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Acer Aspire 3100: Windows 7

Jacob — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:46:16 +0000

I’ve gotten Windows 7 loaded on my Acer Aspire 3100 Laptop as my testing platform for windows 7.
I have downloaded the new vista drivers for my ATI Radeon Express 1100 and everything seemed to go okay. I did see an error message before I restarted, but after the reboot, my video card is working great.
Version 8.12 seemed to work great on Windows 7.

Internet Explorer 8 keeps giving me all kinds of errors. I’m not sure why. I’m still trying to figure that one out.

AVG Free 8 on Windows 7: Works

Jacob — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:14:53 +0000

AVG free edition installed great on my Windows 7 Beta.

Windows 7 Beta: Review 1

Jacob — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:20:20 +0000

Still having issues with some of the features, but over all nice install on some old hardware.

Brief overview of the screenshots:

First screenshot is just a image of the Desktop. Second image is new layout for the “Network and Sharing Center”. In my own opinion it’s laid out better than Vista. Third image Personalization: Themes are packaged better with rotating wallpaper. Fourth image is the new right click on the desktop. Shows the different options and includes the options to move to the next wallpaper.