Nov 14 2008
Windows 7 is awesome!!!
I am not talking about the bells and whistles.
I have been using Windows 7 for the past few days and it looks like this is going to be a great Operating System from Microsoft.
The UI looks similar to that of Vista, but with a lot of tweaks. The new taskbar is exciting as well.
The main feature of Windows 7 I liked is that it lets you do your work the way you wish and it gets out of your way. Windows 7 makes doing your job easy. Performance wise it is better than Vista. Hardware support is also great and I did not have to install any drivers in my Acer laptop.
There are many other exciting features in the software. You can read more about these all over the web. Also remember to visit the Windows 7 development blog. The blog tells the exciting story of building a great operating system. It is a must read blog for programmers/designers.
Windows 7 is already getting a huge amount good press. People are giving positive reviews. Microsoft should be excited by this.
Currently a pre-beta test build for windows 7 is in circulation in the file sharing networks. You will have to do a bit of hacking to get the new taskbar enabled.
Download Windows 7 and check it out. You will surely fall in love with it too.
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on 14 Nov 2008 at 6:23 pm
Is it a safe link to download? I mean, is it a official release? I read about this at pallab
http://www.pallab.net/2008/07/25/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-windows-7/
yea, seems pretty awesome.
on 15 Nov 2008 at 12:06 pm
I am very happy to heard good news about a Microsoft product after a long time.
on 15 Nov 2008 at 1:17 pm
Anand,
Yes, it is an official release from the PDC 2008. Remember that it is just for testing purposes.
Anish,
True. We all feel the warmth.
on 17 Nov 2008 at 5:42 pm
LoL im guessing someone got a free laptop…
on 17 Nov 2008 at 5:56 pm
Curtisbeef,
Keep guessing.
on 18 Nov 2008 at 6:19 am
Windows 7 is almost Identical to Vista… and the benchmarks prove it…
I think this review puts it best.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/153624/under_the_hood_windows_7_is_vistas_twin.html
“Bottom line: So far, Windows 7 looks, behaves, and performs almost exactly like Windows Vista. And it breaks all sorts of things that used to work just fine under Vista. In other words, Microsoft’s follow-up to its most unpopular OS release since Windows Me threatens to deliver zero measurable performance benefits while introducing new and potentially crippling compatibility issues.”
on 18 Nov 2008 at 11:57 am
Curtisbeef,
Look at the votes for/against the article you linked to. Try to read the comments from others. It looks like the author of the above mentioned article is purely biased.
on 20 Dec 2008 at 10:05 pm
Is this something newer than Vista? Never heard of this one before.
on 06 Jan 2009 at 3:05 am
OK… First of I’m not a MS fan boy, I use Ubuntu and Debian for most of my work; However, I have always had windows installed on a laptop for software that is not avaliable for linux (mostly Photoshop and Multitrack recording). Now in my experence Windows XP is a fair OS, it runs well and seems to be reliable, if maintained correctly, Vista on the other hand is terriable. I have tried an tried to use Vista but cannot seem to get things stable enought to make it useful.
I have a friend that let me try out Windows 7 (build 7000) on one of his spare laptops (1.7Ghz Centrino with 1.5GB ram). I have to admit this does not seem like the same OS as Vista, sure it does share some of vista’s visuals but none of the slowness and frequent system crashes. I would be more willing to use Windows if this is how the end product performes.
on 06 Jan 2009 at 8:31 am
Jason,
Thanks for sharing.