Comments on: Using Windows 7 RC, Months Later http://bashelton.com/2009/07/using-windows-7-rc-months-later/ Technology enthusiast gone rambling lunatic! Wed, 02 May 2012 19:07:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Benjamin http://bashelton.com/2009/07/using-windows-7-rc-months-later/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Benjamin Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:09:45 +0000 http://www.bashelton.com/?p=1217#comment-372 To be honest, this entire rant--as it were--was written across the span of about three evenings. There was a bit of research I had to conduct (against Vista, mostly, since I've never really used it for more than a few minutes in a VM) and screen shots that had to be taken, so the actual time spent writing was likely only two hours or so. Screen shots tend to slow me down. Now, I haven't noticed the taskbar issues during the course of my regular use. Frankly, I've had fewer issues in Windows 7 than I have in XP as of late. Even with about 12-16 sessions of Windows Explorer running, 7 seems much more stable; try the same thing in XP, and Explorer (including the taskbar) will crash. So, for use cases related to 1) software development, 2) web development, and 3) general "office" style tasks, Windows 7 is really much better than Windows XP. I'm not so sure for games, because I've only played them a few times under 7 and had limited luck (mostly due to my SB Live!). I do agree about the power management features. They're a little <i>too</i> aggressive, but thankfully that's fairly easy to correct. It's worth noting that the default power management settings in Windows 7 are identical to those in Windows Vista. I'll add this to my article along with some additional screen shots. To be honest, this entire rant–as it were–was written across the span of about three evenings. There was a bit of research I had to conduct (against Vista, mostly, since I’ve never really used it for more than a few minutes in a VM) and screen shots that had to be taken, so the actual time spent writing was likely only two hours or so. Screen shots tend to slow me down.

Now, I haven’t noticed the taskbar issues during the course of my regular use. Frankly, I’ve had fewer issues in Windows 7 than I have in XP as of late. Even with about 12-16 sessions of Windows Explorer running, 7 seems much more stable; try the same thing in XP, and Explorer (including the taskbar) will crash. So, for use cases related to 1) software development, 2) web development, and 3) general “office” style tasks, Windows 7 is really much better than Windows XP. I’m not so sure for games, because I’ve only played them a few times under 7 and had limited luck (mostly due to my SB Live!).

I do agree about the power management features. They’re a little too aggressive, but thankfully that’s fairly easy to correct. It’s worth noting that the default power management settings in Windows 7 are identical to those in Windows Vista. I’ll add this to my article along with some additional screen shots.

]]> By: Grimblast http://bashelton.com/2009/07/using-windows-7-rc-months-later/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Grimblast Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:20:03 +0000 http://www.bashelton.com/?p=1217#comment-371 If only I had the time to comment on Vista...er...Windows 7 like this. I've yet to have it bomb like vista has on me in the past. I haven't had any hardware issues with it just yet but occasionally I see something quirky such as alt tabbing from a game and the transparencies on windows and the taskbar stop working. Nothing too major has gotten in my way since I have terminated a few of those apps you pointed out in a post sometime back. Microsoft still needs to work on their default power settings in Windows 7 though. They are annoying as hell if you don't adjust them straight out of the install. If only I had the time to comment on Vista…er…Windows 7 like this. I’ve yet to have it bomb like vista has on me in the past. I haven’t had any hardware issues with it just yet but occasionally I see something quirky such as alt tabbing from a game and the transparencies on windows and the taskbar stop working. Nothing too major has gotten in my way since I have terminated a few of those apps you pointed out in a post sometime back.

Microsoft still needs to work on their default power settings in Windows 7 though. They are annoying as hell if you don’t adjust them straight out of the install.

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