Anyone regret moving to Windows 7?

[win7noob]

I'm a Vista 64 bit user. I have never disliked Vista. IMO, most people who say they don't like Vista are either the very early users of it, or they've been brainwashed to not like it. It's been my favorite version of Windows since 3.1.

Today I got my free upgrade to Windows 7 in the mail and I still haven't decided if I'm gonna upgrade. I already know some things about Windows 7 would annoy me. For example, no classic start menu. I hate the non-classic start menu. There are other things too.

Anyway, is there anyone here that LIKED Vista, upgraded to Windows 7, and wish they didn't?

 

[johnhoh]

I skipped Vista but will chime in anyway. Windows 7 is clean, fast, and my knock on it is that it is not quite customizeable enough. I do not like the start menu at all. Not even close to regretting moving to it though - its the best new OS in quite a while

 

[rsvr85]

Hi Win7noob.

I used Vista and remember it with fondness. It was the first ever OS i used as my own (being that the first PC i ever bought had Vista pre-installed on it).
I think you're right in what you say about the brainwashing, people seem to love to hate it.....god knows why????
With regard to the classic stat menu, see here
With that said, i started using the Beta of W7 as soon as i could, i've also loved it from the go and don't regret now upgrading one bit. i think you'll feel the same after a time of using it

 

[ineedsomehelpy]

i don't regret windows 7

btw start menu is fine

 

[mdmogren]

The start menu is excellent, the XP start menu was horrible.
Get in the habit of searching for programs you want to launch and you'll never go back.

 

[satchmo]

I've used Windows since version 2.0 (not too many of you had used Windows 2.0, I bet).

Windows 95 was great, but Windows 7 rivals Windows 95 as the best Windows yet.

 

[fseal]

I liked vista a lot, it was a major step forward from XP in almost every way. On the surface and below.

7 is 3 years of refinement on Vista, most all of it for the better.

There are some ODD feature removals in 7 over Xp and Vista which I hope come back in a service pack later, but they are all relatively minor issues and probably forgotten about within a few months.

 

[ineedsomehelpy]

please get windows 7 lol

 

[lovish]

I used Vista and did not have a problem with it but am loving windows 7 !

 

[BeechV35Pilot]

Enjoyed my love affair with XP, skipped Vista, and then realizing that I might now be too far behind the curve I forced myself to get OS-current again with Win7. It took me a day or two to get used to the new UI but since then I am very happy with Win7.

Like others here I have grown quite fond of the search method for launching programs and control panel applets.

 

[Ryan2320]

I thought Vista was a great OS, Better than XP (I thought) I did Beta test Windows 7 in January and loved it from there.. I had vista on my laptop and it worked fine run ok but I expected more out of it when I bought it..When i tried Windows 7 beta my laptop run like it was brand new I was so amazed how fast and responsive it was..Now i did have more programs on Vista than Windows 7 and that might of cased it to run faster.But Now I have Windows 7 Pro on my used to be Vista Laptop and runs a lot smoother than Vista did..So I don't regret moving to Windows 7 very stable OS..

So if you do upgrade remember to back up your data and if you brought from a manufacturer MAKE Recovery Disks.. just in case..

 

[ineedsomehelpy]

how do you make recovery disks?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

I was very pleased with Vista but I enjoy W 7 better; there's always the dual boot option for a while if you choose.

 

[jfar]

how do you make recovery disks?

Hi try this.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/615-backup-user-system-files.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2083-system-repair-disc-create.html?ltr=S

 

[ineedsomehelpy]

props on the website barefootkid

EDIT: thanks jfar that might help

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

how do you make recovery disks?

Look in the Start Menu for any options by HP that say recovery.


Thanks!

 

[Wii Master 64]

I'm currently still using vista (waiting on windows 7 to supposedly arrive monday) and, I like vista. one thing I'm gonna try to do before I install windows 7 is copy the movie maker files onto a flash drive so I can install vista movie maker into windows 7 (I hate live movie maker, it's not really even a video editor). by the way, where is the post with the batch file that provided a fix to the vista-in-windows 7 compatibility issues? I'm probably going to need that! lol

 

[Barman58]

Have been using Windows 7 as my primary Operating System for about a year and I am not regretting anything .

I still work with XP and Vista on a daily basis and accept that these can both be acceptable when correctly configured on suitable hardware but neither come close to Windows 7 as an out of the box experience

 

[whs]

For an avid Vista user like me, the main advantage of w7 is the smaller footprint and better performance. As far as function and user interface goes, it is somewhat different but no progress - just different.

 

[Lucretius]

Windows 95 was great, but Windows 7 rivals Windows 95 as the best Windows yet.

I could not agree more!

Transitioning-no, upgrading to 7 will be one of the best PC choices you've made.