January 13, 2009 two:31 PM
What you Feel of Windows 7
Product Commentary. Windows 7 Beta 1 may possibly be attribute total, but it's not spit and polish. You will find also a lot of tough edges to inflict undesirable cuts.
That's my conclusion right after reading Microsoft View reader feedback about employing Windows Vista's successor and also from employing 7 during nearly three days. If you are asking yourself concerning the beta, which is accessible for download until finally Jan. 24, these remarks really should support determine whether to view if Seven will likely be fortunate for you personally.
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I'm even now discovering the beast, but here are some added impressions added for the few offered on Saturday: Wake-up from sleep is significantly quicker than Vista. This can be hugely essential, since it affects the user's ongoing feelings about making use of the working program. When I say wake-up, I do not suggest from blank screen to desktop but to carrying out stuff. The time it requires for me to wake-up 7 and start operating is in regards to the very same as Mac OS X Leopard.
Internet Explorer eight is buggier on Seven than Vista. I'm seeing all sorts of odd conduct, and there are truly bothersome problems using IE eight with Movable Kind four. Every time MT auto-saves, which is as well frequently, the window scrolls as much as the prime with the page.
Microsoft has done an excellent, although not yet great, career adding a layer of simplicity among the user as well as the operating system. Mac OS X is Unix,
Microsoft Office Professional 2010, with command line interaction with pretty much every little thing. But most customers in no way see that layer. Similarly, Windows 7 person interface changes reduce complexity—and that is a refreshing change.
The user interface is typical of a Windows first beta. There are still a lot of inconsistencies in styling and look of Windows. The UI is by no means complete. What I wonder: Since beta is Ultimate,
Microsoft Office 2010 Home And Student, how many UI niceties, like Themes, will probably be obtainable in all 7 versions.
The number of UAC (Consumer Account Control) pop-ups are now at an acceptable number; they're more useful and likely to be ignored less.
I have no major performance issues, but wonder about later betas. I don't see Welcome Center anywhere. Simply removing that feature along with the static sidebar speed boot-up and wake-up times. OK, I've said my piece, now it can be your turn.
Justin: I have been using Windows seven for two days and so far its been really good. Its a lot more quickly then Vista and a seems more rapidly then Windows XP. Haven't had any incompatibility difficulties or crashing issues.
NKnow: Trying to get the beta on Friday was kinda frustrating. Downloaded it from an alternate site Friday night and obtained an activation code Saturday when they resumed downloads. Installation was a snap. It would have been nice if they had the new free security suite they're releasing this summer on it. I acquired AVG and it worked fine. I installed Acronis home image backup solution and made a restore image in case I break this thing. Notes: Posting this from a Windows seven loaded Fujitsu Lifebook. 1.5GB Ram with a one.83GHz duo core Centrino processor. Boot time very fast. And overall the technique is very responsive. All of my hardware was recognized. My wireless LAN card works flawlessly. Internet explorer eight beta works better on this machine now than when it had Vista Ultimate loaded. They must have optimized the code. Or maybe something I'd installed earlier caused it to dork up. I like the new toolbar and Aero Snap features.
I assume some long time Windows end users will hate it though. People hate change... Problem areas: playing some videos from a network location causes BSOD [Blue Screen of Death]. Playing them locally works fine...Networking just works. No muss no fuss setup. One weird thing is that I have to re-enter my credentials for access to mapped drives whenever I log in even though I told the system to remember them...If you hate Vista and are tired of XP and aren't quite ready to buy a Mac in frustration,
Office 2007 Pro Plus Key, then I assume this OS will go along way in addressing some in the things you hated in Vista...For myself I will likely be buying a 7 loaded laptop when it's released. And I am testing 7 today at work in a VMWare guest program. If it works well there I'll probably begin rolling it out to my business consumers.
John Jones: Windows seven is not much different than Vista. If you like Windows 7 but not Vista then you might be one of those people who dislikes Vista solely on the name. The performance of Windows 7 might be better than that of Vista under benchmarking but the general feel with the two are indistinguishable on my test technique (a Pentium 4 3GHz with 1GB RAM—an older technique).
Bill: Installed Windows seven 32bit on a Dell Latitude D620 with 2GB of RAM, and the system is smoking. Installation took under 30 minutes. The startup and shutdown is the most impressive since Windows 3.1 of yesteryear. Sleep mode is so responsive that I'm @ shock. The new Action Center is well thought out, and I like the small tweaks like sorting Wifi connection by strongest signal. Simple but so effective. The [free] downloads of antivirus trials is a excellent move, employing Norton 360 on the laptop. The new taskbar will take a day or two to get used to it, but now it feels like and old friend. Search is functioning wonderful, as well as the new Library function just works. The new Device Manager is worthy addition. Homegroups made it easy to share with other computers in my house. And I love to stream music or video to my Xbox 360 making use of the media player. So far so very good.
smist08: When it came up and running I was rather disappointed due to the fact it looks exactly like Vista! From running it really is a bit better than Vista, in that I tend to only get one UAC message when something happens (like I ask it to install a program) rather than several. Seems like a number of gratuitous UI adjustments to annoy experienced users as usual. Will not like the removal of titles from the task bar icons, now its not clear what's running, and what is a quick commence icon. Additional odds and ends utilities like a post it notes thingy. Removed the rather pointless side bar. Otherwise when running programs the look and act like this did on Vista. I am running on a very plain Dell, so no fancy hardware to test, so no driver problems. Has run for a couple of days without crashing so far (Vista would crash about every two days on this machine, Win2008 never ever crashed).
AndyD: I have 7 installed on an old MacBook running under VMWare. The response is as expected but it appears like a slightly altered Vista. I notice that M$oft isn't bragging about anything specific, so my first reaction was "Oh,
Office Standard 2010 Key! which is it?" I guess that is the future of desktop PCs wether we like it or not. Not impressed at first, but we'll see.
darryl: Upgrading to Win 7 didn't work for me,
Windows 7 Pro Product Key, but a clean install worked fine. So far no issues. I have used
Office 2007, Firefox, Warhammer online and Steam. I was most impressed when right after the install there was a new video driver offered on Windows Update and it installed without a reboot. Nonetheless deciding if I like the new taskbar in icon mode or classic mode. I actually like that you can pin apps to it. Seems regarding the identical speed as Vista, but I have a fairly fast machine. E8500 8GB Ram. 64bit OS.
puppet: i obtained the blue screen of [death] following about 5 hours and havnt had it since :P
Chip wrote: I must admit I was nervously excited about Windows 7, hoping that it would be what Vista was supposed to be. And but, it seems— well—fine. I'm scouring the web and most reviews are in regards to the same. Sigh. Also unfortunately I am viewing that you will find a number of bloggers having troubles (some are noted in this comment section). I was hoping for a home run, but it seems Windows seven is merely a base hit. Bummer.
Andre Da Costa: You can read my review at the following link: www.activewin.com/reviews/previews/windows7beta/. Microsoft has done a genuinely good work with this release.
notafan: Utilizing seven since Saturday morning and not the least bit impressed since it took all from the things I do not like about Vista and made them worse. I would like to thank MS for the download saving me the money I would otherwise waste buying this abortion later. How come it reminds me of Mr. Creosote?
John: I downloaded the 32-bit beta and have had no trouble utilizing it on my aluminum MacBook with Boot Camp. As a dedicated Mac consumer, I nevertheless have to agree that the new taskbar/dock thingy is better than not only the old Windows taskbar, but even better than the original [Mac OS X] Dock.
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