Monday
Dec292008
Initial thoughts on Windows 7
Monday, December 29, 2008 at 8:46AM
Two words -- It's Fast!
I decided to go ahead and grab a copy of Windows 7 and so far, I love it. The install was painless and less steps than setting up XP or Vista and the speed that it runs (even in my Sun VirtualBox) blows me away. As far as design of the OS goes, it's very similar in many ways to Vista which is not ALL bad.
The taskbar is much better for browsing on a lower resolution screen. It can be scaled up and down and one press of the Windows key lands you in an easy to navigate "Start Menu".
The control panels are a little weird to me because I'm so used to XP but I'm sure I'd get used to them. They are very wizard driven which will make it very easy, for a newcomer, to learn the ropes of Windows 7.
As far as the rest of the OS goes, much of it comes with some neat little addons. Gadgets that can display RSS feeds, Windows media files and the weather along with "Peek" which lets you quickly shoot to the desktop (just like OSX) to check on your latest news and weather for the area make Windows 7 a great upgrade for the normal, home user.
Time will tell on how well 7 will do against XP in the office environment. XP and Server 2003 made a great pairing when it came to security, control and all-around update management. We'll see if Microsoft can make 7 just as good.
I decided to go ahead and grab a copy of Windows 7 and so far, I love it. The install was painless and less steps than setting up XP or Vista and the speed that it runs (even in my Sun VirtualBox) blows me away. As far as design of the OS goes, it's very similar in many ways to Vista which is not ALL bad.
The taskbar is much better for browsing on a lower resolution screen. It can be scaled up and down and one press of the Windows key lands you in an easy to navigate "Start Menu".
The control panels are a little weird to me because I'm so used to XP but I'm sure I'd get used to them. They are very wizard driven which will make it very easy, for a newcomer, to learn the ropes of Windows 7.
As far as the rest of the OS goes, much of it comes with some neat little addons. Gadgets that can display RSS feeds, Windows media files and the weather along with "Peek" which lets you quickly shoot to the desktop (just like OSX) to check on your latest news and weather for the area make Windows 7 a great upgrade for the normal, home user.
Time will tell on how well 7 will do against XP in the office environment. XP and Server 2003 made a great pairing when it came to security, control and all-around update management. We'll see if Microsoft can make 7 just as good.
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