Windows 7 Pre Order Review - Windows 7 is Already More Stable Than Vista
Windows 7 Review - It's Time To Get Familiar - Will You skip Vista SP2?
I've got 2 PCs running Windows 7. They are completely different PCs in that one is sort of five years of age and one is totally cutting edge with all the most recent graphics cards, and so on. Both run Windows 7 very well and without any errors.
The new Windows 7 Aero theme is pretty and a bit 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 shake the mouse forwards and backwards like you are scratching something off a list. This instantly clears the desktop by hiding all the open windows. The new interface also lets you push the thumbnails of the programs that are running. It is a bit Apple OSX like, except not so animated and annoying 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 most recent Fallout 3 ran flawlessly. Given a Windows 7 will be swiftly downloadable in the future and given the clear quality of the apparent quality of the release exceeds that of Vista ask who will trouble to ask who will trouble to Vista SP2?
In addition to Vista SP2?
In addition to frame rate rises in games, the Net connection scores virtually 10% higher throughput. On our 1GB connections, the difference is even more conspicuous. Even if you don't have machine to test drive Microsoft Microsoft Windows 7 on, you may 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 work in a corporate IT office, you will have to support it. To set up Windows 7 on Vmware, just tell vmware that you'll 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 breeze. It essentially looks 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 is that there is a lot going on under the hood that has changed but that you won't see until you're in a support situation and realize that some of your tried and true debugging methods no longer work.
Conclusion:I think it's smart to start preparing to support windows 7 now, particularly if you've been holding off corporate users waiting for a better version of Vista. By the point Windows Vista SP2 Beta is stable and out the door, you will be on the heels of Microsoft's Windows 7 release date. At the least you minimum you need to 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 now. Developers should have their beta copy very shortly.
Amazon.com is taking pre-orders for Windows 7. US buyers are able to purchase vista-windows 7 upgrades, European customers will only be able to purchase full versions as no upgrades are available.
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