I successfully installed the RTM version of Windows 7 last night. I got a copy of an .iso file for this due to my participation in the Windows 7 beta program. It was very nice of Microsoft to provide everyone that participated in the invited portion of the beta program to a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate! Thanks Microsoft for that.
I downloaded the 64-bit version of Windows 7 and burned that to a disc and booted up my machine to this disc. I have to say that it was just a little confusing at first as I was presented with text that stated - “Choose a CD-ROM boot option” and from there, my options were a number 1) or a number 2). There were no, absolutely no descriptions of what #1 or #2 meant. It was like the old TV game show where the contestants were asked to choose their prize from what was behind door #1 or door #2. I chose #1, as whatever it was, Microsoft would probably say that the most popular choice would be the first --- so that seemed like good logic and that is what I went with.
So, after that brief hiccup, the install worked just fine. The OS install had to reboot about 2 times, so when it first did that, I hadn’t removed the DVD from the drive and it came right back up to “Choose a CD-ROM boot option”. I really thought I would be starting the entire process over again by making that selection again – so I took the DVD out of the drive, rebooted, and let it finish the install process. From there, everything went fine with the install. It was fast and it found all the drivers that it needed. I didn’t have to install not even one driver myself. The install process found everything that it needed. AMAZING! I love this OS.
I’ll try to post more about the OS as I work through it.