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On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:15:43 +0100, scott wrote:
>> Next, I installed Windows 7 Ultimate N on the system. On the plus side
>> - the installation was FAST. Of the three full product installs, it
>> was the fastest, actually. I think it took about the same amount of
>> time as Windows 3.1 did if you took out the diskette swapping.
>>
>> But it failed to detect my wireless card. I had to actually plug into
>> the wired network. Then it downloaded updates automatically and
>> installed a driver for the wireless card. OK, it did eventually work;
>> but with oS 11.2, it just worked - didn't have to download anything.
>
> Lucky for you, when I installed Win7 (it was also a 32bit -> 64bit OS
> upgrade for me) it turned out the wireless card I had has a *really*
> crappy website, and of course no 64bit drivers at all. Luckily I have
> another desktop PC with a wireless card from a more reputable
> manufacturer (which of course advertised Win7 and 64bit compatibility on
> their website) so I simply swapped them over.
I actually had opportunity last night to install WinXP on the same
hardware (the third of the three laptops) for a coworker who needed it
for some software testing he's doing. Using the recovery CD provided by
Dell, I still had to download the drivers for the system. I'm sure there
probably was a driver DVD that I wasn't given to do the installation, but
still....the D610 is older hardware and XP is an older OS; it seems that
regardless of whether it's a new version of Windows or an older one, it
took more work to get it to work than 11.2 did. :-)
Jim
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