Windows 7 (beta) install on VMware
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I have been hearing lot of speculation on Windows 7 release date since last year.
We are already in 2009 and i hope to see Windows 7 coming out either mid of this year or no later than end of this year. I have been looking for Microsoft Windows 7 pre-release version for long time finally i have got my hands on Windows 7 beta (build 7000). Since i don’t have any spare PC to install Windows 7, so i thought it would be worth to install Windows 7 on VMware workstation as virtual machine. In my VMware workstation virtual machine for Windows 7 i selected Windows XP Professional template.For your information i have successfully installed Windows 7 beta on VMware Workstation running on Windows Vista Ultimate without experiencing any driver issues. 
Windows 7 beta installation requires minimum 512 Mb. Memory and 8 Gb. of disk space to install on VMware Workstation.After finishing Windows 7 virtual machine creation i have to mount the DVD image to start the install process so i clicked on power on, within few seconds I got to see the Windows 7 installer screen which was very much like Windows Vista splash installation screen, so from Graphical user interface point of view Windows 7 is more like Windows 7. I was surprised to see that Windows 7 didn’t have any issues finding hard disk drive, this was huge for me because i remember there was lot of driver issue installing Windows vista on VMware. After setup finished copying installation file Windows 7 rebooted to continue with installation, while entering username and password i notice Windows 7 ultimate on screen so this tells me that Microsoft is going to release several similar version of Windows 7 like Vista – Home – Basic, Premium, Business and Ultimate. If you are not familiar with different versions of Windows Vista then you should check out pricing and feature differences on Microsoft Vista edition URL. Entire Windows 7 installation took me 20 minutes .I decided to install the VMware tools which was infact Windows XP Professional VMware Tools , i was little spectacle about installing Windows XP VMware Tools on Windows 7 beta but since this was test machine i decided to go ahead with VMware Tool install. The VMware tools installation worked fine without any issues.If you are planning to install Windows 7 on VMware Workstation then you can choose either Windows XP Professional, Windows vista or Windows 2003 template.I can say this time i am impressed with Windows 7 because installation was really a breeze, there was no driver issues i had to struggle with . Some of the improvement I have noted on Windows 7 are:
1.) Quick installation
I have noticed Windows 7 Beta installs more quickly than does Windows Vista installation.
2.)Windows 7 New Task bar
I quick find the new task bar which is still controversial , if you want to read about new task bar check out Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite Windows 7 review. The new taskbar at the bottom of the screen now functions somewhat like Mac OS X’s Dock, probably Microsoft want this feature to be part of Windows 7 to compete with Mac OS. X Large application icons on the taskbar launch programs when clicked on. You can customize which application live there, In addition, when you run applications, they run in the taskbar as well.Here is an update Microsoft announced that Windows 7 beta will be available for download for the first 2.5 million users who would like to try out Windows 7 beta. This is first public announcement done by Microsoft on Windows 7 beta downloads. If you are looking for Windows 7 beta download you can find information here on how to download Windows 7 beta , ISO file size is close to 2.4 GB so download can take couple of hours based on your internet connection. Windows 7 beta can be installed on VMware ESX and VMware ESX 3i for testing purposes.
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