Windows 7 – Thumbs Up or Down?
The World is buzzing with talk of the release of Windows 7 at long last. Heck, even I spent my evening talking to the community about their thoughts on the new OS, including a nice long convo about the security of 7 with my assistant, Kat. Everywhere you look online, people are talking about Windows 7. It’s all over Twitter. It’s on blogs. It’s on both Lockergnome and Geeks. It’s even in the news. So, what are people saying?
It’s an awesome thing to see that much of the response is very, very positive. After the disaster that was Windows Vista, Microsoft has rebounded very, very well. I am enjoying using Win 7 myself, so much so that I have already written and published an eBook full of tips and tricks. I am using it on my Mac via Parallels, and even upgraded my HP TouchSmart to Windows 7 tonight, as well! I’m happy to report that Kat was right… the drivers are all updated on HPs website to make the Touch features work in Win 7!
So… let’s have it. What are your thoughts on Windows 7? Do you have it yet? If so, what do you think so far? If you don’t have it yet… are you planning to upgrade anytime soon? Why – or why not?
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11 Comments
Angelo R.
October 22nd, 2009
at 4:55am
Definitely a thumbs up! My college rolled it out last week through MSDNAA and I’ve been using it ever since! Nothing but good things to say about it.
Paul Bolduc
October 22nd, 2009
at 6:29am
Overall, Windows 7 is a thumbs up. I am typing this comment on it right now. My laptop is a 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2GB RAM, and 256 MB ATI Mobility Radeon x1600. It runs as if it were XP with 512 MB on a laptop with 64MB RAM on integrated graphics.
I like Windows 7, I am not as dissapointed with it as I was with Windows Vista.
Frank
October 22nd, 2009
at 7:36am
Windows 7 is definitely a thumbs up! Not only is this huge for Microsoft, but now for those that used the horror that was Windows Vista – we can put those days behind us! Kudos Microsoft, you did it right this time!
Marion Harrison
October 22nd, 2009
at 8:19am
I do not know too much about WIndows 7. Only that there is a big portion of the population that will have their hobby ruined by it. Seniors, House bound people, and lots more that make Outlook Express Stationery, and Wndows Mail Stationery will no longer be able to presue their hobby.
Ian
October 22nd, 2009
at 6:41pm
Too simple, I dont like it.. hate it really.. Bad appareance, its a downgrade from XP, slight upgrade from vista.
Frank
October 23rd, 2009
at 3:25pm
Thumbs up. However there are some things i am not happy about. window color “Graphite” has been removed. Instead there is only “Slate” which is not the same. Also you can’t pin the Recycle Bin to the taskbar. Instead of taking it’s own space, it gets pinned with windows explorer, which sucks. I like to have a clean desktop and access to my recycle bin.
John
October 23rd, 2009
at 9:58pm
Re-named Vista with Service Pack 2. Still the same, under the hood still has the same crap. Still slow.
Tracy Sells
October 24th, 2009
at 7:05am
Windows 7 is definitely a hit. I liked Vista over XP. I guess I am one of the few who did. I believe hardware had something to do with that (mine is always top notch). On a quad core with 8 gigs of ram Win 7 is a little faster than Vista. I like some of the usability changes like the task bar (pinning) items and the switch between windows features for dual monitors. I develop software for a living and will say Vista and 7 are hands down better than Windows XP.
Ra
October 24th, 2009
at 12:31pm
Thumbs Up!!! I’ve been using Windows 7 since RC. I have it installed on all of my PCs. I upgraded 2 PCs with Windows Vista and 1 upgraded my netbook from Windows XP to Windows 7.
Steve
October 25th, 2009
at 1:26am
Five Thumbs
Boot times are Faster than XP, and its not as resource
hungry as XP
Bob
November 10th, 2009
at 7:34am
It’s a thumbs up with some reservations. I installed Turbotax 2008 but could not get it to run or uninstall properly. I use AVG anti virus software ver. 8.8 and all was OK until I upgraded to 9.0 and then Outlook could not work with the plug in for AVG or it was defective. Uninstall of AVG 9.0 was a problem but I reinstalled 8.8 and all is running OK. These are first instances of problems I have noted but I am sure that the kinks will be worked out.