Posted 06/11/2009 at 11:14:02pm

yup...we're proud to be keepin' the web weird ;)

Posted 06/03/2009 at 03:02:46pm

Well I know 7 can be run from an external drive, as long as your mobo supports it...but if you want some real fun, see if you can get it to run from a flash drive, that's what I'm going to take a stab at next ;)

Posted 06/02/2009 at 01:28:58pm

translation: Acer realized how quickly they were going to lose market share in netbooks to all the competitors who already embraced android

Posted 05/31/2009 at 10:32:28pm

You will be able to access files from your Vista partition, but you can't just run programs that were installed on Vista on your new install of 7.  Any program that has to be installed (i.e. has it's own registry entries) will always have to be re-installed on any iteration of windows that you want to run them from, that's just part of how Windows works.

Since Win 7 will be running on its own partition, formatting that partition when you're done is the easiest way to get rid of it, and that won't affect any of your current Vista data or programs. 

I found the following notes online about removing 7 from the bootloader menu after reformatting: "The boot loader on a multi-boot system will still list the Windows 7 system after removing it from the computer system. Windows XP users (or those with previous Windows operating systems) can simply edit the boot.ini file in the root of the hard drive and remove the Windows 7 entry. Windows Vista users on the other hand need to use a special editor like Easy BCD to remove the Windows 7 entry."

Posted 05/31/2009 at 10:05:39pm

I do believe that's the much-heralded Voodoo Envy

Posted 05/25/2009 at 08:58:36am

I've got the shot you need Dustn, let me know where to send it.  cenich at gmail

Posted 05/22/2009 at 12:43:11pm

I'd be happy to send you a copy on DVD if that's possbile on your end

Posted 05/21/2009 at 09:24:58pm

For the drivers, you'll need to just download and use latest versions from the manufacturers' sites.  Many already have ones that do or should work with Win 7, google for them if you don't seem them listed there.  If there's not any stable Win 7 drivers for a particular device, you can try the most recent Vista 32/64-bit versions, but those are really hit and miss. 

To get at the programs and drivers on your HP disk, you'll have to keep it from autostarting when you load it, and then explore the disk and look for programs and drivers in individual folders on the disk.  If you can't get at them that way, you'll just have to hope HP has cooked up some interim Win 7 drivers for all the proprietary stuff in the TouchSmart or has Vista ones on its site that will do in the meantime.

Let us know how it works out for you...I'm anxious to hear about 7's touch experience

Posted 05/17/2009 at 07:02:16pm

First, for anybody that is a little nervous about trying out 7 on some less-capable hardware, I'm happy to report that I've been running it almost completely hassle-free since release date on my 3-year-old rig, including a DX9 vid card, dual-booting with XP Pro 32-bit.  The only hiccup I ran into was needing to boot into safe mode -a cinch with the bootloader- and install the latest Nvidia vid card drivers from there (7 would load but wouldn't draw the desktop).  I completely skipped over Vista and I'm glad I did...this is really shaping up to be the XP replacement we've all been waiting on.   Here's the rig I'm running it on, and programs I've installed and run with no issue:

• Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe
• AMD FX-62 (stock @ 2.8Ghz)
• 1 GB Corsair XMS DDR-2 800 (normally I run 2GB, but one went bad recently and I've been too lazy to RMA it.  But 7 has been running surprisingly smooth even though I'm crippled down to 1 GB right now)
• XFX GeForce 7950 GX2
• Physical drive 1 (74GB Raptor SATA):
•    C:\ Original XP partiton 
• Physical drive 2 (400GB Seagate SATA):
•    D:\ ~320GB original bulk storage partition
•    F:\ ~50GB partition carved out just for Win 7
• *Note that 7 has no problem seeing and accessing both of the existing original partitions.

Working programs (Win 7 is build 7100):

• uTorrent 1.8.2
• CCleaner 2.19.901
• ESET Smart Security 4.0.424.0
• Yahoo Messenger 9.0.0.2152
• Foxit Reader 3.0 build 1506
• Power ISO 3.8
• Office 2007
• Steam (whatever the current version on their site is)
• Portal (almost identical FPS as when I run it under XP on this same hardware)
• Nvidia 185.85 WHQL forceware drivers

Here's a great list of other software tested with Win 7: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=285099

And 30 other lesser-known goodies found in 7: http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2009/01/12/the-bumper-list-of-windows-7-secrets.aspx

Posted 11/23/2008 at 12:13:07pm

I've got 2 words for you:  p-o-r-n

who says that arms and hands are the only "appendage" you can use to manipulate data with this thing??