I'm working as a windows .net developer, software architect or whatever you wanna call it. My primary operating system is Windows Vista, but that could be easily changed in near future. I'm using HP EliteBook 8530p laptop with preinstalled Windows Vista. I have asked my superiors about installing Win XP on machine but I've got no for an answer because the company policy is to use as newer software as we can. I was asking for XP because I didn't liked Vista memory requirements. For a few days I was tweaking Vista services and stuff, uninstalling HP preinstalled utilities and so on. In the end I'm not happy with Vista yet, but it is more pleasant to use than before, maybe I'll blog about it too :)
Few days ago, I've got the incredible idea TM :) , I have asked if I can install Windows 7 on my work EliteBook, this time answer was yes. I am planning to use brand new Windows 7 RC as a first operating system, so the only way I could do that, I must be able to run all my work software on Windows 7. So it means, I need to run at least Microsoft Office 2007, Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Sql Server 2005, Sql Server Reporting Services 2005...
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