Windows 7 Thoughts
Its better than XP.
Its better than Vista.
I don't think it stacks up to OSX or Linux when it comes to speed or general responsiveness though.
Didn't have much in the way of crashes although frequently encountered pauses / non-responsive apps which would appear dead, but then resume after a few seconds.
Much simplified and usable configuration options compared to Vista. I found working with Vista like playing a really hard puzzle game. Nothing seemed to work in a logical way and there were too many screens to configure something as simple as a network. It was frustrating to work with compared to OSX or Linux and even XP.
It still *IS* XP under the gloss though. The network domain reboots and frequent reboots after installing apps or patches make it unusable for me.
I didn't use much of the Microsoft supplied apps, relying on open source equivalents for web browsing, downloading, music, podcasts,etc. During this time I also checked out Google Chrome. In the same way that the app store makes the iphone useful, Firefox addons make it indispensable. I have no plans to use Chromium on Linux until they have a similar lineup of extensions to match the ones I use daily in Firefox.
Would I recommend Windows 7 to anybody? Yes. Unless I feel they are ready to UPGRADE to Linux or OSX. I think its a decent O/S and in a corporate environment, it makes sense compared to Vista.
Its not as fast as Microsoft is claiming though. I have it on my wife's netbook and the delays & pauses are even more noticeable there.
For the record, my wife's netbook has 2GB ram and my workstation 4gb.
Its better than Vista.
I don't think it stacks up to OSX or Linux when it comes to speed or general responsiveness though.
Didn't have much in the way of crashes although frequently encountered pauses / non-responsive apps which would appear dead, but then resume after a few seconds.
Much simplified and usable configuration options compared to Vista. I found working with Vista like playing a really hard puzzle game. Nothing seemed to work in a logical way and there were too many screens to configure something as simple as a network. It was frustrating to work with compared to OSX or Linux and even XP.
It still *IS* XP under the gloss though. The network domain reboots and frequent reboots after installing apps or patches make it unusable for me.
I didn't use much of the Microsoft supplied apps, relying on open source equivalents for web browsing, downloading, music, podcasts,etc. During this time I also checked out Google Chrome. In the same way that the app store makes the iphone useful, Firefox addons make it indispensable. I have no plans to use Chromium on Linux until they have a similar lineup of extensions to match the ones I use daily in Firefox.
Would I recommend Windows 7 to anybody? Yes. Unless I feel they are ready to UPGRADE to Linux or OSX. I think its a decent O/S and in a corporate environment, it makes sense compared to Vista.
Its not as fast as Microsoft is claiming though. I have it on my wife's netbook and the delays & pauses are even more noticeable there.
For the record, my wife's netbook has 2GB ram and my workstation 4gb.
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