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By: Nikademus

Nikademus — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:47:10 +0000

I love how people want their OS to do EVERYTHING under the sun and still be under 5gb, WHY? 1tB hard drives are 200$ or less now. Well you people in “European” sued MS and told them that you didnt want IE, so guess what, reap what you sow. Have fun getting your firefox now…

And i have seen people put this OS on a computer that would NEVER run vista and not only did it run, it ran BRILLIANTLY, and had a decrease in load times by aprox 1minute. for a laptop that is 1.1ghz and 1 gig of ram, that is impressive.

By: Nikademus

Nikademus — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:47:00 +0000

By: Nikademus

Nikademus — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:47:00 +0000

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:57:38 +0000

Firs day today using Windows 7. To me it is very much the same dog with 1 or maybe 2 less fleas. I totally bypassed Vista other than testing it from Alpha on. I do not like the new ways of hiding the users from the file locations, turning off all the menus in all explorer windows and the overall look and feel of the Windows since Vista. I was very excited to try Win7 thinking that maybe Microsoft had actually learned there lesson with Vista. Unfortunately Win7 looks and feels exactly like Vista. The only thing that is better is the option to turn off all the Warnings. (Nanny Nags) However by default the Warnings are still turned on. Here is the biggest thing that I suggested back in Vista. Have a version of Windows for beginners, and a version for experienced users. I have used PC for years, I know how to work them, how to setup a network, where my files are. I have to completely customize any version of Windows before I use it. Like turning on the file extensions, Un-hiding system files etc. Let the new users experience the Microsoft way to do things with Wizards, but don’t force experienced users to turn off all the junk just to get something done.

Scott

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:57:00 +0000

Scott

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:57:00 +0000

Scott

By: George Manouris

George Manouris — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:54:18 +0000

I am not a tester and I never had Vista (only Win 2000 and later Win XP). I downloaded the Win 7 last week and little by little I will find out what is going on with all these new to me operations they are full with.
I do not know too many things about Operation and Software systems, as the majority of Computers users all over the world, but what I want to mention is that I do not understand why producers of various things, when they introduce a new thing, they forget the good things an older one could have ?
I would like to mention a very simple (and perhaps stupid) thing, but important for us who are not experienced. On Windows XP when you are pressing the green Start icon and lets say you want to turn off or restart your System, you were guided to 3 small coloured icons, which were helpfull to us. On Windows 7, you are guided to a small list, with small letters (not even bold), which they mention what action to take (rstart etc). It is a very simple thing that MS could have added to WIN 7 as well.
As I said I have not checked the various parameters of WIN 7 in order to find out other problrms (even minor like the one I mentioned), but I felt like mentioning it.
Sorry if I posted in the wrong place and sorry for my English as well.
George

By: George Manouris

George Manouris — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:54:00 +0000

By: George Manouris

George Manouris — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:54:00 +0000

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:59:13 +0000

This has been my first experience following a beta from start to end and I feel the process went well for microsoft and myself. The suggestions I did make were all met by the next build release… maybe just because of me or maybe because they were obvious!

I believe the glossier finishes to just about everything, while making the OS generally smoother and faster is exactly where Microsoft had to go with Windows 7. Furthermore I feel these changes are large enough to warrant it being called Windows 7 and not Vista R2. Users are already nervous of upgrading due to Microsofts last OS release, and by making the OS drastically different you are more likely to scare them off. Instead Microsoft kept it similar, added XP virtualisation and promised that all Vista software and drivers will run. I agree Windows 7 may not be revolutionary but by keeping it familiar Microsoft made the best move they could to regain the trust of their consumers. And still I think this Microsoft OS is massive leaps ahead of any of their previous ones. Lets hope Windows 7 is as successful as predictions say and see where Microsoft can go with Windows 8 now they have demonstrated an ability to listen to feedback and produce a great OS again.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:59:00 +0000

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:59:00 +0000

By: nomadewolf

nomadewolf — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:10:47 +0000

Microsoft HAD to listen to users. People didn’t like Vista, didn’t bought it (willingly), and most of those who did, changed back to XP.
Also MS lost a considerably, never thought of, market share to Apple and Linux. So MS had no choice.
Still, i think it could do much better. Apart from the (slight) faster boot speed, and the new taskbar W7 is Vista. Which makes it Vista R2…
There’s nothing really new…
Only a handfull of people will make use of family pack (or whatever) and just about few companies might make use of XP Mode.
It has fancy new stuff, but there’s no use for them…
And, because in European, it won’t have Internet Explorer!!!! How am i supposed to download Firefox then???

Here’s the really useful stuff i was hoping to see in W7:
– Faster (i mean, REALLY faster, not just a few seconds at boot)
– Smaller (and again, really smaller, not just a couple GB. ~<5GB would be good)
– A new File System (maybe)
– No more BSODs
– Full 64 Bit
– Ability to choose, before install, what to install, like:
. Internet Explorer
. Media Center
. Windows Defender
. Windows Media Player
. Movie Maker
. Other crap
– Keep the three power schemes in the power options (Power Saver, Balanced, High Performance). It was the only thing they got right on Vista…

And THAT would be a new OS. Not just some R2.

By: nomadewolf

nomadewolf — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:10:00 +0000

And THAT would be a new OS. Not just some R2.

By: nomadewolf

nomadewolf — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:10:00 +0000

And THAT would be a new OS. Not just some R2.

By: Onuora Amobi

Onuora Amobi — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:09:44 +0000

I believe that this has been the most receptive that Microsoft has ever been to feedback – both from the public and from Beta testers.

Almost certainly this came as a result of the Vista PR disaster.

While there have been instances of MSFT specifically responding to feedback from the public (UAC etc), it seems that in general, the smoothness and simplicity of 7 is a response to Vista sluggishness.

Overall, a great job.

Onuora

By: Onuora Amobi

Onuora Amobi — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:09:00 +0000

I believe that this has been the most receptive that Microsoft has ever been to feedback – both from the public and from Beta testers.

Almost certainly this came as a result of the Vista PR disaster.

Overall, a great job.

Onuora

By: Onuora Amobi

Onuora Amobi — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:09:00 +0000

I believe that this has been the most receptive that Microsoft has ever been to feedback – both from the public and from Beta testers.

Almost certainly this came as a result of the Vista PR disaster.

Overall, a great job.

Onuora