I did a fresh install of the Release Candidate when it came out about a month ago and before that I was running the Beta. I have to say that the combination of this machine and the new OS is sweet!!!!! Although I also use this notebook as my primary work machine, so there was a little bit of risk involved, I haven't had any issues with crashing or losing data and it seems very stable.
Anyone else ditched Vista for the delicious goodness of Windows 7 or has anyone gone crazy and installed a Linux build?
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Windows 7
I got the XPS 1330 with Vista.
Partitioned (3) the SSD and installed Ubuntu, for a dual boot. (3rd partition is for files)
Removed Ubuntu and installed Win 7 Beta.
Formatted the Beta and installed Win 7 RC.
I never boot into Vista. Win 7 does indeed rock on this machine! Takes me under 40 seconds from pressing the power button to the login screen. Already pre-ordered the Win 7 Pro Upgrade on Amazon and waiting for 10/22.
Partitioned (3) the SSD and installed Ubuntu, for a dual boot. (3rd partition is for files)
Removed Ubuntu and installed Win 7 Beta.
Formatted the Beta and installed Win 7 RC.
I never boot into Vista. Win 7 does indeed rock on this machine! Takes me under 40 seconds from pressing the power button to the login screen. Already pre-ordered the Win 7 Pro Upgrade on Amazon and waiting for 10/22.
I dual boot 7 and Ubuntu. I am using the RC 7100, but I had a hard time with the drivers. Downloaded the whole lot of them and installed what I thought was needed until every problem was fixed. The m1330 is so nice with 7 that I may end up reverse switching (from Mac OS X to Windows).
I have Windows 7 RC installed on both my Asus EEE 1000HE and my desktop. It's actually running really well on the little netbook. IMO, Windows 7 is the perfect OS for netboooks. It's the same for my desktop; Windows 7 RC runs very well and I have yet to run into any problems with it.
I have the the same laptop and baught it for about 1600 dollars. I installed XP on it because i knew that Vista is not a good OS to go with.. its my primary machine too..
Then i installed windows 7 beta and now i am using RC1 .. this is the most beautiful combination i have ever seen.. ohh my GOD i simply love it...
mine is:
Dell XPS m1330
nvidia 8400
4GB of Ram
320GB of Hard Drive
2.53 intel dual core
Dell XPS m1330 + Windows 7 = Real Computing
Then i installed windows 7 beta and now i am using RC1 .. this is the most beautiful combination i have ever seen.. ohh my GOD i simply love it...
mine is:
Dell XPS m1330
nvidia 8400
4GB of Ram
320GB of Hard Drive
2.53 intel dual core
Dell XPS m1330 + Windows 7 = Real Computing
I liked Vista a lot but Windows 7 is considerably better. I installed Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro the first day the beta came out and then installed the RC the day it came out. I preordered Windows 7 Professional for this machine and I am going to buy a copy of it for my desktop sometime before March 2010 when the RC starts shutting down every 2 hours.
I don't have a XPS m1330 but i do got an XPS m1530 and installed windows 7 RC1 when it came out. So far i can say 7 has worked flawlessly on this laptop. They worked so seamless together its amazing, I love it.
Running 7 RC on my XPS m1530, dual booting with Vista Ultimate. Use to have an Ubuntu partition but got rid of it. I have a 1920x1200 screen and Windows 7 is GORGEOUS on it. Not to mention it generally runs a lot snappier than Vista. Vista was slightly sluggish even with a 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 gigs of RAM and a 256 MB Nvidia graphics card, but Windows 7 runs really smoothly. Haven't had any problems with crashes or incompatibilities yet. I'm surprised so many Vista programs and drivers work with it.
I have an msdn account and installed the release to manufacturing x64 on my M1330 (with integrated intel graphics) and it works fine, only driver that it didn't get directly was for the trackpad (scrolling wouldn't work by default) and I downloaded the driver for vista from synaptics website.
Been running this for about a week and seems to work great no crashes/blue screens, so far I'm very happy with windows 7.
Been running this for about a week and seems to work great no crashes/blue screens, so far I'm very happy with windows 7.
I also have this laptop and access to an MSDN account. I'm trying to decide if I should install the 32-bit or 64-bit version. Yes I know the 64-bit is better, but I'd like to use the other on my Macbook Pro through boot camp. Since the Macbook is a little faster, I might want to use the 64-bit on it.
remember u also need a 64-bit processor to run so just check if you have that
Any special drivers required?
While pottering around my storage areas I discovered an M1330 I didn't get rid of. It's still under warranty and full Completecare for another year so I figured I'd use the hell out of it, hopefully it'll fail a couple of times more and I can get them to replace it during this period.
Worst laptop I've owned in the last 3 years I think: Terrible build quality combined with Apple-like reliability.
While pottering around my storage areas I discovered an M1330 I didn't get rid of. It's still under warranty and full Completecare for another year so I figured I'd use the hell out of it, hopefully it'll fail a couple of times more and I can get them to replace it during this period.
Worst laptop I've owned in the last 3 years I think: Terrible build quality combined with Apple-like reliability.
I have installed Windows 7 on my wife's M1330 and it has been running much smoother than Vista. However, my oldie HP dv1000 has died since and now I've taken over my wife's computer (got her an Asus eeePC 1005HA). I'm installing Linux Mint 7 on this machine in couple days, but I might just try Dell's version of Ubuntu 9.04 first. You can get it at linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_9.04#Dell_OS_...
I signed up to host a Win 7 launch party. You know what that means! Win 7 Ultimate (Signature edition) will be on my m1330 within the next week or two. Cannot wait.
