Despite the fact that everyone has been somewhat scared to use Windows 7 because of the last OS before that, Windows Vista, in which I do agree that it did come out a P-o-S operating system, I was really hesitant to use the new Windows 7 back when it came out. Testing out Vista, it went terribly wrong for me, Many of the computer’s I’ve fixed locally, some of the clients wanted to downgrade to Windows XP. Now of course I recommend otherwise ever since I upgraded to Windows 7. At first I though the system would be just the same as Vista, but Windows 7 has proved me wrong.
With much of work developing and coding, Windows XP run pretty smooth but never really used my hardware to its fullest, even though everything was compatible and ran great without any issues, when I went to test it out with Vista, it was a nightmare! With Windows 7 I see that my hardware is being used to its fullest capacity so that I can have the best experience on my desktop. Some of the things that I wanted to point out on Windows 7 is:
1) Speed & Realibility
The speed on my computer is really smooth, even my games run better because Windows 7 could use my SLI video cards more efficiently than XP or Vista, plus the Aero Interface doesn’t even get in the way with the FPS of my games. The 32-bit version of Windows 7 I’m using can still read my 4GB of RAM compared to the 2.5GB RAM that Windows XP only read. My work has also been smoother and easier to work with some neat Windows 7 features such as Pin Lists, Sticky notes, and a lot more. And with this speed, I’m glad that there hasn’t been a crash on Windows 7 which makes it so much easier to work with, unlike Vista.
2) Organization
My desktop would still be cluttered with folders and files I work on, but with some new features such as Libraries which allow you to store your files in a more organizable way and also Pin Lists which allow you to open recent documents as well as “Pin” files to a specific program, so to access it will be faster and way more easier. Plus the sticky notes that Windows 7 has is very useful for remembering minor things to even major issues (such as someones birthday) right on your desktop, and the neat thing is, when you turn off your computer it is still there, it doesn’t delete unless you delete them yourself.
3) Aero Interface
Now I wasn’t too much of a fan for graphics, I mean, just take a look at Windows XP, anyways, with the better thumbnail previews that has been fixed from Vista (finally!), and the ability to see transparently through windows when you have a bunch of windows open is very useful for finding specific files of windows you have open faster. Running SLI video cards, this is flawlessly brought to anyone’s desktop.
Despite all the good things, there are some flaws that is still happening on Windows 7, for example, my wireless PCI card from Netgear sometimes doesn’t want to run, even with the drivers installed (of course), but it runs sometimes and sometimes it doesn’t want to run, but I think the biggest issue is compatibility with Windows 7, It will take sometime for older software we depended to run on Windows XP to run on Windows 7, even using the Compatibility mode for each program, but also Microsoft introduced Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 which allows you to run Windows XP virtually on your desktop, but I will hold off on that now.
Well overall, Windows 7 first impression on me was really great, but I want to hear from some regular users home users! Are you running Windows 7? What do you think of windows 7 and its features?
