Nov 7 2009

PC upgrade: Windows 7 + SSD harddrive

Last weekend I upgraded my 3 year old PC (Windows XP, Core2Duo E6600, 4GB Ram, Nvidia 7900GS) and put in a new SSD hard drive (Samsung SSD PB22-J MLC, 128GB) and installed Windows 7 (Professional 64bit, English) on it.

The SSD is nearly 3 times faster than my old Western Digital traditional hard drive. But some people say that the speed gets worse by the time. So we will see.
hd1 samsung ssd hd2 wd traditional

I skipped Windows Vista, but Windows 7 RC impressed by his performance and stability. And Windows 7 does too.

  • It recognized all hardware and installed actual drivers.
  • Booting and shutting down are extremely fast.
  • Working on the desktop is real fun.
  • There is so far only one program which didn’t worked, so I installed the Windows XP Mode and now it integrates seamlessly into the Windows 7 desktop.

In conclusion, I have to say that it feels like an new PC.

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Nov 13 2006

Switching to Ubuntu from Windows

Ubuntu logoI’ve tried Ubuntu as an alternative to Windows for three months. So I switched my main desktop PC from Windows XP to Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) last weekend. I’ve found some little problems and solutions I would like to share with you, in case you are thinking about switching too. It would like to start with some helpfull links:
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