Windows 7

mrpacs said:
I should clarify my post by adding that in some, not all cases, there weren't ANY Vista drivers available for certain peripheral devices - PERIOD. I haven't had this occur in XP. First impressions go a long way with some people in life and in computing and Vista just doesn't give a good first impression.
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I think that was true when Vista was first released, but over the last year or more that has not been the case at all. For whatever reason it took vendors much longer to get off their asses and put out decent Vista drivers. Why this is I have no idea, but only those vendors could answer that question.

None the less, I still maintain that there are a lot of folks that never really gave Vista a chance based on people saying stuff just like you are and continuing to say it even when it was no longer true. So, most folks said why bother.

MS did an very long Beta and then RC release, this allowed many folks to get Win 7. Computer manufacturers and peripheral vendors got on board this time well in advance rather than after like they did with Vista.

Vista really wasn't as bad as it is made out to be at all! None the less I think MS is ready to move on and hope that most Windows users upgrade to Win 7. They will ride the good feelings and vendor support to do just that. Also who knows what MS may have done differently this time that they didn't with Vista. I certainly don't, but it appears to me they have been much more end-user, manufacturer and vendor driven with Win 7 and that in and of itself would be a good reason.
 
mrpacs said:
But they are doing it now for "7"? Why now and not then?
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MS doesn't make drivers for peripherals so if a particular device doesn't have a driver you need, it's the manufacturer who decided that your OS isn't worth the effort of creating a driver. When an OS supports a particular device out of the box, all it means is that the 3rd party driver was given to MS before the release of the OS and could be bundled with the rest of the OS (this is actually a big cause of Windows bloat!). This is a big reason why I like their new attitude of working with vendors early instead of just throwing their OS over the wall when they are done. Early cooperation from MS = better/earlier/more driver support from manufacturers = happy customers who don't have to hunt around for the correct driver!
 
Windows 7 continues to impress! We installed it on about 12 more computers this weekend. My IT guy and I was not only amazed at how quickly a clean setup installs, but how great it is at finding printers, scanners etc.

I am glad my IT guy purchased all these 1/2 price Professional copies. The rest we'll have to pay full price for. I plan to have all our computers updated to Win 7 by years end!

I am loving Windows 7!

PS: I installed Windows 7 Home Premium on my Samsung NC120 Netbook tonight. Samsung has released all the drivers to make this thing work great. I look forward to testing the battery life. So far it is running very smooth! Good job MS and Samsung!

Edit: I can now confirm that battery life is just a tad under what I was getting with Window XP on my Samsung, so I am very pleased.

Also my IT guy has continue to roll out Windows 7 Professional throughout the agency and we are at about 85% converted. There has thus far been ZERO issues to report and in my book Windows 7 is a winner! Networking is so freaking easy in Windows 7. When all said and done we will have Windows 7 professional on about 90 PC's. Not a lot I suppose when compared to much larger companies, but we had it in our budget to do it so why not. We are good to go OS wise for the next few years and even longer!
 
Just built a computer for my stepmom today and put windows 7 on. I have to admit, I'm damned impressed. And this is from someone that HATED Vista and used "classic" with XP. Windows 7 is amazingly easy to get used to. I spent only a few hours navigating around and was completely comfortable by then. That god they made the start menu rational. My biggest complaint about Vista and XP was the windows start menu.
 
So having used Windows 7 for a day now, I can pinpoint what I actually like.

It has all the "flash" of idiotic Vista and XP interfaces, but the flash is actually useful. Instead of burying critical folders under a pile of pretty crap, Windows 7 actually brings them to the forefront. When I click the tool bar, the control panel, the C: drive and programs are all imediately accessible. In Vista, this wasn't the case in my experience. I also love the right-clicking on the desktop option to access control panel display settings. Even better, I found information under 'device options' and 'system info' to be far more informative than with even windows classic.

This is a good OS. If it doesn't present any issues with gaming, I'm actually looking forward to putting in onto my computers.
 
CPT. Badmotherfarker said:
This is a good OS. If it doesn't present any issues with gaming, I'm actually looking forward to putting in onto my computers.
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It has been rock solid in the work environment for us. Waiting on some OEM copies that we ordered on Friday to finish off the rest of our work computers. We will be totally Win 7 Professional not only at the main office, but in all our satellite locations!
 
App blocking.

In Windows 7 is there anyway I can block a specific app like Limewire from being downloaded ?
 
v1ru5 said:
No. But one of my sons is downloading it on the family computer and I don't want it on there.
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You could try removing install rights from his user account (and forcing him to use his own user account if you don't do that already), but it isn't too hard to get around that sort of thing.

Ultimately, that's more of a parenting issue than a technical one.
 
memebag said:
You could try removing install rights from his user account (and forcing him to use his own user account if you don't do that already), but it isn't too hard to get around that sort of thing.

Ultimately, that's more of a parenting issue than a technical one.
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Damn, I forgot about that, I must be slipping.:o
 
v1ru5 said:
No. But one of my sons is downloading it on the family computer and I don't want it on there.
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That kind of stuff drives me frickin crazy. I've given a lot of people old computers of mine and they always bitch within a few months that they're running slow. I take a look- limewire and every chat/messaging system on earth is running.

:bigahh:

But back to windows 7. I found 2 more things I love.

The "trimming" program (forgot the name) that allows you to cut out any image on the screen and the RETURN OF THE STICKIES!! I've always loved stickies. Actually, not sure if they were ever on windows but I loved them on my old Apple. This windows 7 is goddam nice. I haven't said this about an OS since getting Windows 2000 to replace the abortion that was Windows ME. It still tries to take over things a little more than I like, but I think that's mostly because I haven't figured out how to disable some options yet. For as dramatically different as it is from Windows classic (which I've been using exclusively for 10 years), I was amazed that I was comfortable within just a few hours.


Now, I'm just awaiting gaming issues. If Windows 7 has no gaming issues, I'll be guying it for my computer within the next few weeks. :headbang:
 
Goodeye said:
The Snipping tool is what it is called. And yes that is a god send of an app!

My wife is a graphic designer this became her number one top app pinned to her taskbar.
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Yes this is indeed a nifty little program, but it was also in Vista!
 
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