To finally jump on the multiprocessor bandwagon, I bought a new computer with AMD Phenom II X4 905e on Monday.
Since I didn't have enough time to install my favorite Gentoo, I decided to quickly give Windows 7 RC a try.
I'm quite impressed with the functionality offered out of the box. All the hardware is usable and I didn't even bothered to install any drivers (except for Catalyst), since I'm going to wipe the partition clean in couple of weeks.
But as I already have Windows 7 up and running, I decided to take part in code7contest. I do not expect to win or anything - I set my goals humbly and want to at least get full version of Windows 7 (hopefully they will give them out to all participants). That's how cheap I am :).
The first couple of milestones/prerequisites are already completed:
- Install ViM
- Install Visual C++ 2008 Express (for compiler :))
- Install Windows 7 SDK RC
- Compile program using Win32 API functions introduced in Windows 7
I am very aware about the shortcomings of following code - don't copy paste it - it's just something to test if I can call Windows 7 API functions without any LoadLibrary calls.
//snip WCHAR *a = (WCHAR *) malloc(100); SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID(L"Hello"); GetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID((PWSTR *)&a); MessageBox(NULL, a, a, MB_OK); //snip
Next task is to prepare a plan and post a milestone overview with dates.
Hopefully regular work on the contest entry will force me into updating this blog more regularly.
