Given the size of their user base, if only 50 million people think it sucks, they've done quite well. Most "in the know" see Win 7 as a vast improvement over Vista.Originally Posted by N1LAF
Given the size of their user base, if only 50 million people think it sucks, they've done quite well. Most "in the know" see Win 7 as a vast improvement over Vista.
Even computer amateurs can tell you that Windows 7 is a vast improvement over Vista, no brainer there.
However, I have not determined that Windows 7 is a vast improvement over XP. XP wasn't a vast improvement over Windows 98SE until after service pack 1A. I have Windows operating systems from Windows 286, stayed with Win3.11 wfw until Windows 98, then jumped to XP SP1A. I also have experience with Win NT 3.5.1, 4, and 2K. I have put my own systems together from pieces bought from computer fairs. I still have a 486 running, first of the VESA local buses.
Today, I don't have the time to spend on computers as I have in the past, so Linux has always been on the back burner, and Macs, well I could never find specific files, such as simple bookmarks, but that was pre OS-X days.
XP very rarely crashes on anything, more noticeable on shut down on non-responsive Microsoft products. Other than those very rare occasions, XP is solid.
I do not appreciate Windows 7, designed for the dumb user. I rather organize my own file folders thank you, and do not like the new Start menu. I like the small icons on my quick launch bar, not the bloated spaces in Windows 7. Windows 7 has so many incompatibilities and inconsistencies it is not settling, to the point I don't know what I get. Programs that Windows 7 run on some machines, will not run on others. No Windows Classics option - Microsoft way or too bad...
The conclusion I am coming to is that Windows 7 is really Vista 2.0. No sir, I do not like Windows 7 very much
From "one in the know"....
Never got around to trying Vista here, but the reviews seemed bad out of the gate on that version. Not nearly as bad with Win 7. I do agree however, that new OS's don't seem to offer much more than a learning curve. Most of the problems we're seeing at work (we develop for the Windows platform) deals with the 64-bit version. The 32-bit version (what I run at home) appears to be every bit as solid as XP.
I'm really thinking the 64-bit stuff is mostly marketing ploy, and it really reminds me of Intel creating their HORRIBLE segmented processor architecture to allow 8/16 bit compatibility way back when. Microsoft has done something very similar (in premise) with their Windows-on-Windows (WOW, go figger) architecture that allows 32-bit apps to run on 64-bit Win 7. I'm sure 64-bit Vista did the same, and it's really ugly "under the hood." The one real advantage of the 64-bit OS is that it breaks the 4 Gig RAM barrier. Other than that, most apps can't use it. But, ya gotta start somewhere.
In general, I'm okay with how they did the look/feel in Win 7. Most of what I've run into is like going to the grocery store after they've rearranged the aisles. It's pretty much all all there, but you may have to hunt for it the first time or two if you're used to XP. I've also noticed a convergence between Windows, Linux and OSX. Textless task bar at the bottom, etc. I like that, and don't even use the "quick" thing any more. When I bought the parts to build this machine (home box) about 2 years ago, I bought a copy of Vista and never used it because it wouldn't work with my Epson 2450 scanner. Under Win 7, the scanner works again. And, everything I was running under XP seems to run fine under Win 7.
Outside of your general dislike of the user interface, I'm betting that the real problems lie in the 64-bit stuff. I kinda like Win 7 (been running it at home for over a year), but is it substantially better than XP? Probably not.
I'll read that in a sec, but... Here's what I got.
Added a directory to the "Music" library. This is MY music library - about 160 Gig of MP3 files, organized in a directory tree. I point Windows Explorer to the new library and search for "Fleetwood." Yet, if I open the MP3 library, everything is there.
Here's the result:
No matter what I search for, the result is always the same: "No items match your search."
Of course, that's much like saying waterboarding is a vast improvement over actually drowning.
Last edited by NQ6U; 09-20-2010 at 05:27 PM.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
It should index. Does that Mp3 folder have the "system" permission? :chin:
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Yup.
Not real critical here, but maybe there's an aftermarket dealie that will just give me a GUI into a DOS-like search. :rofl:
Can't disagree. If I had life to live over, I'da stayed the hell away from computers.
Naturally.
Windows 7 IS Vista 2.0. And it's really Windows 6.5.
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