Windows 7

[Chas]

Originally Posted by 700 hitter

I am getting it installed on my computer (for work) very soon.

You might get it just before Windows 8 comes out, heh?

Originally Posted by tmservo

Nothing was "removed" but some features that were turned on by default are now off by default (like the gadget sidebar) which has now changed and isn't really a sidebar.. and UAC hasn't been removed, but definitely reigned in.

See above.

Originally Posted by Bucaroo Bonzai

Okay, so realistically what are the minimum requirements for Windows 7 to run smoothly? Can the 2.4 GHZ 32 bit laptop with 2 gigs of ram cut it, and if it is going from Vista to Windows 7 will the performance improve or drop?

Performance should go up. The memory handling in 7 is better than Vista -- especially in the ability to scale. Windows 7 also improved the graphics by adding 2D hardware acceleration back in - a feature removed in Vista when they changed the graphics sub-system.

Originally Posted by Gobo

"Vista is better than OS X" hahaha!!!!!!

Dude. I think it is funny that anyone would think OS X is better. OS X was better than Windows XP by a small margin, but Vista and 7 go beyond OS X IMHO.

We tested 7 on a 1GiB netbook and it worked fairly well; far better than Vista would have. So I think 7 is a good OS for people looking to stay in the MS sphere.

[Chas]

Originally Posted by jimanderson

what did it remove from vista?

It removed Windows Movie Maker and a few other programs that are now part of 'Live Essentials'.

[tmservo]

Well, those were also removed from later Vista, as part of the settlement with the EU.

Users now have to accept them.

As to the OS/X bit.. look, I use both. OS/X has some incredibly glaring problems it doesn't seem to have any interest in fixing (like non-existent Bluray support.. which Apple seemingly has no interest in doing anything about).

OS/X does some things I do like. But the reality is, the vast majority of applications I rely on every day don't even exist on the Mac. That makes it hard to consider it a real alternative.

[Chas]

Originally Posted by tmservo

Well, those were also removed from later Vista, as part of the settlement with the EU.

Users now have to accept them.

As to the OS/X bit.. look, I use both. OS/X has some incredibly glaring problems it doesn't seem to have any interest in fixing (like non-existent Bluray support.. which Apple seemingly has no interest in doing anything about).

OS/X does some things I do like. But the reality is, the vast majority of applications I rely on every day don't even exist on the Mac. That makes it hard to consider it a real alternative.

I use Windows XP, Windows 7, Window 2003R2, Windows 2008, Windows 2008R2, OS X 10.5, OS X 10.6, Ubuntu 9.10 and Fedora 12.

I have yet to find a perfect OS... each offers their own set of demons to deal with. OS X, at least for me, is the least of the bunch... though it is far better than OS 9.

[jimanderson]

Have any of you taken the Office 2010 Beta upgrade?