Windows 7 Install Questions
Im getting alot of hits and emails about installing Windows 7 on a Dell 1501. I have installed the Beta, RC1, RTM and retail version on this machine. Here I discuss installing the Beta.
The 1501 is somewhat tricky to install on. The hardware I have does *not* have a DVD ROM, so I have to use an external DVD ROM. I use an old xbox 360 HD DVD player – it hooks up through USB and every damn computer I have ever used, including various linux builds, recognize the damn thing. I also install it hardware to the internets so that I can get all driver updates. I did this by habit when I installed retail so I do not know if it comes with the retail drivers. My daughter is mildly fed up with me continuing to erase her tinkerbell desktop wallpaper so I dont think I’m going to go through the exercise again.
Regardless, Windows 7 on an AMD Turion and 2 Gb of RAM is a very slick machine – it runs very very well – better than XP. In fact the performance reminds me of the Win98SE days when I would use 98lite to trim down my OS install.
