Windows 7 are you moving?

[mejesster]

Windows has a lot of issues, but there's one key item that should be brought up - the problem with Windows isn't the registry. Production servers around the world run on Windows without issue, see http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.html
It's the user base that is the problem with Windows. I guarantee when everybody and their grandmother starts using Linux, we'll start finding problems with Linux that we never knew existed.

That said, I have one Linux box (ubuntu 9.04, going to .10 this weekend), one OSX laptop (hackintosh'd netbook) and two Windows. One is already running Win7 (RC), and my copy of Pro is on the way.

God, I'm such a nerd.

 

[kaichu dento]

Awesome! Always nice to have a new computer!

It's almost the same as the one I'm selling but it came with a Toshiba drive that will hopefully allow me to finally get Region Free to work on it, as the previous Matsushita/Panasonic drives are apparently some of the only ones that won't work.

I'm going to pull the present 128gb SSD drive out and put in a 500gb drive instead.

 

[carling]

I'm sticking with XP SP3 and upgrade later, when Win7 SP1 comes out. 😗

 

[tebore]

I'm sticking with XP SP3 and upgrade later, when Win7 SP1 comes out. 😗

That'll be a while considering Win7 is like Vista SP4.5.1.6we're sure this time you'll like it edition.1

Power Users and Tweakers or people who want the best performance shouldn't grab the Ultimate Edition they should grab Professional. Ultimate's install is much larger and has a lot more services on, which some consider bloat. The only feature I wish Professional had is Bitlocker and Bitlocker for USB keys.

 

[kaichu dento]

Ultimate's install is much larger and has a lot more services on, which some consider bloat. The only feature I wish Professional had is Bitlocker and Bitlocker for USB keys.

I would have preferred to just go with Professional but for the time being Ultimate is the only one that comes with the capability of switching back and forth between Japanese/English.

 

[Mjolnir]

Windows has a lot of issues, but there's one key item that should be brought up - the problem with Windows isn't the registry. Production servers around the world run on Windows without issue, see http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.html
It's the user base that is the problem with Windows. I guarantee when everybody and their grandmother starts using Linux, we'll start finding problems with Linux that we never knew existed.

That said, I have one Linux box (ubuntu 9.04, going to .10 this weekend), one OSX laptop (hackintosh'd netbook) and two Windows. One is already running Win7 (RC), and my copy of Pro is on the way.

God, I'm such a nerd.

Excuse me? Do you even know what you are talking about? The registry most definitely IS a major problem of windows. Linux does not have a registry. Operating systems do not need to have a registry; there are other things that work better. Saying that the user base is the problem makes absolutely no sense. I am knowledgeable about computers, but I still have PLENTY of issues with windows that have nothing to do with me at all. Are you saying that the reason my computer takes twice as long to start now up as it did a week after windows was installed is because I don't know what I am doing?

The registry gets most screwed up when your computer has had a lot of programs installed and uninstalled. Most of those programs dump crap into the registry. Servers are not PCs; people are not installing a new program on them every other week. I am not talking about stability, but an inefficient design. Besides, programs shouldn't need to be "installed." Many of the utilities that I use (even in windows) are simple .exe files, and run from whatever folder I put them in. ALL programs in windows should be like that.

 

[Beamhead]

I am now posting from my new desktop with Windows 7, so far its very fast. Will report back.

 

[legtu]

I'm checking it out on a spare PC. I still need to test my commonly used and "exotic" applications before making the jump.

 

[kaichu dento]

I've been doing a bunch of file backups with two external drives, one of which I just pulled out of my last notebook and the more I use 7 the more I'm starting to like it.

The task bar was really bugging me at first, because it wasn't working the way I've grown accustomed to, but I have a feeling it's going to be weird going back after I'm used to the new one.

 

[PhantomPhoton]

I'll be forced to go to Win 7 for newer games for DX10 and DX11. On the bright side it would be difficult to be any worse than Vista with the exception of even more draconian DRM.

For everything else there's Linux.

 

[Sgt. LED]

When my laptop dies I'll move to 7 but till then - NO. Vista is actually working for me fine. I know, hard to believe.

I'll never switch to a new OS on an old system again. I will use the OS that was loaded on the computer when I bought it and save myself the hassle.

 

[gorn]

I upgraded a 2003 Alienware area 51 laptop to windows 7 yesterday. The install was smooth and painless. I hate having to learn a new interface. On my vista machines I configured it to interface like xp. The Alienware runs nice on it, and there were only a couple of hardware items that needed drivers installed. I hate the windows 7 version of internet explorer and am supprised that firefox isn't compatable. I loaded on google chrome and it seems OK at least until firefox out foxes microsoft.

 

[kaichu dento]

I upgraded a 2003 Alienware area 51 laptop to windows 7 yesterday. The install was smooth and painless. I hate having to learn a new interface. On my vista machines I configured it to interface like xp. The Alienware runs nice on it, and there were only a couple of hardware items that needed drivers installed. I hate the windows 7 version of internet explorer and am supprised that firefox isn't compatable. I loaded on google chrome and it seems OK at least until firefox out foxes microsoft.

I've been using Firefox with Windows 7 for the past few days and no problems yet. What kind of issues were you having?

 

[js-lots]

I attempted to move from vista to windows 7 and ran into a couple of annoying headaches. Windows 7 loaded smoothly, the problem was I was having monitor problems. The images appeared rough/fuzzy. I tried everything, driver updates, window updates etc... It turns out that windows 7 was not compatible with my nvidia gt230 card and my hanns g 22 inch lcd. The lcd highest resolution is 1680 x 1050 with a 60 refresh rate. Windows insisted on 1920x1080. For some reason, even attempting to manually force the resolution it would not accept the 1680 x 1050. It would seem to accept everything but. Additionally, Windows 7 is quite finicky with the refresh rates as well. Unfortunately, there were no updates for my video card. On all the forums, there was just no fix. I am a little disappointed, but I should have waited until the bugs are fixed. I switched back to vista, which was a royal pain in the azz.

 

[Mjolnir]

There should be no reason that firefox doesn't work with windows 7. Microsoft is devious and fairly evil, but they wouldn't go that far and prevent any 3rd party browsers from working on their operating system. I am pretty sure that that would violate antitrust laws.

 

[Superdave]

Meh, i'll be staying with XP SP3 until the newness hype wears off on 7.


Everybody was all excited about vista when it first came out and it turned into ME pretty fast... Logic dictates that if Vista = ME then 7 = XP SP1


BTW, another OG DOS user, been through every win OS since the beginning.

 

[kaichu dento]

Meh, i'll be staying with XP SP3 until the newness hype wears off on 7.


Everybody was all excited about vista when it first came out and it turned into ME pretty fast... Logic dictates that if Vista = ME then 7 = XP SP1


BTW, another OG DOS user, been through every win OS since the beginning.

I think your memory is a bit fuzzy because all the hype I heard on Vista was negative.

As long as XP is still working for you then it does make sense to stick with it until you know something better is available.

 

[Alaric Darconville]

I I hate the windows 7 version of internet explorer and am supprised that firefox isn't compatable. I loaded on google chrome and it seems OK at least until firefox out foxes microsoft.

There's nothing to outfox. Firefox works great in Windows 7.

One thing I really loved about the migration was that I used the migration tool on the Windows 7 DVD to back up my users' files and settings to another volume on the hard drive. Afterwards, I did the 'upgrade' (from Windows XP x64 to Windows 7 x64), and then used the migration tool to restore the users' files and settings. It even put the users back into the correct groups (only among the built-in groups, it didn't recreate my "Superpower Users" group, but it did put my and my wife's account into the Power Users group) and everything was seamless. I installed Firefox AFTER the settings restoration and it still put back all my wife's bookmarks and tabs and whatnot.

So far the only 'problem' is with Battlefield: 1942 -- but I'm going to reinstall it tonight. The first time I just reinstalled BF42 over itself and it may have some bad ACLs on the files.

 

[Superdave]

I think your memory is a bit fuzzy because all the hype I heard on Vista was negative.

As long as XP is still working for you then it does make sense to stick with it until you know something better is available.

I work with several people who beta tested vista, they wouldn't shut up about how nice it was.. haha


aside from a few small annoyances XP SP3 is running strong for me. My machine stays up for about 8 weeks at a time before automatic updates finally convinces me to reboot.

 

[Mjolnir]

There's nothing to outfox. Firefox works great in Windows 7.

One thing I really loved about the migration was that I used the migration tool on the Windows 7 DVD to back up my users' files and settings to another volume on the hard drive. Afterwards, I did the 'upgrade' (from Windows XP x64 to Windows 7 x64), and then used the migration tool to restore the users' files and settings. It even put the users back into the correct groups (only among the built-in groups, it didn't recreate my "Superpower Users" group, but it did put my and my wife's account into the Power Users group) and everything was seamless. I installed Firefox AFTER the settings restoration and it still put back all my wife's bookmarks and tabs and whatnot.

So far the only 'problem' is with Battlefield: 1942 -- but I'm going to reinstall it tonight. The first time I just reinstalled BF42 over itself and it may have some bad ACLs on the files.

I would be interested to know how BF1942 works out. I play it from time to time when I get bored of newer games, but I can't get custom resolutions to work properly in vista, so I am limited to 1280 x 960 on my 1920 x 1200 24" monitor...