Windows 7 on a MacBook Pro
In a moment of confusion, I downloaded the beta preview of Windows 7. Microsoft has been pretty cool about the whole process. At first, the demand was too high so they pulled the download to add more servers. My download of the entire OS took about 8 minutes.
The most advanced operating system and mirror in one…
I used VMWare Fusion to install it by making Fusion think it was installing Vista. If you plan to attempt this don’t do the easy install, but opt for the manual. I didn’t try the easy install, but I bet those shortcuts don’t apply to the new OS.
Install was done within half an hour. The only trick was getting VMWare Tools to install. I recommend shutting down the Virtual Machine right after the installation (don’t just suspend). For some reason I needed to do this before the tools would successfully install. Then, adjust your screen resolution in the setting since mine didn’t originate as widescreen. It doesn’t autodetect your display resolution so check your OS X Display settings if you don’t know them.
At first impression this just feels like a much lighter, faster Vista. No BSOD or unresponsive application so far. One cool thing I noticed about IE8 was its initial prompt to have it recommend sites based upon your browsing history.
I’ll be installing Quartus soon (the only reason I have Fusion) and then I’ll be able to tell if there is a performance boost or not. Check out IE8 and Chess Titans running in Unity mode below too…
