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January thirteen, 2009 two:31 PM
What you Believe of Windows seven


Product Commentary. Windows 7 Beta 1 may be characteristic complete, but it's not spit and polish. You'll find also a lot of tough edges to inflict unwanted cuts.
That's my conclusion right after reading Microsoft Watch reader comments about employing Windows Vista's successor as well as from using 7 for the duration of virtually three days. If you are pondering regarding the beta, that is obtainable for download till Jan. 24, these feedback really should support make a decision whether or not to see if Seven is going to be lucky for you.
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I'm nevertheless discovering the beast, but listed here are some added impressions added towards the handful of provided on Saturday: Wake-up from sleep is considerably quicker than Vista. This really is hugely crucial, due to the fact it has an effect on the user's ongoing feelings about employing the running method. When I say wake-up, I don't imply from blank display to desktop but to carrying out stuff. The time it takes for me to wake-up 7 and begin operating is about the very same as Mac OS X Leopard.
Internet Explorer eight is buggier on Seven than Vista. I'm seeing all sorts of peculiar habits, and you'll find really annoying troubles utilizing IE eight with Movable Sort 4. Whenever MT auto-saves, that is as well typically, the window scrolls approximately the leading from the web page.

Microsoft has completed a good, although not but great, work adding a layer of simplicity in between the user as well as the working method. Mac OS X is Unix,Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus, with command line interaction with pretty considerably anything. But most customers never see that layer. Similarly, Windows seven person interface adjustments reduce complexity—and that's a refreshing change.

The user interface is typical of a Windows first beta. You will find even now lots of inconsistencies in styling and look of Windows. The UI is by no means comprehensive. What I wonder: Since beta is Ultimate, how many UI niceties, like Themes, will likely be obtainable in all 7 versions.

The number of UAC (Person 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 difficulties, but wonder about later betas. I do not see Welcome Center anywhere. Simply removing that function 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 making use of Windows 7 for 2 days and so far its been truly great. Its a lot more rapidly then Vista and a seems more rapidly then Windows XP. Haven't had any incompatibility issues or crashing difficulties.
NKnow: Trying to get the beta on Friday was kinda frustrating. Downloaded it from an alternate site Friday night and got 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 received 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 7 loaded Fujitsu Lifebook. one.5GB Ram with a 1.83GHz duo core Centrino processor. Boot time very fast. And overall the program is very responsive. All of my hardware was recognized. My wireless LAN card works flawlessly. Web explorer 8 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 think some long time Windows users will hate it though. People hate change... Problem areas: playing some videos from a network location causes BSOD [Blue Display 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, then I assume this OS will go along way in addressing some of the things you hated in Vista...For myself I will probably be buying a 7 loaded laptop when it can be released. And I am testing 7 today at work in a VMWare guest technique. 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 seven but not Vista then you are one of those people who dislikes Vista solely on the name. The performance of Windows 7 may be better than that of Vista under benchmarking but the general feel from the two are indistinguishable on my test program (a Pentium 4 3GHz with 1GB RAM—an older program).
Bill: Installed Windows seven 32bit on a Dell Latitude D620 with 2GB of RAM, and also 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 am @ 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 great move, employing Norton 360 on the laptop. The new taskbar takes a day or two to get used to it, but now it feels like and old friend. Search is functioning fantastic, 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 utilizing the media player. So far so excellent.
smist08: When it came up and running I was rather disappointed simply because it looks exactly like Vista! From running it 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 modifications to annoy experienced users as usual. Don't 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'm running on a very plain Dell, so no fancy hardware to test, so no driver troubles. Has run for a couple of days without crashing so far (Vista would crash about each 2 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,Office Professional 2010, so my first reaction was "Oh,Office 2007 Keygen! that's it?" I guess this 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 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. Still deciding if I like the new taskbar in icon mode or classic mode. I really like that you can pin apps to it. Seems about the exact same speed as Vista,Windows 7 Home Premium, but I have a pretty fast machine. E8500 8GB Ram. 64bit OS.
puppet: i received the blue display of [death] after 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 am scouring the web and most reviews are regarding the exact 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 7 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 accomplished a genuinely very good task with this release.
notafan: Utilizing 7 since Saturday morning and not the least bit impressed since it took all in 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 employing it on my aluminum MacBook with Boot Camp. As a dedicated Mac user, 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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