Steve Wood wrote: > Neil Arlidge wrote: > >> Windows 7 will probably be an even bigger pile of poo that Vista. > > As someone who has removed the pile of poo that is Vista from more > machines than I care to remember I'm glad to say I'm reasonably happy > with the copy of Windows 7 that I'm using at this very moment. Its > had a lot of the Vista bloat taken out (and I've switched off > whatever I can of what remains :-) ) and is actually a reasonable > successor to XP barring two massive annoyances as far as I'm > concerned, the loss of the old Windows Explorer interface (which went > with Vista) and the decision to not allow users to use the old style > start menu, which is much quicker than the new one if you have lots > of programs installed. > > I'm as yet undecided on whether I will buy a copy when this beta > expires as the laptop is only licensed for Vista (and I can safely > say I won't be running that) so it's going to be Win7 or Linux with > XP under VMWare for the Windoze bits. > > Steve > NB Bream > > > ------------------------------------
I can't do without Windows Explorer...that is what I most hate about Vista...well apart from it's etherial bloat. I'm an old stick in the mud, moving to Firefox was a big move! -- Neil Arlidge NB Earnest / Barge Maurice A (in the pipeline) TNC...Gorn west... http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour.html
