As per my first post from inside Windows 7, I'm now running Microsoft's new OS.
My first thought? "This is what Vista should have been."
My second thought? "Wow, so Vista really did suck. It wasn't just me or my computer."
It's difficult not to evaluate Windows 7 except in comparison to Vista and 7, based on one day's experience, is vastly superior to Vista. Performance is greatly improved, the OS installed drivers for all my hardware out of the box (side note: I'm using a Dell Studio 1737), and, well, performance is greatly improved. I say it twice because poor performance was the main reason I kicked Vista to the curb.
I moved from Vista Ultimate (which came pre-installed on my notebook) to Windows 7 Home Premium and I still prefer 7.
Windows 7 highlights the crapulence of Vista, even down to the insert that comes in the retail package. Microsoft touts there being less clutter (paraphrasing), referencing many end users' and experts' opinions on the worst Microsoft OS since Windows ME.
I haven't felt this confident in Microsoft since I fired up OneNote 2007 for the first time. It's a very strange and, I admit, unsettling feeling. But my system reboots faster than ever before, I can type posts and text appears immediately as I type it instead of several seconds after, YouTube videos don't stutter horribly (or at all) any more, and the drivers thing I mentioned earlier really impressed me.
I'm more or less settled in for daily productivity. I just have one or two last e-mail accounts to set up, then it's on to installing games. I installed the essentials yesterday and, before I entered any account information (excluding the Windows 7 product key to activate the OS and one product key for a purchased application), I made a disc image using Macrium Reflect.
I plan on being online and ready to play Team Fortress 2 tonight. (I created Steam backups of TF2, Left 4 Dead, and Unreal Tournament 3 before I formatted my drive.)
My first thought? "This is what Vista should have been."
My second thought? "Wow, so Vista really did suck. It wasn't just me or my computer."
It's difficult not to evaluate Windows 7 except in comparison to Vista and 7, based on one day's experience, is vastly superior to Vista. Performance is greatly improved, the OS installed drivers for all my hardware out of the box (side note: I'm using a Dell Studio 1737), and, well, performance is greatly improved. I say it twice because poor performance was the main reason I kicked Vista to the curb.
I moved from Vista Ultimate (which came pre-installed on my notebook) to Windows 7 Home Premium and I still prefer 7.
Windows 7 highlights the crapulence of Vista, even down to the insert that comes in the retail package. Microsoft touts there being less clutter (paraphrasing), referencing many end users' and experts' opinions on the worst Microsoft OS since Windows ME.
I haven't felt this confident in Microsoft since I fired up OneNote 2007 for the first time. It's a very strange and, I admit, unsettling feeling. But my system reboots faster than ever before, I can type posts and text appears immediately as I type it instead of several seconds after, YouTube videos don't stutter horribly (or at all) any more, and the drivers thing I mentioned earlier really impressed me.
I'm more or less settled in for daily productivity. I just have one or two last e-mail accounts to set up, then it's on to installing games. I installed the essentials yesterday and, before I entered any account information (excluding the Windows 7 product key to activate the OS and one product key for a purchased application), I made a disc image using Macrium Reflect.
I plan on being online and ready to play Team Fortress 2 tonight. (I created Steam backups of TF2, Left 4 Dead, and Unreal Tournament 3 before I formatted my drive.)
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