Okay so I finally got Windows 7 to install in virtualBox, turns out you need to select windows other, which does not allow 64-bit OSs. Additionally i needed to have VT-x turned off to get the install to work. Here are some prelim screenshots. I will post more comments as I use it more but my first impression: the look is like the new KDE and Vista had an ugly bloated lovechild. The default install of the x86 version of the OS takes up over 10Gb on a new vDrive nothing installed yet. I love how the touted this as a trimmed down OS…. okay well here are the screenshots.
Any sugestions on what I should try? leave it in the comments, I’m going to try and use this a bit more and I will update here with my comments.
Tags: programming, tech, windows
I have been running this OS on my box for a couple weeks now and Have had no issues at all with the OS. To complain about the OS taking up 10gbs of hard drive space is a bit much for me. I am happy with the OS taking up that much If you are still running an old 40gb hdd in your desktop or laptop its time for an upgrade that will only cost you about 40 bucks. If you cant afford it well….. looks like your using XP for a while.
On other notes this OS has finally given some options to the user that I have been screaming about for the past 10 years that 2000pro or XP could have given but did not(I.E. Changing partition sizes and being able to chop them into drives as you see fit.)