Windows 7 Launches Today
Well, it’s not exactly a secret. Microsoft’s well-received OS is now official. Those of you still playing with the free release candidate can keep using the free version until March, but going forward, new PCs will be shipping with Redmonds latest and greatest.
When I say greatest, I think it very well may be. After using just about every version of Microsoft’s OS, I have to say that Windows 7 is probably the best they’ve ever done. A few months ago, I might have said that honour would have went to Windows 2000, but after playing with 7, it’s no denying that Microsoft has outdone themselves. In a lot of ways, Windows 7 is really a super fancy service pack for the much (overly?) maligned Vista, but the slicker interface, and code optimization that allows it to run smoothly on low end hardware like Atom processors, puts it beyond that designation.
The Wall Street Journal has a live blog of the launch event, which just ended, where Ballmer and company highlight some of the new features. Amongst my favourites is the Home Group setting, which allows sharing of media remotely between machines on the same Home Group. In other words, if you’re on the road, with a network connection, you can stream your media without the need of 3rd party software.
I liked the beta of Windows 7 so much it was the first time I bought stand alone upgrades of the OS. Even the WSJ’s own Uncle Walt likes it!
just bought 2 upgrades
the only thing microsoft has to do is streamline the OS
get rid of this ultimate/professional/home premium horseshit
heres the OS, boom! 2 versions, 32 and 64
quit faffing about with the other shit
There was a bit of streamlining compared to the earlier one, in that each successively expensive version has all the features of the version below it.
In Vista, some features of Home Premium weren’t in Professional and it was a pain in the ass to figure it all out. I agree that they DO need to streamline somewhat, but on the other hand, Microsoft has a VERY broad cross section of customers, moreso than any other OS. They could probably lose at least ONE edition, but it’ll be another iteration or two before they become sustantially more streamlined, if ever.
Oh i dont actually expect them to ever get it streamlined
just me finding ANY reason to criticize microsoft and its all i had
you are aware how dirty i feel actually liking a windows OS
it fucken smarts 🙁
Probably about the same when I considered picking up a PS3 a couple of weeks ago. [biggrin]
LOL
btw im reading that upgrading RC to Home Edition is a bit of a clusterfuck
bah ill do a clean install on the P
I am just absolutely giddy with how painless the upgrade to 7 was on my laptop
after 15 years of being the dominant OS, windows gives us a reason why
took em long enough
This was the smoothest upgrade I ever did. I never really encountered many problems in the past, but there were always little tricks you had to do to keep your old OS.
This time, just installed and it validated.
on the AW it asked me to remove my wireless driver before instillation
which worried me
boom
no connectivity problems at all once installation was completed
still not sure what THAT was about
I’m guessing that the older driver may have caused some conflict, so it ditched it… was the old one a Microsoft driver or one that came with Sony… if it was the latter, that’s probably why.
Intel driver that came with the sony
anywhoo
Windows 7 is really a super fancy service pack for the much maligned Vista.