Windows 7 isn't revolutionary, from what I can tell; it's Vista, tweaked. And as you say, Vista isn't nearly as bad as the FUD-spreaders would have people believe. I've been using it every day for two years now on my home desktop, my work desktop, and my laptop. I just don't have problems with it.
The kicker is that Win7 won't make much difference in regards to two of the biggest complaints people had about Vista: application compatibility and driver compatibility. It may be a little better on the app front, but I don't expect anything radical. And as for drivers, I'm not aware of any difference at all in Win7 that would make older devices work better with it. If your device didn't work with Vista, it ain't gonna work with Win7. What has really disappointed me in the Vista fiasco was that IT professionals were just as guilty--maybe even more so--of spreading FUD about Vista as laypeople were. I would expect ordinary consumers to get confused, or the media to jump on a bandwagon without really understanding the subject. But IT pros should know better. Many of the rants I've seen have come from IT people who clearly hadn't really spent much time using Vista, or didn't really understand enough about how it worked to see its advantages over XP, or were just plain unwilling to learn something new. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us -----Original Message----- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Ok, since we are on the subject... This has been irking me lately, I need to get it off my chest! I have been highly skeptical of all the rave reviews of 7 so far. There seems to be this wonderful wave of hope around 7 in the blogosphere, touting 7 is better than Vista. But Vista kinda of had terrible press, and everyone was convinced it was the next ME. In actually, it wasn't. Vista is great. It had it SP0 bumps for sure, but Vista in general was much better that I think the press made it out to be. Everyone is jumping in joy that 7 boots faster than Vista, more stable, etc, etc. Big Whoop. IMO, IT BETTER be faster and more stable! This is not a feature, this is a EXPECTATION. Better stability? Again, not a bonus feature, it's an expectation. New versions should NEVER be slower, especially with the crazy pace of hardware advancements. All in all, I think Vista's bad rep is just paving the way for good reviews of 7. It's like when Steve Jobs put the 'improved' Audio Jack in his slide show for the Gen 2 iPhone. No, Steve, you can't do that. You &*^&cked up with Gen1 with the audio port, and you fixed it in Gen2. You cannot market it as a new feature. The fact that he had to market that and throw it in his slid show, just goes to show that there weren't enough other new features introduced to talk about. I don't no much about 7, I haven't tried it, I'm sure I will download it on Friday, and buy a copy on release. I just hope MS knows what they are doing forcing an OS out the door so quickly. -----Original Message----- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 2:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Since the other beta's are out... I really like the new task bar. I'm not sold on the new Start button. Otherwise - it's very much like Vista sp2. Except that it uses less memory. At idle, my Vista system uses about 850 MB. At idle (pretty much the same startup applications), Win7 uses 500 MB. Speed-wise - I don't detect any appreciable difference. But I've got pretty fast machines already. I have found a couple of pretty obvious bugs, so I don't consider it production-ready. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php -----Original Message----- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now >From what I've heard, Win7 isn't too frustrating--so I'm willing to give it a look. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us -----Original Message----- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 1:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now oh dear! Then how-ever will I frustrate myself with an unfinished beta product!? -- ME2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
