Anyone regret moving to Windows 7?

[GailLA]

I love 7. Once I installed it I didn't want to go back to XP. I couldn't wait to upgrade my laptop from Vista x32 to 7 x64. I'm never going back to XP or to Vista (except for XP Mode for some veeeeerrrrryyyyy old software.) I'm upgrading the rest of my 'puters one by one.

As to PDF, I've been using CutePDF for years. It works great on 7.

 

[TJR357]

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?

I do not regret it in the least. It's awesome. And I have had/used every version of Windows to date from 95 onwards.

 

[vbkun]

not a single regret =)
stable, better memory management then xp and the vista versions i have used, excellent interface for users who runs 20000 tasks, and actually for the first in windows i learnt start menu can actually be usefull.

I just think it lacks a bit of custmization features.

Ow and of course, it has the "amazing" capability of doing virtual folders, wich i 've seek since 2002.

bottomline: i just love it, can't live without any single day anymore -.-, i even like microsoft now.

 

[AussieGuy92]

i loved xp and think that it was one of the best and will be the best os microsoft has ever made went to vista loved it but when i found out that windows 7 would perform better on a celeron processor i got it the moment it for sale.

but i do miss vista a little bit....

 

[afty]

Windows 7 is the best yet. Vista was resource hungry n slow, i mean it was slllooooow. Windows 7 is a kick ass. Win 7 is best upgrade from Xp as Xp was from Win 98.

 

[GailLA]

bottomline: i just love it, can't live without any single day anymore -.-, i even like microsoft now.

I know what you mean. I never hated MS, but after installing and using 7 I have some warm fuzzies towards Redmond that I don't think I've felt for a long time.

 

[bigmck]

That being said, whew! I didn't realize I was playing to such a tough crowd. Y'all have scared me away.

After all, this is the Windows 7 Forum. I guarantee that the same statement over at the Mac Forum will be much better received

 

[satchmo]

Vista was fine, but Windows 7 is better.

I thought I would have issues with the new Windows Start menu, since I was sticking to the classic Windows 95 menu in Vista. However, when I upgraded to Windows 7, I adapted quickly and now I really like the "new" XP-styled menu.

Windows 7 just feels like an OS designed by smart people who actually used their brains in making this OS. Windows ME and Windows Vista, on the other hand, felt like OS's written by a bureaucracy instead of smart people.

That's the difference between Vista and 7.

 

[TJR357]

Vista was fine, but Windows 7 is better.

I thought I would have issues with the new Windows Start menu, since I was sticking to the classic Windows 95 menu in Vista. However, when I upgraded to Windows 7, I adapted quickly and now I really like the "new" XP-styled menu.

Windows 7 just feels like an OS designed by smart people who actually used their brains in making this OS. Windows ME and Windows Vista, on the other hand, felt like OS's written by a bureaucracy instead of smart people.

That's the difference between Vista and 7.

Me and Vista were the Coke 2s of Microsoft--made specifically to create the aha moment in consumers when first encountering their successors.

 

[Sbrideau]

satchmo, what do you mean by xp styled menu? I think it looks more like the vista menu than the xp menu.

Vista was a very good OS. Windows 7 is an equally good OS.

 

[torrentg]

Vista was a very good OS. Windows 7 is an equally good OS.

Vista became a very good OS after SP1. Great after SP2. Pre SP1, not so much.

Win 7 is awesome. Even at the earliest of beta testing stages it was.

 

[harpua]

I had spent quite a bit of time messing with the beta, so I knew it was going to be stable and I knew there would be some aggravations.

All in all I am still glad I took the chance to migrate to W7 on my primary work computer. There are only 2 things that are annoying:
1. Adobe Acrobat PDF converter does not work with Office in W7 64 bit.

2. My high dollar Logitech mouse is too glitchy to use in W7 64 bit.

Other than those two software makers dragging their behind on these updates, I would call W7 a pretty exceptional new release.

On the mouse issue, have you updated to the latest version of Logitech Setpoint? If not, that may resolve your issues.

 

[TechOutsider]

I switched to 7 on a old Pentium M system that could not run aero. I love it. Here's what I like

1. The Classic Interface. I switched from the Vista Basic interface because of window redrawing lag. I love the big icons on the taskbar; they allow me to fit more programs on the taskbar. I know that this feature is not unique to the classic interface though.
2. Beautiful icons, big, and redesigned
3. Start menu search -- the killer feature that has been refined since Vista -- now it is faster and more accurate
4. More intuitive access to computer settings
5. Aero Snap
6. Program icons on taskbar that stack by default
7. Extended battery life

What I don't like

1. Laggy window redrawing, still present but not that much of a bugger anymore
2. Online gaming lag, although I won't be gaming on this laptop

 

[CSSteve]

On the mouse issue, have you updated to the latest version of Logitech Setpoint? If not, that may resolve your issues.

Oddly enough, that issue solved itself with the latest Logitech driver update supplied by Windows 7 update. Gotta love self healing.

 

[AntiSilence]

I switch to Windows 7 from XP 64-Bit Pro and totally love it. My favourite version of Windows yet. No regrets. I'm not bothered about the lack of classic start menu either.

 

[satchmo]

satchmo, what do you mean by xp styled menu? I think it looks more like the vista menu than the xp menu.

I was using the really old-school Windows 95 style classic menu for Windows XP and Windows Vista, until Windows 7 no longer support such option.

 

[Woland]

I switched from Win XP to Win 7 on my older laptop (dell inspiron 640m: intel core 2 duo 1.83GHz 1gb ram) because I lost my XP cd ( i found it now ). Everything was ok at first, and I got past the annoyances I had. However, it all comes down to performance:

Once I turn off all the special effects Win 7 runs worse than XP. When I have a lot of windows open, there is noticeable lag from time to time. And once I get Matlab running, the slowdowns hit even harder.

The bottom line is, Win 7 is fine if you have a top of the line computer, I would use it. But 7 doesnt use what resources it has visely. I would have to go back to XP, or maybe go back to Ubuntu, or both to get the performance I know I have from my laptop.


As for all the improvements for the UI, I have two answers: object doc + launchy

 

[torrentg]

I switched from Win XP to Win 7 on my older laptop (dell inspiron 640m: intel core 2 duo 1.83GHz 1gb ram) because I lost my XP cd ( i found it now ). Everything was ok at first, and I got past the annoyances I had. However, it all comes down to performance:

Once I turn off all the special effects Win 7 runs worse than XP. When I have a lot of windows open, there is noticeable lag from time to time. And once I get Matlab running, the slowdowns hit even harder.

The bottom line is, Win 7 is fine if you have a top of the line computer, I would use it. But 7 doesnt use what resources it has visely. I would have to go back to XP, or maybe go back to Ubuntu, or both to get the performance I know I have from my laptop.


As for all the improvements for the UI, I have two answers: object doc + launchy

Incorrect. 7 runs better on my secondary machine (and spec machine) using a P4 1.5 GHz non-hyperthreaded processor. You just have your system setup wrong with not latest drivers or something.

See here.

 

[TJR357]

Incorrect. 7 runs better on my secondary machine (and spec machine) using a P4 1.5 GHz non-hyperthreaded processor. You just have your system setup wrong with not latest drivers or something.

See here.

That's really cool. So there's no problem running 7 on older hardware, then...

 

[torrentg]

I switched to 7 on a old Pentium M system that could not run aero.

Do you know what kind of gpu it has, out of curiosity?