WIN7 Performance

Dude, I bet you haven't read what we are saying, not really.

1. Why do you have to upgrade to Windows 7? You don't.

1a. But they will stop supporting it! So what? I'm using Windows 2000 on my old Dell - works like a charm.

2. Why do you need a powerful computer to edit a basic spreadsheet? You don't.

3. Home networking more complex in Windows 7? I don't think so, but I guess you're entitled to your opinion. Myself, I could never get it working in XP. But that's me. You seem to have it under control.

4. Linux is faster that Windows on your hardware? That's of course possible, but let me ask you, what did you do with Linux? Did you use Photoshop? No. Did you use Excel? No. Did you use Acrobat (Pro, not reader)? I'm not sure that exists under Linux either. I am sure that there are no games. so what's faster? Firefox? That's subjective in my opinion. Granted, ext4 and even ext3 are supposed to be superior to NTFS. But my experience with ancient hardware - my old Dell - is that copying files to a USB drive in Ubuntu was so slow, I had no patience to wait for it to finish.

Conclusion: To each his own.

Question: Can we help you with anything or you just wanted a pat on the shoulder?

Let us summarize this discussion that there has led us to nowhere and always will ...

We love Windows 7 ... you do not;

You seem to love Linux ... we do not.

We defend our point of view ... you, your point of view ...

So we stay here. And as said above, if there is anything we can do for you, tell us, because that is the reason for this forum: help and be helped! And as I said in another post, I respect your point of view and I hope the forum and you still maintain the relationship you even recognized as useful! I wish you the best!

I hope that those of us who are not happy with WIN7 performance are heard on this forum and that Microsoft will get the message that there are you folks who love it and don't complain, and there are those of us who don't love it and want it to be better!

By the way I got a message yesterday when I went to Performance and Information Tools that I should Rerun the Experience Index as there was a detected HARDWARE CHANGE. OOOPS a bug in WIN7. I have not changed hardware since I installed WIN7. No need to respond to this.

Also my offer stands.....anyone who wants to come to my house and see and hear ways to improve the product is welcome! Microsoft are you listening?

PS...as for LINUX I don't love it. I am familiar enough with it to know it ain't perfect and in many ways NOT better than Windows. However I think that for a free OS it does a lot of what Windows does (any version) and sometimes does it as good and better. I'm not advocating it's use. But with each passing release of Windows it IS becoming more attractive...at least for me.

LenL said:

( ... ) there are you folks who love it and don't complain, ( ... )

You're right, we do not complain! We are not spoiled. We contribute to make it even better - we become acquainted. The drawbacks here are in most cases related to hardware, Windows 7 newbies consumers and not with Windows 7 itself.

By the way I got a message yesterday when I went to Performance and Information Tools that I should Rerun the Experience Index as there was a detected HARDWARE CHANGE. OOOPS a bug in WIN7. I have not changed hardware since I installed WIN7. No need to respond to this.

And I will not. It is clear that you are not willing to absorb knowledge.

Also my offer stands.....anyone who wants to come to my house and see and hear ways to improve the product is welcome! Microsoft are you listening

Is it just me or do you want to work at Microsoft?!

( ... ) I am familiar enough with it ( ... )

Yeah like you said, you are not familiar enough with Windows 7 to learn anything!

Follow your path and be happy!

LenL said:

The home networking was a disaster. To Share files you have to do more stuff that should not be necessary like setting up a home group, or credentials. What has happened is another layer of complexity was added to home networking.

It's been sgtated before, but I say it again. You are absolutely incorrect in this manner. You have two choices...you can use Homegroups, or set up networking the "proper" way, that involves the same set of steps as XP and Vista. Either way...you have a choice. It can be identically to previous versions, or you can use HomeGroups to simplify the process for people with no networking background. Either way....it definitely isn't more difficult.

The problem is, since Windows 7 didn't come out of the box, hug you, and hold your hand....you turned your mind off to it. No product will ever suit you if you have already decided that it is a failure. You'll never learn or grow comfortable with anything new if you continue to do this.

Let me explain further.

I have a home network of 3 desktops and 1 laptop. I also have a Print Server with 2 hard drives I use to back up files and folders on all the computers.

Under Win XP all I had to do to share a drive, folder or file on any of the computers was to indicate on ANY PC that it was to be SHARED as XXXXXX. This was very simple.

In WIN7 it would appear the same "SHARE" function was available as for all indications you can go through the same process. But this is a mirage. A bluff. A misdirection. Stuff left in to fool WIN XP people.

After trying to do this in WIN7 I discovered that this can't be done. To Share a drive on my wifes computer I had to set up credentials. This is a much more involved and complicated process over what was done in WINDOWS XP. Ditto the home Group nonesense. Not needed and unnecssary program code making for bloated code. I'm sure this has befuddled many people when they went to WIN7.

Connecting to my Print Server was a Night mare. My WIN XP PCS did it easily. I finally did it with the credential manager but what a mess to do. Very complicated.

So say what you want. I went from WIN2000 to WinXP and it was networking was seamless and easy. Win7 was fraught with issues, including misleading installation instruction that I won't get into.... and I paid big bucks for the pain. I can see that this forum has lots of people who simply love WIN7 to death. That's fine. I think if all microsoft wants is to hear from happy customers than they are in trouble. However I think this forum from what I see is helping lots of people with ISSUES! So there must be something NOT SO good about WIN7.

You do realize that this forum is not affiliated with Microsoft, right?

The purpose of this forum is to provide volunteer help to those who need it. You are not asking for help, nor are you asking any questions. You are complaining about Windows 7. This is the wrong place to do so and it has nothing to do with anybody's love for the OS.

If you want to complain and especially if you want Microsoft to hear your complaints, why don't you talk to them? They have their own forums and they have customer service which you can call or write to.

LenL said:

Let me explain further.

I have a home network of 3 desktops and 1 laptop. I also have a Print Server with 2 hard drives I use to back up files and folders on all the computers.

Under Win XP all I had to do to share a drive, folder or file on any of the computers was to indicate on ANY PC that it was to be SHARED as XXXXXX. This was very simple.

In WIN7 it would appear the same "SHARE" function was available as for all indications you can go through the same process. But this is a mirage. A bluff. A misdirection. Stuff left in to fool WIN XP people.

After trying to do this in WIN7 I discovered that this can't be done. To Share a drive on my wifes computer I had to set up credentials. This is a much more involved and complicated process over what was done in WINDOWS XP. Ditto the home Group nonesense. Not needed and unnecssary program code making for bloated code. I'm sure this has befuddled many people when they went to WIN7.

Connecting to my Print Server was a Night mare. My WIN XP PCS did it easily. I finally did it with the credential manager but what a mess to do. Very complicated.

So say what you want. I went from WIN2000 to WinXP and it was networking was seamless and easy. Win7 was fraught with issues, including misleading installation instruction that I won't get into.... and I paid big bucks for the pain. I can see that this forum has lots of people who simply love WIN7 to death. That's fine. I think if all microsoft wants is to hear from happy customers than they are in trouble. However I think this forum from what I see is helping lots of people with ISSUES! So there must be something NOT SO good about WIN7.

Do you make it a habit of assuming? After reading your posts, it certainly seems to be the case. You assume that Microsoft is somehow connected with this forum but it's not. You hope that Microsoft will somehow hear your complaints but they won't. You completely missed or ignored the fact that this is a forum of Win7 users helping other Win7 users. Why would any of us want to listen to the complaints of someone who only wants to argue or complain? Do yourself and us a favor, learn when, how, and to whom to complain.

LenL said:

There are photoshop like apps and games in LINUX. However I'm not going to try to sell you on Linux. To each his own as you say.

Erm - no.
If you depend on Photoshop that much you're willing to spend the bucks on it, Gimp is absolutely no replacement for it.
Don't get me wrong, Gimp is a great tool, definitely the best free graphics editor. But it simply cannot be compared to Photoshop.