Friday, July 24, 2009

Windows 7 Pre Order Review - Why You Should Skip Vista!

Windows 7 Review - Skip Vista - It Really Is That Good!

I've been running Windows 7 on two computers at home since the beta came out. They are totally different PCs in that one is sort of five years of age and one is absolutely cutting edge with all the latest graphics cards, for example. Both run Windows 7 very well and without any errors.

The new Windows 7 Aero theme is pretty and better organized and intuitive than Windows Vista Aero. Enabling the mouse gestures makes Windows 7 much nicer. An example mouse gesture that I use is to wiggle the mouse forwards and forwards like you are scratching something off a list. This straight away clears the desktop by hiding all the open windows. The new interface also allows you to push the thumbnails of the programs that are running. It is a bit Apple OSX like, except not so animated and aggravating in my humble opinion.

I am still nervous about compatibility issues, but even the few games I have run have been no problem for Windows 7. Even the latest Fallout three ran perfectly. Given a Windows 7 will be swiftly downloadable in the future and given that the apparent quality of the release exceeds that of Vista ask who will trouble to ask who will trouble to Vista SP2?

NBA 2K9 actually has a higher frame rate in windows 7 than in vista due to the smaller overheads on hardware, I've spoken to a few of the other testers from the office and we've all experienced a noticeable difference in video smoothness overall in games.

In addition to Vista SP2?

In addition to frame rate rises in games, the web connection scores just about 10% higher throughput. On our 1GB connections, the difference is even more noticeable. Even if you don't have machine to test Microsoft Microsoft Windows 7 on, you can use Vmware's free desktop virtualization software to set up and start exploring.

It's coming fairly soon. It's going to be good and if you're employed in a company IT dept, you may have to support it. To set up Windows 7 on Vmware, just tell vmware that you're going to be using Vista. This works well because one of the explicit goals of Windows 7 is driver and hardware compatibility with Vista.

Installation is a piece of cake. It essentially looks just like the Windows Vista installer with upgraded graphics. Like all new Windows releases, Microsoft has attempted to appeal to users on the present platform. The result's that there's going on under the hood that has changed but that you won't see until you're in a support situation and relealize that some of your tried and tested debugging rituals no longer work.

Conclusion: I think it's smart to begin to support this operating system now, especially if you have been holding off company users waiting for a better version of Vista. By the point Windows Vista SP2 Beta is stable and out the door, you'll be on the heels of Microsoft's Windows 7 release date. At the least you should install a virtual machine on Vmware for familiarization.

If you have applications that have to be tested on Windows seven, the time to start that is at this time. Developers should have their beta copy very shortly.

Amazon.com is taking on Windows 7 Pre Orders which will be delivered as soon as Windows 7 becomes available to the public. So head on over and secure yourself a copy today.
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