Windows 7 vs Seven Remix XP
April 27, 2009
It’s kinda ironic that today I learned Windows 7 Release Candidate will be get its public release on May 5th, as last night I found a mod that tarts Windows XP up to look like Windows 7. The pack includes an entire package that does a convincing job of transforming the ‘Fisher Price’ style OS that I’ve come to loathe; it includes login splash screens, cursors and sound effects. However I have a few reservations. Mainly, on my first install, it interfered with a number of DLL files which stopped other apps from launching. I removed it and reinstalled, this time without any of those DLLs (there’s an option to uncheck them in the easy to use installer). I still miss the search feature in the start menu (which I fixed using Google Desktop), the snipping tool (fixed with a rather funky app; PrtScr) and the general feel of Windows 7/Vista. The Seven Remix XP package is available to download from Deviant Art.
It’s kinda annoying that I’ve only just reformatted my desktop machine, but I’ll likely download the release candidate of Windows 7, probably installing it alongside Vista and Ubuntu, rather than the virtual machine I used for the beta. Might even see if it can cope with a netbook.
I’m so downloading this as soon as possible! Good post. How long would it take to download on a dial-up connection?
And why don’t you blog much anymore?
Yeah, I liked it a lot. It’s an 18mb d-load, so about half an hour maybe, at a guess? You have dial-up?
I meant to blog about Windows 7 RC, but sort of left it a little late now. Most of my thoughts go to my Twitter. I’ve also been working on Island Quest a lot more over the past few weeks, but I will begin posting here more often again soon.
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