Windows 7 installs in 22 minutes

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Over the weekend we finally found enough time to install Windows 7 build 7000 beta 1 and here are some of our first impressions. We still don't understand the excitement, as Windows 7 is nothing more than Vista Service Pack 3, or should we say Vista done right.

The installation takes just over 20 minutes and in about 22 minutes you are ready to start working. The installation is a 3.3GB DVD. We tried Windows 7 Beta 1 on a 3.375GHz Core 2 Quad machine with 8GB memory and Geforce GTX 280 on an EVGA Nforce 750i motherboard, and we have to say we were surprised that the installation went fast and well.

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^ Exactly, more like your speed of the hard drive because its essentially just copying data from the DVD to the HDD and unpacking it.
 
Yep, Vista installs faster :cool2:

sickizblank said:
Vista installed in 10-11 minutes for me :s
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What about the DVD drive? will a 22X samsung DVD writer install faster than a 20X Samsung dvd writer? :huh:

Anish said:
^ Exactly, more like your speed of the hard drive because its essentially just copying data from the DVD to the HDD and unpacking it.
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Win 7 beta installed within 20 min for me.

Gotta mention Linux (ubuntu) installs within 15 min including a raft of full featured applications like office, torrent, graphics, email, music etc :D
 
Frankly nothing Installs as Quick as OSx Mac.
It almost resonates as if you are copying the file from DVD to Harddrive.
 
The installation takes just over 20 minutes and in about 22 minutes you are ready to start working. The installation is a 3.3GB DVD. We tried Windows 7 Beta 1 on a 3.375GHz Core 2 Quad machine with 8GB memory and Geforce GTX 280 on an EVGA Nforce 750i motherboard, and we have to say we were surprised that the installation went fast and well.
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Damn, thats really SLOW.....
 
vishalrao said:
Win 7 beta installed within 20 min for me.

Gotta mention Linux (ubuntu) installs within 15 min including a raft of full featured applications like office, torrent, graphics, email, music etc :D
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ubuntu installs like say in 10-11min for me...Windows 7 gotta test it...microsoft...stopped the damn free downloads :(
 
vista + drivers + necessary software install in 8 mins on 3600+ machine...

oh.. i mean via acronis... lol... i use it everytime i need a format... ;-)

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neo
 
The speed of installation of OS is pretty irrelevant to me. What matters is actually the time to make it functional, like installing drivers, office suite, media players, etc. In that regard, nothing beats Linux as almost all distros come built with the common applications.
 
Mandriva install in 6 minutes :) Ubuntu takes a bit more but still Windows is way behind as it didn't even install apps and utils for daily use :P
 
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