x64 itself, it is just a more restrictive Vista. Even though your are logged in as an administrator, operations are interrupted stating the action needs Admin permission.
To my view, Windows 7 is positioned for the “convenience” user. Most of the XP power features are there, but buried beneath new layers.
This is my second iteration of Windows 7 x64 Ultimate and it still is a disappointment.
Impressive coding, functionality, and interface.
Please do continue to develop this so that it will work with Windows 7 RTM.
I see a Finnish flag, so you are from Finland. Linux is from your fine country too.
I loath the Windows (version) File Manager. I store my data on a non Windows HDD and yet Windows File Manage is set up to use the same HDD.
Just one of the problems your software overcomes.
As for a wish list, your software does what it does very well. I run it as a portable application.
There is really nothing more I need, your software is that good.
Please promote it more. It wasn’t easy to find.
Perhaps add some info about who you are, what your goals are in life etc, if you want.
Continue software development. You have some very credible skills across a number of areas that culminate in a very well presented and functional software application.
Thank you and all the best.
@TheQCC
Yeah, there’s something wrong with sessions. I’m rewriting some of the code at the moment and those issues should be solved in next release.
I also miss the “freedom” from XP. It took me few years to move away from win 2000 to XP so it will take a while until I’ll install Windows 7 in my work system. However on my laptop for casual use it works fine.
@Australian Guest
Thanks for your kind words.
I don’t like to promote CubicExplorer too much because it’s still very unfinished. Maybe once we get to 0.92 I’ll do more promoting.
I hate Vista but i like vista design. Because I decide install windows 7. For test I installed windows 7 free version . For this moment I like new microsoft OS.
Thanks for this – I really like using lall these kinds of tools with Windows 7 but unfortunately, I don’t have the official software yet… only the beta.