Hmmm.
Just ran the performance rating thingy in Windows 7 (64 bit) and a bit dismayed my 10k raptor (boot drive) only came out at 5.9.
Wonder if this has been rescaled for the supposed higher performance of SSD's?
Aside from that: Processor 7.4, RAM 7.8 and both graphics scores at 7.3 so not bad seeing as the maximum is 7.9.
Asylum Blog (Tag: windows)
Windows 7 Performance Rating
By Simon Britton
Tagged: windows, performance, rating
Retail Windows 7 has landed...
Well seems that they may of released it slightly earlier than the announced 22nd of October as mine arrived this morning.
There is apparently a work around to 'upgrade' Windows 7 release candidate to another version, namely Home Premium in my case.
I'm about to embark on this adventure following tips from here: http://icrontic.com/articles/upgrade-the-windows-7-rc-to-retail
I'll let you know how I get on :)
Creative Audigy 2 won't record in Windows 7
After doing some digging around after failing to get any sound recording from my Audigy 2, seems that there might be an issue with having over 4 gigs of RAM in my system.
I'd like to draw your attention to this Creative issue report:
http://connect.creativelabs.com/windows/Lists/Audigy%20Issues/DispForm.aspx?ID=37
In particular the last line: "It is severely hurting customer trust and the Sound Blaster brand."
Damn straight it is, I'm off.
By Simon Britton
Tagged: creative, audidy, 2, windows
HTC Sync and HTC Hero problems in Windows 7
Seems that HTC Sync drivers refuse to install correctly in Windows 7 (64 and 32 bit).
Seems to work fine in Vista though.
I've managed to get a fix working though, which will get HTC Sync to recognise the HTC Hero in Windows 7 :
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