10-05-2009, 20:34 | #1 |
Dubious
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Northampton
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Windows 7 - Your opinions
Last night I borrowed my mates USB drive so I can copy my files over, format, and install Windows 7.
I was amazed, and still am, ever since I booted up the install CD. The installer itself was nice and pretty, but also VERY quick compared to previous windows installs. I've installed XP MCE05 twice on this laptop, and both times it took around 45 minutes. Windows 7 took 29 from CD insertion to logging into my user account The new start menu is pretty cool too. I can see it taking a bit of getting used to but it works very well. I like the way Quick Launch/Open Programs are combined, and even with properly coded programs (MSN), it even removes the icon from the system tray and just uses the one icon (see screenshot). It's also fast. Very fast. My laptop isn't the best in the world (specs below), but even aero runs very swiftly and the whole OS seems really resource light. Like vista, 99% of hardware works out of the box and they've FINALLY decided to include codecs for things like DivX/xVid \0/ The start menu has a little new feature which is handy. When you hover over a program in your recently used list, it displays the recently opened files for that recently opened program The backgrounds that come with W7 are nice, and a new theme support is pretty cool and can see it being welcome among many (as you can see from the screeny, some theme files have slideshow backgrounds) I know there are parts I've left out but I assume you're getting bored of reading now.. so here are some screenies... (click for bigger) My system details: The new sexy Paint: What happens when you have multiple windows open: Start Menu: My Pictures (soz Piggy & Des ): WMP: Themes:
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