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Dude, I paid $49.99 x 3 at Amazon for my 3 copies of 7. Currently, one can get a family pack for the same price ($150). Telling clients not to run 7 is a bit of a disservice, IMO. Just because YOU don't like it, doesn't mean no one you do business with should stay away from it too. I think you could have been more diplomatic and kept your personal feelings out of business decisions. That makes you less than professional, IMO. You remind me of the guys that hold down retail jobs that badmouth one product or another that is for sale in either their store or at a competitor, simply based on their own personal feelings, rather than on solid and rational information. By and large, Win 7 users are a happy lot. I've no quarrel with YOU not wanting to run 7, but when your attitude spills over to your clients, that's another story. A sad one, for your clients.Well, after a lengthy trial of Windows 7 I've decided to retire the blessed OS and use it on my testbed only.This is a personal decision and I'm not dissing 7, these are just my opinions.
I've been using 7 from RC 7100 (I even purchased 7600 about a week after the release) and to tell you the truth I love 7. It's beautiful and feature packed, but it's no match for XP as far as what I want in an OS.
I want ease of use, familiarity, dependablity.....
I know I'm opening myself wide up for vicious attacks here but here I am; cut my heart out.
Seven is about (in my estimate) a year away from proper driver support and technical fixes. My Hybrid sleep won't work despite all the latest drivers. It's wonky with any type of multiple hard drive configuration. Why on earth does 7 need to write to the boot sector of all HD's on a system, even just storage drives, and USB Drives. What a stinking mess this makes. It leaves a system with no versatility what-so-ever!
Programs that run flawlessly on XP either won't run on 7 or take a "geek of the year finalist" to get them to run; Crysis...
Games, at least on my system, (and mine is, while not an i7, pretty high in performance) run about 20% slower, with studer.
In my opinion RC 7100 was better than the RTM.
My scanner is not compatible with 7. This wouldn't be such a big deal if 7 wouldn't totally invade my other hard drives. It's as though 7 lives and the longer it mingles with other HD's the more it owns them. Eerie
Even Linux distros aren't as pervasive.
I have eight computers in use at my house. One with Vista running solid. Seven with XP Pro running solid. I also have a testbed built into a workbench in my basement that I use for computer repair troubleshooting. I have multiple HD's with different OS. I will run my 7 from this unit so I can become more familiar with the OS and try to determine when it is mature enough for me to use as my main OS.
So, in a nutshell; Windows 7 is not something I'll use for some time to come.
I repair computers as a side job. No storefront or anything like that but I have about forty customers. For those that have asked if they need to upgrade to 7 I tell them no. Honestly they will receive no benefit from upgrading. We're talking people who surf the web, face book, email... I tell them to wait till it's time for them to buy a new computer and it will be preloaded with 7. What on earth is the sense for them to spend $150.00+ for a new OS on old hardware that will most likely be problematic because of the hardware?????
I know this post will be ripped to shreds and I'll be staked to an anthill, covered with corn syrup and left to die an agonizing death. So I offer myself to you to stomp on...
But I would like to know if there are any others out there that have gone back to a previous version of Windows after using 7 for a while and what your reasons are.:)
And come on, those of you in love with 7 no matter what comes your way; let the people who have switched back tell their stories and direct your hate towards me. I'm not scared, bring it on!
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