Thu 8 Jan 2009
Well I noticed that Windows 7 Beta 1 was added to our MSDN account the other day so I decided to throw in on my personal laptop to test drive it for awhile.
I had been running Ubuntu 8.10 but it just wasn’t working out for me with all of the windows only apps I need to use daily at work. So far I’m pretty impressed with this latest beta from MS. The installation was quicker then the previous version of Windows 7 and it just seems to run a bit quicker also. Once I found my wireless drivers on Dell’s website, Windows Update was able to find the drivers for my audio. For those interested I’m running this on a Dell Latitude D600 with a Pentium M 1.6ghz with 1gb of ram.
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February 11th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
luke
Where did you find wireless drivers on the Dell website for your D600? I just installed the Windows 7 Beta. I was able to install the driver for the Broadcom NIC from the driver CD, but the wireless driver from the CD wouldn’t install. When I went to the Dell Support web site and searched for drivers for my Service Tag, it didn’t show me any wireless drivers, and I do have the TrueMobile 1300 Wireless LAN adapter installed.
I would appreciate if you would reply to my email address as well as to this forum.
Thank you,
Mark
Mark.Wilson@CrescentNG.com
February 11th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Mark, i’m using the Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG wireless card. If I remember correctly I just downloaded one from Intel’s website for Vista. The TrueMobile though won’t be that easy. You could see if Dell has a Vista driver available for that card.
February 11th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Never mind. I found the driver and installed it and I have wireless working now under Windows 7 Beta on my D600.