Are you satisfied with Windows 7?

[windude99]

I just made a thread on Eightforums about whether Windows 8 was bad or not:Do You think that Windows 8 is that bad? - Windows 8 Forums
I decided to make a thread here because I want to see what all of you think of Windows 7. All opinions are welcome. So, is Windows 7 bad or good in your opinion?

 

[oxymoron02]

Personally, I was always reluctant to make the switch to 7 after learning of its memory usage, but had heard good things about its compatibility and stability after the Vista fiasco. The Viasco, if you will (feel free to use that quite frankly awesome word).

I stubbornly stuck with XP up until a year ago when an offer I couldn't refuse came along and I decided to dual-boot with 7. I experimented with it for a while but found myself using XP more, then one day I just started using 7. My first posts on this forum document my removal of XP just a couple of weeks ago, after not having used it for absolutely months, so you can guess my current opinions on 7.


Of course it still has its problems, but the only one that comes to mind right now, the one that annoys me the most, is the autoshow desktop button in the bottom right. I like having it there; it's useful, but I find that if I knock my mouse it inevitably always lands over that button, thus minimising all my windows I move it again :I
A minor gripe and all things considered, not the most tragic problem I could have with an operating system as complex as 7.


tl;dr - I like Windows 7.

 

[windude99]

Personally, I was always reluctant to make the switch to 7 after learning of its memory usage, but had heard good things about its compatibility and stability after the Vista fiasco. The Viasco, if you will (feel free to use that quite frankly awesome word).

I stubbornly stuck with XP up until a year ago when an offer I couldn't refuse came along and I decided to dual-boot with 7. I experimented with it for a while but found myself using XP more, then one day I just started using 7. My first posts on this forum document my removal of XP just a couple of weeks ago, after not having used it for absolutely months, so you can guess my current opinions on 7.


Of course it still has its problems, but the only one that comes to mind right now, the one that annoys me the most, is the autoshow desktop button in the bottom right. I like having it there; it's useful, but I find that if I knock my mouse it inevitably always lands over that button, thus minimising all my windows I move it again :I
A minor gripe and all things considered, not the most tragic problem I could have with an operating system as complex as 7.


tl;dr - I like Windows 7.

You can keep it from autopreviewing the desktop. Just right-click on the taskbar and select properties. Uncheck the checkbox that says "Use aero peek to preview the desktop"

 

[M1GU31]

yes i love windows 7. I had switched over from windows xp pro to windows 7 home premium and never looked back it was just much better and gave me more options with 64bit styled programs and the awesome new dx11 games. Although I still duo boot windows xp pro with windows 7 but find myself using windows 7 more often and win xp only when i have compatibly issues or say like a game runs alot better on xp like gta iv

 

[Solarstarshines]

As someone who used Windows from the Begining

Win7 has to be the best thus far XP was great but 7 Kicks xp butt

I think back then people got stuck on xp cause the interface and the boot time was pretty sick

Moving on from Vista to 7 I wasn't sorry I really can't say if windows 8 will be anygood from what i read so far WIN7 wins hands down to me

 

[windude99]

yes i love windows 7. I had switched over from windows xp pro to windows 7 home premium and never looked back it was just much better and gave me more options with 64bit styled programs and the awesome new dx11 games. Although I still duo boot windows xp pro with windows 7 but find myself using windows 7 more often and win xp only when i have compatibly issues or say like a game runs alot better on xp like gta iv

XP is good to have around to run older programs/games. I have a virtual machine with XP Pro in it so I can run older programs that I have like Palm Desktop which doesn't like Windows 7 X64, even in XP compatibility mode.

 

[Golden]

Windows 7 all the way! A reall successful OS from my perspective.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Mo best da kind !

 

[seavixen32]

My first experience with personal computers was Windows 3.1 and of them all since then, Windows 7 is by far the best.

A vote of 91% so far indicates that most people agree.

 

[Solarstarshines]

My first experience with personal computers was Windows 3.1 and of them all since then, Windows 7 is by far the best.

A vote of 91% so far indicates that most people agree.

Sea you know im one of the one's that said in other post remembering win 3.1 lol

Then 95 with the long windows sound lol .......

For those who never used windows from the jump consider yourself lucky it has come a long long way and personaly they got it just right with 7 with a little more tweeks i could see this os lasting for a long time

I just wish MS would focus on such a thing instead of thorwing new Os out there every three years the future would be endless if they could work there new structure into 7 insted of having to shell out more bucks for a most likly failure OS

I can just imagine the outcome with people touching screens and such and general lazyness people bring when it comes to electronics and technology I hope when they devolope 9 it goes back to almost the oldschool way of windows

 

[seavixen32]

Sea you know im one of the one's that said in other post remembering win 3.1 lol

Then 95 with the long windows sound lol .......

How could we forget 3.1?

The people who have my sympathy are the ones whose first contact with Windows was the Millenium Edition - what a pig that was.

 

[windude99]

I have only been alive long enough to use Windows XP, Vista,7, and now the Windows 8 Consumer Preview Windows Vista isn't that bad imho.
Wow! Windows 7 is 100 times better than XP. No more slowdown effect! Whoohoo

 

[Joan Archer]

Well I started with 98, in 1998, and I've liked using them all from then, even WinME, which I never had any problems with nor did I have problems with Vista, but I do like Windows 7 it has many good features, I've not tried 8 yet still biding my time on that one.

 

[windude99]

Well I started with 98, in 1998, and I've liked using them all from then, even WinME, which I never had any problems with nor did I have problems with Vista, but I do like Windows 7 it has many good features, I've not tried 8 yet still biding my time on that one.

You could dualboot Windows 8 or try it in a vitual machine. Windows 8 is FAST! I had to get that out of my system Also, I can agree with you on Vista. I don't think it is a bad OS and I really like the looks of the interface.

 

[Windows i7 920]

I'm using a dual boot of Sabayon Linux x64, and Windows 8 Consumer Preview x64. My complaint about Windows 7 is the boot speed is horribly slow on my machines compared to other OS's.

 

[profdlp]

Very satisfied with Win 7.

 

[Borg 386]

I'm happy with it.

 

[carwiz]

I went from XP to Windows 7 and like it. I still have an unopened Vista retail box. (I think it will pass with my estate some day.) The other machines I have still run XP primarily because they're old and hardware limited. I've enjoyed previewing Windows 8. I would probably enjoy it more if I had display drivers and a touch screen. I won't rule out Windows 8 but I'm not rushing to the Egg when it hits the shelves. If it's still around when I build my next system, I'll more than likely spring for it.

 

[Katanyavich]

I'm also a Win 3.1/DOS veteran. Have used most variants since.

Installed the Win 7 beta when it came out, and never looked back.

This IS the OS I dreamed about way back in the 3.1 days....

 

[Max Peck]

Seven is a keeper. So much so that I'll skip eight altogether. I'm not interested in Metro. Have played with both the CP and Dev Preview. No thanks.