2 Reasons why I HATE Windows 7

[Lordbob75]

Creative Destruction.

A term I learned this year in Economics. It means that a new technology or method takes over, and destroys the old method. Great for consumers, as it usually means lower prices and more supply. Also good for the company using the new technology. However, it is terrible for the company that made the old product.
A good example of this is typewriters and computers. Computers were an awesome and great new invention that soon replaced the typewriter. This was great for consumers, companies, the world. However, it put the Typewriter companies out of business.

The point is that change will happen, regardless of who it hurts, especially if it is for the benefit of everyone. You can try to hold back change by bailing out the typewriter companies, giving them money to stay in business, but it just holds back the inevitable.
Now, I am not saying that changing to Windows 7 is irresistible, I am trying to say that change can be difficult, but if you embrace it, you cam both flourish.

Now, XP was (is) a great OS, and will continue to be for many people. But Windows 7 IS NOT WINDOWS XP. If you DON'T like Seven, GO BACK to XP and stop complaining about how different it is. Give Seven two weeks of your time, try it out. If you still don't like it, we will help you put XP back on. If you like it, then great.
STOP complaining about differences and put in some EFFORT in learning something new for once. Dive in, take a chance, there will not always be someone there to hold your hand in the dark. But you don't always need it.
In this case, there is a hand to lead you, and that is us and the internet. There are great tutorials out there, great programs. If you look, I am sure you will find something.

Make the Windows 7 Taskbar Work More Like Windows XP or Vista :: the How-To Geek
Make Win 7 look/act like 2k/XP? - windows-7

You could spend hours complaining and trying to find a way to save and bring back the archaic and old. Or you could embrace the change, and you might find that it is for the better.

~Lordbob

 

[whs]

I am a Developer for a living for a video game most of my tools need xp and vistas compatibility mode is broken.

You cannot blame Vista or Win7 if the owners of your Developer tools do not upgrade their stuff. You have to kick them, not MS.

 

[Frostmourne]

Microsoft should engineer Windows 8 so that it breaks compatibility with outdated hardware and force people to look forward not back. Finish this permanently.

 

[win7clutz]

Lordbob75: Great Post!

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[whs]

Microsoft should engineer Windows 8 so that it breaks compatibility with outdated hardware and force people to look forward not back. Finish this permanently.

I fully agree, but there is a little problem. Many of the large companies that buy thousands of PCs have heavy investments in legacy programs and equipment on which they depend for their day to day work. In addition, their associates (workers) hate to learn new stuff. For MS it is a walk along the cliff.
We can't go by us geeks who have just a few PCs and are willing to learn. In most cases we don't really use our systems for our livelihood and can migrate at our leasure. And if something does not work, it does not effect our bottom line and we find a workaround.
I have been in system software development for 35 years and I know that you always walk a fine line between the developer that likes to restart with a blank sheet and the customers who like to be the least disturbed in their daily business. Those are tough trade-offs.

 

[Frostmourne]

Microsoft should engineer Windows 8 so that it breaks compatibility with outdated hardware and force people to look forward not back. Finish this permanently.

I fully agree, but there is a little problem. Many of the large companies that buy thousands of PCs have heavy investments in legacy programs and equipment on which they depend for their day to day work. In addition, their associates (workers) hate to learn new stuff. For MS it is a walk along the cliff.
We can't go by us geeks who have just a few PCs and are willing to learn. In most cases we don't really use our systems for our livelihood and can migrate at our leasure. And if something does not work, it does not effect our bottom line and we find a workaround.
I have been in system software development for 35 years and I know that you always walk a fine line between the developer that likes to restart with a blank sheet and the customers who like to be the least disturbed in their daily business. Those are tough trade-offs.

Agreed, but if everyone changes it will help.

 

[paliometoxo]

Perhaps, but to each their own. Some folks like the nostalgic look of the classic theme, but with all of the new advancements and other features that come with Windows 7.

exatly.. windows 7 brings some nice new features and runs from less ramunlike vista..

xp was good but 7 is that much better.. one feature i like on xp that either vista or seven does not have is that xp i could set a animated picture as a desktop wallpaper and it would animate on vista and 7 it doesent.. i asked on the vista forums years ago whenever it was aparanrtly its a safet something... it would be nice if you could have it back on.. other then that .. some features like putting ur mouse over the minimised icons and it opening it up without u have to keep switching and so much more.. people who stick to windows xp does not know what they missing

 

[ananth2ananth]

default classic menu is not available in win 7.
But remaining features are good.

 

[logicearth]

one feature i like on xp that either vista or seven does not have is that xp i could set a animated picture as a desktop wallpaper and it would animate on vista and 7 it doesent.. i asked on the vista forums years ago whenever it was aparanrtly its a safet something... it would be nice if you could have it back on....

It was called Active Desktop and by far it was an under used failure. It was cut out because hardly anyone used it and it was really heavy on resources. So why maintain something that no one used? And that hampered system stability and performance?

 

[paliometoxo]

yes thats the one Active desktop.

Its nice to have the feature there for those who want it, i mean to have it disabled and for those who want it the ability to enable the feature... i dident even know about it until after i was on vista and a friend with xp used animated wallpaper..

seemed fine on her lap top with a animated wallpaper.

 

[logicearth]

yes thats the one Active desktop.

Its nice to have the feature there for those who want it, i mean to have it disabled and for those who want it the ability to enable the feature... i dident even know about it until after i was on vista and a friend with xp used animated wallpaper..

seemed fine on her lap top with a animated wallpaper.

Except some one, some where will have to maintain it. And for Microsoft the cost of maintaining the code base of that functionality is just not worth it. Instead it is better left off for third-party developers. Bounty Program Success: "Active Desktop" Replacement for Vista :: the How-To Geek

 

[paliometoxo]

thanks.. will that work for windows 7? i have upgraded to 7 ultimate 64bit now

 

[antt]

one of the things that sucked about active desktop was it ruined your icons. I used to love drawing on my screen (I had a tablet) through the MS active desktop plugin, but it made the icons look shocking! Also failed to initialise on login and would leave a massive orange background sometimes.

 

[zone23]

Microsoft should engineer Windows 8 so that it breaks compatibility with outdated hardware and force people to look forward not back. Finish this permanently.

I agree software as well. After reading the post form the video game guy its no wonder code is so sloppy today. I had someone ask me if there photoshop they bought in 1984 was going to work with 7 x64. These people need to got off there couches and go outside its 2010 people ..... 2010. You know what if my software doesn't work you know what I do? I find new software, its that simple.

 

[Dave76]

Creative Destruction.

A term I learned this year in Economics. It means that a new technology or method takes over, and destroys the old method. Great for consumers, as it usually means lower prices and more supply. Also good for the company using the new technology. However, it is terrible for the company that made the old product.
A good example of this is typewriters and computers. Computers were an awesome and great new invention that soon replaced the typewriter. This was great for consumers, companies, the world. However, it put the Typewriter companies out of business.

The point is that change will happen, regardless of who it hurts, especially if it is for the benefit of everyone. You can try to hold back change by bailing out the typewriter companies, giving them money to stay in business, but it just holds back the inevitable.
Now, I am not saying that changing to Windows 7 is irresistible, I am trying to say that change can be difficult, but if you embrace it, you cam both flourish.

Now, XP was (is) a great OS, and will continue to be for many people. But Windows 7 IS NOT WINDOWS XP. If you DON'T like Seven, GO BACK to XP and stop complaining about how different it is. Give Seven two weeks of your time, try it out. If you still don't like it, we will help you put XP back on. If you like it, then great.
STOP complaining about differences and put in some EFFORT in learning something new for once. Dive in, take a chance, there will not always be someone there to hold your hand in the dark. But you don't always need it.
In this case, there is a hand to lead you, and that is us and the internet. There are great tutorials out there, great programs. If you look, I am sure you will find something.

Make the Windows 7 Taskbar Work More Like Windows XP or Vista :: the How-To Geek
Make Win 7 look/act like 2k/XP? - windows-7

You could spend hours complaining and trying to find a way to save and bring back the archaic and old. Or you could embrace the change, and you might find that it is for the better.

~Lordbob

Well said Bob.
Couldn't agree more.

To those of you that don't like change,
I believe in choice, it's yours to use.

If you don't like something that is new and different, keep using what you know and like.

It's not reasonable to abhor something because it's not the same as what you have been using. Invest the time to at least start to learn the new things that you will inevitably encounter during your life.
How else will you know what it's capable of doing, you might even like it, given a chance.

Alteration, variation, advancement, modernization, it's all good.

 

[Lordbob75]

Well said Bob.
Couldn't agree more.

To those of you that don't like change,
I believe in choice, it's yours to use.

If you don't like something that is new and different, keep using what you know and like.

It's not reasonable to abhor something because it's not the same as what you have been using. Invest the time to at least start to learn the new things that you will inevitably encounter during your life.
How else will you know what it's capable of doing, you might even like it, given a chance.

Alteration, variation, advancement, modernization, it's all good.

Heehee, my name is not Bob, but thanks to all who liked my write up.
I wrote that while "working" on a project in class, just something that popped to mind.

I guess Econ really was good for something!
(Just kidding, I really am enjoying that class!).

~Lordbob

 

[paliometoxo]

Microsoft should engineer Windows 8 so that it breaks compatibility with outdated hardware and force people to look forward not back. Finish this permanently.

I agree software as well. After reading the post form the video game guy its no wonder code is so sloppy today. I had someone ask me if there photoshop they bought in 1984 was going to work with 7 x64. These people need to got off there couches and go outside its 2010 people ..... 2010. You know what if my software doesn't work you know what I do? I find new software, its that simple.

in a perfect world we would all have the money and time to pay and upgrade and unistall and install every single bit of software as soon as there was an upgrade unfortunatly not everyone has that luxury.. i myself have a lot of pay software and some of them are pay once have a free key for life but like windows 7 and office 2007 and photoshop where you pay hundreds of dollars/euros, its costly to keep upgrading. and let alone have time to unistall it all and install new software..

i like to upgrade.. well not right away espesially with operating systems i leave it about 6 months for all apps to be compatible and drivers..etc

i guess some people are also happy with what works for them they spent time to learn the program they dont want to upgrade and have to learn the new gadgets or feel no reason to upgrade maybe the upgrades in the upgrade are not worth it.

i dont agree because it would be more costly to the customer forcing them to pay and upgrade everything. would probably mean less money for m$ also doing that.

personally i will be upgrading to windows 8 pretty much 6 or so months after release.

 

[CadillacPat]

Windows 8???????????

Wait a minute, I just bought this new PC on Oct. 22 with Windows 7 on the day it came out.
What's all the talk about Windows 8?????????????

CadillacPat

 

[paliometoxo]

exactly! what is this talk of windows 8. maybe they are bored of 7 already

 

[masterB]

Maybe I'm being dense, but if you want this much changed, why are you using Windows 7? What benefit are you getting? Why not just stick with XP until you decide you can work with the new functionality?

Good One!

When I buy a 2010 car I don't want the same interior as a 2001 model.

Windows 8???????????

Wait a minute, I just bought this new PC on Oct. 22 with Windows 7 on the day it came out.
What's all the talk about Windows 8?????????????

CadillacPat

On Oct 22 Windows 7 was almost 1 year old already.