I got a second eMachines emd644 notebook with AMD Zacarte. For some unknown reason, installation was much harder than the first one. Ubuntu 10.10 whether Desktop or Alternate editions weren't working at all. The Alternate installer was saying that there is no installable kernel available for the machine.
To get the machine working, I used the Alternate installer of the just released Alpha 2 of Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal. Desktop edition still didn't work. With the Alternate installer, there weren't any problems with the installation. Both Ethernet and Wifi drivers are still not available, so I had to manually install the Broadcom STA driver to get to the internet.
Since this is Alpha 2 after, I didn't expect things to work smoothly. In fact, of all the available User Sessions, only Classic Desktop w/o Effects was working. AppMenu (Global Menu) was still flaky so I removed it from the panel.
Without Unity and AppMenu, the installation looks pretty much 10.10 except for the better hardware support. I'll see over the next few weeks how stable this is going to be. But if I can't get a stable Ubuntu on this laptop, I'll try other distros too.
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Autodesk Inventor 2009 in MS Windows 7 Professional
When our company bought a 1 year subscription for Autodesk Inventor back in 2007, we got Inventor 2008 installed on a Windows XP Home desktop. Before our subscription ended, we got an upgrade copy of Inventor 2009. We didn't upgrade immediately however, as I wanted to run it in 64-bit mode with at least 8 GB of RAM. I wanted that it be worth the upgrade. I avoided Vista and waited for Windows 7 instead.
Unfortunately, Windows 7 is not supported by Autodesk for Inventor 2009. After all, Autodesk would want users to continue upgrading to the 2010 version. Whenever Microsoft gets a new Windows version out, you'll need the newest Autodesk version to get sure compatibility.
I tried googling for information on any compatibility issues between Inventor 2009 and Windows 7, but there weren't a lot of data to point towards clear affirmative or negative. The mantra was, run 2010 for Windows 7.
Nevertheless, I pushed through with a purchase of a quad-core with 8GB RAM. (Not that the "quad-" matters as much as the MIPS of the CPU to Inventor 2009.) Installation was not difficult. I applied all the updates for Windows 7 before I installed Inventor. After Inventor and Mechanical, I applied all their service packs. After a day, however, every time I ran Inventor, Windows 7 reported that it has crashed. I think I might have somehow messed up on some SQL settings.
Ok, let's try again. The second time around, I did the same steps. Only this time, I avoided running any database related shortcut like the plague. So far so good. We've been able to move from our 2008 files to 2009, and I haven't heard of any problems since.
Unfortunately, Windows 7 is not supported by Autodesk for Inventor 2009. After all, Autodesk would want users to continue upgrading to the 2010 version. Whenever Microsoft gets a new Windows version out, you'll need the newest Autodesk version to get sure compatibility.
I tried googling for information on any compatibility issues between Inventor 2009 and Windows 7, but there weren't a lot of data to point towards clear affirmative or negative. The mantra was, run 2010 for Windows 7.
Nevertheless, I pushed through with a purchase of a quad-core with 8GB RAM. (Not that the "quad-" matters as much as the MIPS of the CPU to Inventor 2009.) Installation was not difficult. I applied all the updates for Windows 7 before I installed Inventor. After Inventor and Mechanical, I applied all their service packs. After a day, however, every time I ran Inventor, Windows 7 reported that it has crashed. I think I might have somehow messed up on some SQL settings.
Ok, let's try again. The second time around, I did the same steps. Only this time, I avoided running any database related shortcut like the plague. So far so good. We've been able to move from our 2008 files to 2009, and I haven't heard of any problems since.
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