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It's not quite a release candidate yet, but Windows 7 beta build 7048, which leaked onto the Internet last week, provides a lot more customization options as well as numerous feature and UI tweaks. Here are some of the high points from WinSuperSite's coverage:
Digging deeper, ZDNet's Ed Bott (with whom I worked on his Windows Me book back in the day) also discovered:
Should you track down a copy of Build 7048 and give it a try before the official RC hits (probably in April)? Before you decide, be sure to view the WinSuperSite Build 7048 comment thread. Short take: you might be asking for trouble, especially if you don't do a clean install.
Have you tried Build 7048? Hit Comment and tell us what you liked, and what still needs work.
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donkeycrock
March 12, 2009 at 5:50am
I have this installed on my media center.
1. Downloaded all the drivers except the audio(xonoar) and ati 650 hd card
a. found my averaudio hd card
2. the menueing system freezes between selecting tv programs, and movies(everytime, requires hard boot)
3. figuring out how to share files took 30 mins to find.
4. uses 1.4 gigs of ram and averages 30 percent CPU usage on a dual core while in MCE
5 MCE eggshell uses 150 MBs
6. did not find my 1.5 tera hard drive on format, had to manualy aactivate it through disk manager
7, chrome doesnt work very well, havnt tried firefox, going to uninstall ie when i get home
other than that i havnt played with it much
Sovereign
March 11, 2009 at 5:26pm
There are more "Some part of Windows stopped working blah blah blah" than I'd like (i.e. anything more than zero is not what I want) but upgrading from Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Build 7048 x64 went fine...
whathuhitwasntme
March 11, 2009 at 4:42pm
almost every torrent site out there has it posted 32 and 64bit versions
Blindly Going Where many have gone before but often failing to read the directions!
