Shyam K’s

I have been wanting to download and install Windows 7 right from the moment it was released as a public beta. Time has just arrived for me. Just before i started my way to the office, i started the download for Windows 7 from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx I just couldn’t stop thinking about it right through my day at office. Some busy moments in my office kept my thinking at bay. I finished my office and my way back home, i just kept thinking about it again. Various questions came to my mind to avoid any kind of disappointment, “would the download be successful?” Keeping myself in a positive mind frame, I was hoping to have a taste of Windows 7.

When i came home, i saw my PC still running. It was relieving. Straight away i turned my monitor on and i was happy to see “ Download Complete”. The next moment, i burned the ISO image on to a DVD. It took about 10 mins to complete the process. I did have a spare 40GB HDD with me that i could use for this purpose. To be frank, I did not like the installation part of Windows 7. It was a bit slow than expected. It took about 35 mins for it to load everything. The next thing to happen is the best part of Windows 7. I did not have to install a single piece of driver software. Unbelievable it was. It picked up my Video card, sound card, Norton IS install was a breeze, Nortel VPN client was easy to install. It was a pain to find specific softwares for Vista.

I am more than happy with the way things have worked with Windows 7. I still have a few more test that i need to perform for it to be described as the trouble free OS. Fingers crossed that it keeps working like this right throughout my testing phase. I will be testing it in the next couple of days and will give my verdict! So far so good.

It’s been busy for the past couple of days at the office. People on Annual leave, on sick leave, meetings and all other personal things. The week started on the wrong note, busy right from start to the end. It’s good in one way in these quiet times. By the way, it wasn’t hot as it was to be. Lucky for us the as cool winds brought us some good change. Last night was horrible though.Warm weather continued right until this morning.

Just waiting for the weekend to come. Anyway i have classes on the week end to keep my occupied.  I may be taking my camera with me. With long sunny and bright evenings, i am planning to take some photos around St.Kilda.

Summer at last. We’ve been waiting for the sun to shine harder and hotter. What started to be a bleak summer, finally getting the feel of the hot weather, light has been shone! it was hot as today with temperature reaching 37 degrees. It’s been the hottest day of the year and more expected tomorrow. I usually don’t prefer the hot climate but for some reason have been wanting to have a hot day. Temperature are set to soar 39 degrees tomorrow. Lucky that I would be at my office chilling down in the Air con for most of the day.

Hopefully it doesn’t stay hot too long!