What don't you like about Windows 7?

Coming from XP to 7 I missed the whole Vista mess, and I'm split on my feelings for this OS. Call it 60-40.

Good:
Fast, stable, very intuitive. Short learning curve. Got rid of junk I didn't need.
64-bit means I can finally use the RAM above 3.5GB!!! Big yay!!!

Bad:
UAC and the way it locks me out of my own files, unless I force it.
Nero 6 doesn't run, and the built-in burning tool doesn't have many options.
Some of my older PC games (Fallout 2, COD1) have display issues, even with recent drivers. Ironically, these problems aren't there with newer games like WoW.

niteowl2k said:

Nero 6 doesn't run, and the built-in burning tool doesn't have many options.

Try imageburn it's free has good options and isn't bloated like nero

I don't like the way that the native ISO tool isn't as comprehensive and complete as Mac OS's disc utility.

Also a mac OS style location manager would be nice so that you can change the location of say, user folders and program folders if you have more than one drive. I know that this can be done at user folder lever but it would be nice to have it actually built into the core OS's capabilities rather than going through all the hassle of creating workarounds etc. ( I know i'm not explaining myself very well! )

Also, a blatent rip off of expose' would be a nice option on the aero effets, where I can press a key, and have all my windows tile on the desktop rather than having to 'flip' through them. I do like the preview panes when you hover over an app in the taskbar though.

I do like that I have the choice to download mail, movie maker etc, but I still don't like that MS Update keeps pestering me to download live essentials as 'updates' .

I also don't like the fact that on 'recommended' power settings, if you're leaving the computer alone to say run a virus scan or download something large then it still goes to sleep rather than realising that there is still activity going on - anoying when MSE takes the best part of an hour to scan a system, and so the next morning I end up waking it up only to find the scan is only half way through

It would be nice to see a complete overhaul of the GUI, I think windows is still built on tiles rather than the vector driven Quartz interface of OS X (which is what makes the dock possible) - surely we can do something cool with DX 10/11 ? ( I knight be well off the mark on this one)

I love the snipping tool, way overdue, if it could also have a button for a screenshot and and perhaps take a small video that would be awesome - great for instructional uses.

A nicer icon for WMP?

From a UI point of view, I haven't looked back from XP - 7 is streets ahead on the usability stakes, and coming originally from a mac background I love the integration of toolsets by the manufacturer rather than outsiders for simple tasks (like the iLife suite)

All in all, 7 for me is a huge step change and one that i've welcomed, enough so that I actually enjoy using it rather than XP where I was forced to use it.

I actually love reading posts by XP diehards here, all I have to say is think yourselves lucky! if MS took apple's lead you would have had the virtual XP shell with vista and a big 'too bad. - upgrade' attitude. Microsoft's willingness to support XP this far speaks volumes. I know that there are many enterprise users who still rely on XP driven systems and apps, but MS is ultimately a business, as is apple, and apple are less sentimental when it comes to such things. In the time that MS launched XP till W7, apple have in essence killed off a chipset (PPC), launched a totally different architecture (OS X), Phased out within 2 years the old OS9, and now with snow leopard have heralded the end of the PPC support - making it a native intel only OS.

Ten years on, Microsoft still support XP, and now they continue to extend it's longevity with the Virtual XP feature in W7 Pro upwards. As a child of steve jobs, I see that MS is not that bad. However, it should take a leaf out of apples book and start squeezing balls with regards to it's developer guidelines - if it had done this years ago, you wouldn't have some of the half baked driver and application issues that have plagues MS's reputation - when it had nothing to do with them in the first place.

saverio said:

Also a mac OS style location manager would be nice so that you can change the location of say, user folders and program folders if you have more than one drive. I know that this can be done at user folder lever but it would be nice to have it actually built into the core OS's capabilities rather than going through all the hassle of creating workarounds etc. ( I know i'm not explaining myself very well! )

I know you said you're not explaining it well, so if I tell you what you already know, I apologize...

In "Your Name" folder, you have Docs, Downloads, etc. You just right click on them, go to the location tab, and move them to whatever drive you want. Is that what you mean or is there something different with the Macs? (I haven't used a Mac since high school)

What I don't like is having to pay hundreds of dollars for 7 when students get it for 29 bucks. That by definition is discrimination...anyone interested in a Class Action Law Suit?

Windows media player is always having to load all of my music which takes a few minutes. It wont retain my library! I usually just leave it open all the time now, because I know if I close it, when I reopen it, it will have to load all my music again. Also windows media player does not seem to be compatible with windows speech recognition. I can open windows media player, or switch to it with speech recognition, but anything beyond that will freeze the program. Other than windows media player though, I've had no problems with windows 7.