New in Windows 7

Glenn · Sep 24, 2009, 09:00:06

18 new features for Windows 7 http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/pc/18-cool-things-windows-7-does-that-vista-doesn-t-628892

somanyholes · Sep 24, 2009, 09:11:45

Have been running 7 enterprise as my main OS for two weeks now. Have to say I like it a lot. Only two things have annoyed me. Show desktop is on the right hand side of the screen, and am not keen on the new taskbar. Beyond that, It's great imo

Gary · Sep 24, 2009, 09:12:35

How about 18 things you can do on a holiday vs windows 7

Vista works fine,

Its all hype to get you to spend your £ yes some do not like Vista, some of us like it, but those features are not going to make me spend money on a new OS, what's the point, do you really need those features, where they on your must have list? Its not a huge leap, from XP maybe but from Vista to 7 is incremental, and to your average Joe there are better thing to spend money on, like having fun away from your pc, go out see the world smell the fresh air, just step away from the pc

talos · Sep 24, 2009, 10:41:05

But I am getting fed up using valuable bandwith on upgrade downloads every month

Gary · Sep 24, 2009, 11:00:40

Quote from: talos on Sep 24, 2009, 10:41:05

But I am getting fed up using valuable bandwith on upgrade downloads every month

Thats not going to change anytime soon

Rik · Sep 24, 2009, 11:09:13

It would be interesting if manufacturers were forced to send out upgrades on CD. I'd imagine they might take a bit more care that way.

Supanova · Sep 24, 2009, 11:27:58

I'm running windows 7 64-bit professional and it's great. I got it for free courtesy of MSDN at my university department.

I'v had none of the old compatibility problems I had with vista 64-bit and it feels much more responsive than vista thanks to the way they have prioritised things that should be prioritised. I like the task-bar but it's a bit of a run-around if you want to get folders onto the task-bar and not just executables.

Once again they have moved everything in the control panel so it's a pain to find anything but I can see myself happily sticking to this OS so in a month or so that won't be a problem.

The RAM usage seems to depend on how much RAM you have installed. It was using about 350-400MB of RAM while idling when I had 2GB of RAM installed, but now I have 4GB installed it's using about 700MB. That's still a lot of RAM but I suppose when XP was built that would be using 1/5 of the RAM available in those days.

gizmo71 · Sep 24, 2009, 12:22:50

Quote15. Pin just about anything to the new Windows Taskbar

... unless it's on a network drive, in which case forget it.

You also cannot have subfolders in your 'Send To' menu, nor can you have links to network folders.

All things which worked just fine in XP, and which I manage easily using Group Policy Objects. In Windows 7 I've only got a hack round the first (copy locally, make shortcut, pin shortcut, edit shortcut back to network target) or pale reflections of (Move To/Copy To on the Send To context menu - I then have to navigate to the folder I want).

It's not progression, it's regression.

I can see me downgrading my netbook back to XP Pro very soon. (And back from Office 2007 to Office 2003, for much the same reasons.)

john · Sep 24, 2009, 12:45:28

Quote from: Gary on Sep 24, 2009, 09:12:35
....but those features are not going to make me spend money on a new OS, what's the point, do you really need those features, where they on your must have list?

I quite agree Gary, that's why I'm still using DOS

Rik · Sep 24, 2009, 12:46:33

Good choice, John.

Den · Sep 24, 2009, 14:27:40

My Amiga works fine and I love Workbench

talos · Sep 24, 2009, 16:11:54

My workbench is fine and my amigo's gone home

Rik · Sep 24, 2009, 16:14:21

Si, Senor.

Sebby · Sep 24, 2009, 19:17:23

Unfortunately, W7 still has a clunky old registry.

Rik · Sep 24, 2009, 19:21:41

Let's go back to the days of INI files, they were much more fun.

Sebby · Sep 24, 2009, 19:27:01

Gary · Sep 25, 2009, 09:14:07

Quote from: Sebby on Sep 24, 2009, 19:17:23
Unfortunately, W7 still has a clunky old registry.

But at least you can chat reliably over webcams with it via msn, I have a friend with a mac and she even with aMSN has issues, if MS sorted that out it would be brilliant, but as you say, no Registry, thats heaven.

Rik · Sep 25, 2009, 09:15:06

As is a DR steak.

Simon · Sep 25, 2009, 10:40:03

For goodness sake!

Rik · Sep 25, 2009, 10:43:21

But it's full of goodness, Simon.

john · Sep 25, 2009, 12:43:50

I never liked the taste of Japanese sake

Rik · Sep 25, 2009, 12:48:11

Suntory rules, OK?

esh · Sep 25, 2009, 12:58:22

Actually I liked ini files

They would usually be in the program directory and I could edit them with notepad. Want to change something now? Okay go into HKLM/Software/System/Microsoft/Windows/FKJDFS/045382432CFEAD24/CompanyName/ApplicationTitleProgrammerForgotToTypeInDuringCompilation/Settings/Windows/Run/.........

Rik · Sep 25, 2009, 14:12:45

I did, too, Esh. They were easy to edit and allowed risk-free tweaking.

Gary · Sep 25, 2009, 15:41:47

Quote from: Rik on Sep 25, 2009, 09:15:06
As is a DR steak.

I dont eat meat