We haven't really talked much about the new Windows here... who's tried Windows 7? What did you think of it?
I'm running the final RTM version on my new C2D machine, and it has been nothing short of perfect for me. It rocked my face and made me cry. It was not missing one single device driver - everything worked after the install with no action on my part, even my old ass HP printer. I enabled AHCI before installing and hotplugging drives with the eSATA/molex bracket that came with my ep45-ud3p is absolutely flawless. The thing has been rock solid and FAST. The newly designed taskbar is much, MUCH better than what we had before. It takes some getting used to, but it makes things look SO much less cluttered and hectic. The little multiple-window preview thing when you hold your mouse over the taskbar icon is hella useful. All the stupid little Vista annoyances are gone for me, like the shut down button actually being a sleep button... in 7 it went back to actually being a shut down button. Disabling UAC was an option in the start menu on first boot - I didn't even have to go into MSCONFIG. The "action center" security thing is very unintrusive, even more than XP's security center bullshit. And the best part? This thing FLIES on my C2D and it runs as well as XP did on my brother's P4 machine.
So has anybody else given 7 a try? PLEASE no Linux/Mac/etc plugs, just what you think of Windows 7. If you haven't tried it yet, I highly suggest tracking down a torrent of the RTM and popping it on a spare machine.
I'm running the final RTM version on my new C2D machine, and it has been nothing short of perfect for me. It rocked my face and made me cry. It was not missing one single device driver - everything worked after the install with no action on my part, even my old ass HP printer. I enabled AHCI before installing and hotplugging drives with the eSATA/molex bracket that came with my ep45-ud3p is absolutely flawless. The thing has been rock solid and FAST. The newly designed taskbar is much, MUCH better than what we had before. It takes some getting used to, but it makes things look SO much less cluttered and hectic. The little multiple-window preview thing when you hold your mouse over the taskbar icon is hella useful. All the stupid little Vista annoyances are gone for me, like the shut down button actually being a sleep button... in 7 it went back to actually being a shut down button. Disabling UAC was an option in the start menu on first boot - I didn't even have to go into MSCONFIG. The "action center" security thing is very unintrusive, even more than XP's security center bullshit. And the best part? This thing FLIES on my C2D and it runs as well as XP did on my brother's P4 machine.
So has anybody else given 7 a try? PLEASE no Linux/Mac/etc plugs, just what you think of Windows 7. If you haven't tried it yet, I highly suggest tracking down a torrent of the RTM and popping it on a spare machine.
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