Windows 7
So ... yesterday I received my Win7 disc from DELL. That was the deal, when I bought this computer, two months ago, that I would get Win7 as soon as it was released.
The instruction for the installation was pretty straightforward. It told me to stay connected during the installation. However, and that was the part that made me feel most uncertain during this process: It [the first part] removed/uninstalled my wireless network card! So there was no way of staying connected during the installation.
I think that made a big difference. In that end of the process, there was a point where I had a choice. The first choice was green and was the recommended way ... but I couldn't select that because I wasn't online. I have a feeling of that it made a clean install and put some stuff in a folder called Windows.old.
So far I've only been using it for one evening and now this morning. I lost the integrated webcam. Searched all the forums at DELL, and there were oodles of people asking the very same questions. I think they must do something about that, because it came with the computer -- it's brand new and it should work, since it's there!
I've looked for drivers, I've tried to open it from the Windows.old folder but that tells me there are missing files.
Last night when I went to bed, I closed the lid as usual. This morning the computer was shut off. That's new! It used to wake up when I opened the lid. Went into the power options and looked what closing the lid is supposed to do. It said SLEEP. To be honest, I don't know what the difference is between SLEEP and HIBERNATION, but either way it was completely shut off this morning.
Well, it's way too early to tell what this is like. It LOOKS nice alright.. and I had the opportunity to try Vista for two months. I'd heard so many negative things about it, but never experienced any trouble during my short period with it. Okay, it was a little annoying with all those pop-up security boxes or whatever, but that was all.
I want my web cam back and I want to just wake it up in the morning ... that's all I can say at this point.
