What don't you like about Windows 7?

Buttoni said:

Man, this thread has certainly been educational! All the gripes voiced have actually taught me how to get at/use Win7 features I didn't even know existed! It has taken me three days to reach thread's end! After reading the first 40 pages I wised up and realized I didn't want to hear about any problems/bugs that may have been fixed in the final release. So I fast forwarded to thread pages in late October when it was released to OEM's. I've only been using Win7 a few weeks now and have to admit I really like it. First day or two was challenging, as I am coming from XP with no Vista "initiation", but I'm getting comfortable with it now.

I'm the (not so) lucky one in the family who has the job of setting up, installing, configuring and maintaining our pc's, as my hubby is a technophobe, to put it mildly. I'm not a power user, but am pc literate enough to have kept us virus/trojan/bsod free for 5 years now. Our new HP Pavilion p6270z has 8GB ram so Win7 (preinstalled) is having no problems at all operating at the speed of light, it seems. Many of the Win7 features posters have indicated they are unhappy with I do not use at all and may never use. Admittedly, for the most part we only use our pc for internet access and email now, as we're both retired teachers. But I have to say we're both happy with Win7 and hope it continues to run smoothly for us as it has thus far.

I first want to say, glad you like 7.

I don't want this to sound like i am scolding, or lecturing and I am not trying to start anything, but inform you for furture purchases.

I don't know how much you spent on the extra RAM, but 2G to 4G would have been plenty for your system with a much better video card added if all you are doing is surfing the net and maybe a casual game or 2. If you are gaming,, then 4G would be plenty with a better video card.

8G of ram was way over kill unless you are doing heavy Graphics and/or Audio editing, or AutoCAD, or Virtual Machines or something like that.

In the future remember,, unless you are doing any of those things,,, save the money on the RAM and spend it on better video card. You will get MUCH much more bang for your buck. The 210 is ok, but I think you could have gotten much better, and about 4 to 6G of the ram you have is actual going to waste and not even being utilized.

So, don't take what I am saying the wrong way, just information.

If you take a little effort to get used to these features, it will not only improve your productivity, but also save you the hours wasted in finding third-party tools.

I second that. Love the Breadcrumbs. Excellent addition to Explorer.
I would love to see tabs and/or panes added, similar to FreeCommander.
There is a lot more flexibility that can be added, that isn't there, that should be. That is my only complaint. Still it works. So, no other complaints.

Here's one of the many reasons why my Windows XP SP3 is still my preferred OS, by the way:
Simultaneous SPDIF and Analog audio output

And here, too:
simultaneous analog & digital audio

So in case anyone was wondering, my laptop came with no less than 16 onboard audio channels and the only way to get them all to work at the same time is by not using 7 (nor Vista).

The "reason" for the removal of features or just particular ways of doing things in win7 is an extremely complex one.

One of the major criticisms of Vista was the bloat of the operating system which contributed to some of the other issues such as the hardware requirements required to run the system effectively.

There is also the considerations of certain markets where Microsoft's perceived monopoly is under attack.

Most users will probably use about 20% of the features of an OS the problem arises as this is likely to be a different 20% from any other.

when designing win7 my understanding is that Microsoft checked their feedback as to what features/methods were least used and tailored the OS to the needs of the majority.

I feel for those who have lost a feature or functionality that was important to them, but overall I think that the result of this "pruning" has left us with a better product overall.

The ergonomics of the UP arrow was never something that I found particularly useful as I would rarely need to just go up one folder level, so for me a combination of the breadcrumb trail, the navigation pane and the back button was always my working method. I can understand that for others this is a serious annoyance, but one that can be re-learned with a probable increase in efficiency

new gripe, Aero Peek's preview feature is spotty, sometimes it updates instantly, sometimes you have to restore the window to get it back, noticeably ALWAYS on utorrent, and on and off on Windows Live Messenger

severedsolo said:

new gripe, Aero Peek's preview feature is spotty, sometimes it updates instantly, sometimes you have to restore the window to get it back, noticeably ALWAYS on utorrent, and on and off on Windows Live Messenger

That would be to the fact that certain applications are programmed not to update there window when minimized, this saves on resources. It is up to the application developer if they want to constantly update even when minimized.

Hi Damien

You might have to install them in XP compatibility mode or Vista compatibility mode, because i'm playing Links 2003 fine after installing in compatibility mode

Smitty