Anyone regret moving to Windows 7?

What is wrong with Explorer? Perfectly natural extension to Vista.

satchmo said:

And used Windows 386 ...

My first computer was a 286, and I used a word processor called WordStar.

I got you beat! :) My first PC was an AT&T 6300--far slower than a 286. Green monochrome monitor (12"), very early version of DOS, 20MB hard drive which quickly got filled up. I had R:base on there as well as Supercalc and Wordperfect 4.3. I even managed to play a wire-frame version of Microsoft Flight simulator.

No mouse. 640kb of memory. $2,500.

My next PC was a 386, then a 486, (both clones). Then I bought a brand name--Compaq with Windows 98SE. Next up...HP Pavilon with an AMD chip, which is what I'm on at the moment, but I have newer PC's too, of course. Being a list freak I've kept track of computer related expenditures since 1985...so far I've spent over $49,000!! It's amazing how much a hobby can add up over time.

First printer was a Okidata 9-pin dot matrix which I wore out the head on.

Then I got a color capable dot matrix (Citizen) which was a pile of dog doo.

Then a behemoth--the ubiquitous LaserJet 4. additional memory for that sucker was $200, putting the total cost with tax for that printer at about $1,750. dang!

Then I went to HP injets. they are ok when the cartridges don't go bad right after I start using them--a recurring problem for me. HP replaced most of the bad ones, but not all. I use the OfficeJets now--I love having the scanner/fax/copier function in the same device w/ the printer.

My first was Texas Instruments TI-99 and then good old C64! Dot matrix printers lol.

I even played video games loaded from standard analog cassette tapes. And you could hear it loading almost like a modem sound.

satchmo said:

I am quite sure that the file size is displayed in the status bar for selected files.

I am more than sure it is not
What you mean is the details pane. And a) that is a waste of screen space and b) only works up to 15selected files. Select 16 files and you have to press "show details" everytime just to see the overall filesize.

I can sort my programs in the Start Menu using drag and drop. I did that last night.

Not working here. Tried it again. I can cut and paste but cannot drag and drop.

Windows Logo -> All programs -> move folder to another folder via drag&drop not possible.

Frostmourne said:

What is wrong with Explorer? Perfectly natural extension to Vista.

It's not extended, it has been limited. Only thing extended is the details pane and that's pretty useless.
But I already wrote most of the flaws one page back

Personally, I skipped Windows Vista and headed straight from xp to 7 and I'm not regretting it 1 bit, actually I'm enjoying windows 7 so much that I have already deleted everything that had to do with win xp from my hdds.

Frostmourne said:

What is wrong with Explorer? Perfectly natural extension to Vista.

there's nothing wrong with IE that Firefox can't fix. <g>

dave1812 said:

Frostmourne said:

What is wrong with Explorer? Perfectly natural extension to Vista.

there's nothing wrong with IE that Firefox can't fix. <g>

The file manager, not the browser.

Frostmourne said:

dave1812 said:

Frostmourne said:

What is wrong with Explorer? Perfectly natural extension to Vista.

there's nothing wrong with IE that Firefox can't fix. <g>

The file manager, not the browser.

ah, yes, I see now it was "Explorer", not "Internet Explorer".