The download completed, all 3.18 Gigs of code and bulk about 4.5 hrs later at 6:15am today. I had success negotiating thru the maelstrom of sign in activities and email checking and the download was finally on it’s way. Then to sleep. I awake about 7am and found that the iso file had indeed been downloaded. I burned it to a DVD using Active Iso-Burner, a free utility from http://www.ntfs.com/iso-burning.htm . A handy little gem. The burn took off and I left the house for 907 where we are renovating a small rental house. We returned at 4:30pm and I found Windows 7 properly burned and ready to install. The install took about an hour on this machine, your mileage may/will vary. After the usual raz-ma-taz of entering names and various passwords I had Windows 7 up and running at about 6:30pm. It looks like Vista on steroids. It’s actually named Windows 7 Ultimate. The first noticeable thing is how much faster it is to power on and get to work, yes there’s a sign on but that can be bypassed easily enough with the settings…but it easily is the fastest booting Windows in recent memory. The screen was the eerie blue of the sea with, of all things, a Fighting Fish in mid-screen, no kidding. It’s the default theme. The start button is where it has been for the last bunch of versions, the lower right corner. That’s where the fun begins.
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