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Post by beth on Nov 1, 2009 18:32:53 GMT
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm looking forward to getting a look at this one. Here's a positive review from Wired.Windows 7 Is Microsoft’s Best Yet Microsoft’s loyal customers are finally getting the operating system they deserve with Windows 7, and it was well worth the wait. First, to provide full disclosure (as critics have requested in our previous Windows 7 write-ups) yes, I am indeed a Mac user. But until heading to college, I grew up on a steady diet of Windows. (I made the switch after a system crash that resulted in the loss of an enormous school project.) With that said, Windows 7 thoroughly wowed me, dissolving the grudge I’ve held against Microsoft for many years. /snip Gadget Lab
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Post by beth on Nov 1, 2009 18:35:45 GMT
Here's a nice companion - The Master List of New Windows 7 Shortcuts Lifehacker
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Post by Liberator on Nov 1, 2009 19:53:51 GMT
The one thing Windows surprisingly has not introduced is multiple desktop areas. It can be very useful to have something background up in a totally different workspace.
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Post by beez0811 on Nov 1, 2009 23:48:42 GMT
I want it! I want to get rid of Vista! Bleh!
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Nov 3, 2009 20:35:59 GMT
LOL, I think people who have problems with Vista are being punished for wicked deeds...I've never had a problem with this OS. AH
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Post by beez0811 on Nov 3, 2009 23:55:50 GMT
Vista hasn't been too much of a problem, but I do miss XP.
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Post by beth on Nov 4, 2009 0:07:33 GMT
I have XP. Would like to get a look at W 7 though.
I'm getting ready to change out my CPU for a newer model. My main concern at the moment is that I don't lose ANYTHING! The OS seems less important by comparison.
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Post by Liberator on Nov 4, 2009 1:57:06 GMT
It does give support for the theory of competition. According to report, W7 incorporates part of some features Linux-BSD has had for years but it is only recently that their everyday use front-ends have looked as friendly as Microsoft's. The only reason I can see for upgrade though, would be if it's free and does anything XP or Debian can't. I have used Vista and give thanks that I got in before it. If they connive new standards to stop them running on XP and demand payment to upgrade, then I'll do without and make the machine 100% Debian instead of only 23% (30Gb against 130Gb)
The only Windows I've liked and found 'friendly' and easy to do just what I wanted was Windows 98. It really hurt when XP did away with the degree of 'theme' GUI control that it gave - but beggorah me if KDE4 hasn't done almost as much of a hatchet job on the absolute control over the appearance and behaviour of every little 'widget' and abolished 'themes' available in KDE3!
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