NetworkSydney

Hi All,

Finally got around to installing Windows 7 onto some old piece of hardware. Overall, the experience went quite well with things such as RAID controller drivers already included and not needing to supply drivers. I installed the 64x bit version and it seems to run well on my old Athlon 64. The graphics are onboard so video isn’t the best especially on a 24″ Dell wide monitor. The sound controller is giving me a headache, Windows Update found the drivers for the onboard sound controller but is refusing to cooperate, it seems confused thinking that I only have rear speakers in a 5.1 configuration. I think I might just do without it for a now and get a cheapy Sound Blaster card later on.

Software wise it seems to be good overally, I still think however Microsoft just shuffled icons around and repackaged it. So far I have received a few popups regarding the application compatibility thing which might get annoying down the track. Apart from that I think I might keep using it and see how things go.

Ciao!