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<p class=MsoNormal>I just thought I would share my experience testing ArcGIS
9.3 on the new Windows 7 beta edition. If you are like me you have been
avoiding Windows Vista like the plague for any number of reasons. Unfortunately
Windows XP will not be available forever and is getting harder to find on new
computers. So I have been watching the development of Microsoft’s newest
Windows OS with both fear and excitement. Well I am happy to report that the
newest version of Windows, Windows 7, is no Vista and may actually be faster
than XP. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On our test machine we have loaded ArcGIS Desktop 9.3 successfully.
Both ArcMap and ArcCatalog open without a problem. They actually open about 10%
faster than they do on Windows XP. I have run some simple tools including a
Dissolve and Union in adition to playing with symbology, labels, editing, and
plotting. Dissolving in ArcGIS has always been less than stellar compared
to the old ArcView 3.x days. Running on our test machine ArcGIS dissolved
16576 parcel polygons based on Parcel Id Number in 2 minutes without a glitch.
I then unioned the dissolved parcels against a soils layer I had on a server.
This did give an error. However once I moved the soils to the same geodatabase
as the parcels it worked without a problem in about a minute. At no time
did ArcGIS crash or did I get the Windows blue screen of death. I have
also performed simple queries, edits, and so on without any problems so far. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>As to the general Windows 7 performance, it boots and shuts
down much faster than Vista and even that faster than XP. Windows 7 has a much
smaller resource foot print than Vista using only about 700 MB of memory when
doing nothing compared to Vista using a GB or more. As for install foot print
on your hard drive it takes about 7.8 GB of space. Windows 7 comes with
Internet Explorer 8 which has some neat privacy functions and some basic
improvements on IE 7. The install of Windows 7 was one of the easiest Windows
installs I have ever experienced. It was able to locate the drivers for all my
hardware with me having to go and download them from various sites. This included
all our various printers. We have also tested AutoCAD 2009, Microstation
V8 and Open Office on the test machine. All seem to work as well or better than
they do on Windows XP. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I suppose the specs of our test machine might also prove
helpful so here they are:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>AMD Athlon 64 Bit 3000 2.0 GHz<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>2 GB RAM<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>ATI Radeon X1300 Series Video Card with 256 MB<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>120 GB SATA Hard Drive<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>Gigabyte NIC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>So it looks like Windows 7 may be a winner especially when
compared to Vista which as anything but a winner in my opinion. I will keep
testing and let you all know if I find any issues. If anyone else has had the
chance to try Windows 7, I would be interested in your experiences. In the mean
time here are links to articles and reviews of Windows 7 on that might be
of interest.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://news.cnet.com/why-i-cant-get-enough-of-windows-7/?tag=TOCmoreStories.0">http://news.cnet.com/why-i-cant-get-enough-of-windows-7/?tag=TOCmoreStories.0</a>.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10162609-56.html?tag=rtcol;newsNow">http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10162609-56.html?tag=rtcol;newsNow</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/159562/is_jumping_from_xp_to_windows_7_too_complicated.html">http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/159562/is_jumping_from_xp_to_windows_7_too_complicated.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/">http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Tripp
Corbin, MCP, CFM, GISP<br>
Vice President, GIS/IT<br>
<i>ESRI Authorized Instructor</i><br>
<b><a href="http://www.keckwood.com/"><span style='color:blue'>Keck & Wood,
Inc.</span></a></b><br>
(678) 417-4013<br>
(678) 417-8785 fax</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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