Anyone regret moving to Windows 7?

[drewpul]

Vista wasn't that bad. It had alot of new features and the aero looks are appealing HOWEVER, IT IT SOOOOOOOO SLOOOOOOOOOOW!!

I upgraded to Windows 7 and it zips around.

I actually ran the Win 7 beta on my desktop computer since January and it was difficult to go back and use my Vista laptop.

 

[Bellatrix]

Hi peeps,

Here's my t'pence worth. I have used every edition of Windows since 3.1, and I've never been so impressed as I am now. 3.1 was simply fantastic! The first OS I ever used was the BBC Microsystem OS, so you can imagine my delight at 256 colours ... and windows! It only got better with Windows 95. Then 98, ME... The problem with the latter two was that people were still programming applications in C, and Microsoft got the blame. While Windows at that time was pretty basic, it was stable and quite posh. However, it took some of the blame for 3rd party applications' memory leaks, etc. I got frusrtated myself. Add to this the growing trend of viruses... I turned to Linux, and have been happy with that. Until now. The advent of Windows 7 was in fact XP and the .NET pantheon, not Vista. With XP and .NET programming Windows got a whole lot easier. As long as the programmer is paying attention, memory leaks, unexpected errors and crashes are a thing of the past. .NET drove forward Windows Vista. Unfortunately, it was slow, in-your-face and annoying. UAC felt as if Windows was constantly asking you, 'Are you really sure what you're doing here?' ...

Example: You click a link to download an app. from within IE. You get the yellow bar ... click .. click ... save dialog ... click ... then the IE warning ... click ... then UAC ... click...

You get the picture. Basically, Microsoft made Vista slightly safer than XP by asking you questions so many times you didn't dare do anything.

Windows 7 though... It is, quite simply, everything Windows Vista should have been in the first place. In other words, it is the great OS everyone was waiting for 3 years ago and, imho, more. As a Linux peep it pains me to say it, but Microsoft have done a great job this time. It's just lovely. They've tuned UAC, they've made fundamental adjustments to improve speed and rendering - in short it is nearly as fast as XP on my machine and much faster than Vista. They've updated everything, even paint (finally! Take a look at it). They've focused on speed, reliablity and, of couse, poshness. It wins in all three categories. And it's compatible, a feature lacking in Vista. When I installed Windows 7 on my machine and connected to the Net for drivers, Windows Update found my graphics drivers, sound, web cam, monitor... The only thing I had to manually install was a driver for a very new Brother printer. I was amazed.

And I continue to be amazed and very pleased my Microsoft's latest offering. Very stable, very quick, very advanced [if you require it to be] and very, very posh.

 

[Lucretius]

... Windows Vista. Unfortunately, it was slow, in-your-face and annoying. UAC felt as if Windows was constantly asking you, 'Are you really sure what you're doing here?' ...

Example: You click a link to download an app. from within IE. You get the yellow bar ... click .. click ... save dialog ... click ... then the IE warning ... click ... then UAC ... click...

You get the picture. Basically, Microsoft made Vista slightly safer than XP by asking you questions so many times you didn't dare do anything.

Windows 7 though... It is, quite simply, everything Windows Vista should have been in the first place.

I couldn't have said it any better! :roflmao:

 

[pasquanel]

With vista ultimate sp2x64, my comp was so fast ; with seven ultimate x64, my comp is so slow.Same software installed.Both genuine (market) . So sad.. Tomorow I"ll go back to vista.

Have you deleted the folder "windows old" yet? Done a disk cleanup, defrag? Win 7 is a much leaner faster OS than Vista and I liked Vista but I suspect the problem is on your end give it a chance.

 

[pasquanel]

UAC is useless "Google how to turn UAC off"

 

[Frostmourne]

UAC is useless "Google how to turn UAC off"

You do know what UAC is designed to do? Unless your pc is as secure as XP?

 

[pasquanel]

UAC is useless "Google how to turn UAC off"

You do know what UAC is designed to do? Unless your pc is as secure as XP?

Yes Sir! I do indeed

 

[Frostmourne]

Well if you know you are deliberately lessening your system's overall security and protected mode if you use IE8 among others, then go ahead.

 

[vbkun]

Hi peeps,

Then 98, ME... The problem with the latter two was that people were still programming applications in C, and Microsoft got the blame. While Windows at that time was pretty basic, it was stable and quite posh. However, it took some of the blame for 3rd party applications' memory leaks, etc.

Gotta agree with your, avoiding such programs i managed to keep 98' up to more then a month with no reboots several times. Of course, using no translation version. I was never sure was but portuguese brazilian version i had (original disc ) was not as stable as u.s. version.
I used to run it in a amd process with 450 hz + 64 ram =)

Then came my sweetheart 2k, wich i miss still up to today, amazing memory management, xp sortta sucked at managing pagefile... so when i was forced to move to xp i ended up buying more ram to disable it. I started hating microsoft for spliting me from my dear with that directx thinggie...

7 i started by 32bits ver on a pentium D 2 gb ram and a radeon 9600 pro card... it's performance just impressed me every day, I managed to what some h264 hd files at 20/22 fps rates, the same files on same hardware under xp would ahead me to a forced reboot for excess of resources usage.
As 7 uses a lot more memory then xp 2 gb wasn't enought to leave pagefile disabled like in xp, i gave it a try and what i a surprise! A virtual memory management as good as 2k's =)

That's why i stated previouslly i even like ms now =)

Now i'm runnin' 7 64 bits and i confess this over use of memory scares me, one the pentium d setting and 32 bits i had an idle usage of 500-600mb, here at 64 bits + i5 + 4 gb of ram i have an idle of 900-1gb of usage. BUT

I'm givin it a break and not bitching about it cause i just love win 7 =)

 

[Uber Philf]

Well if you know you are deliberately lessening your system's overall security and protected mode if you use IE8 among others, then go ahead.

Mate, tbh theres no use trying to argue with them about UAC, people who don't have it enabled *myself* should already know the consequences of disabling this annoying piece of software, even though the overall security of my computer is less, i couldn't care more, don't visit nasty sites, or download pirate software, i have my AV, and even if my AV can't pick up a nasty, i can guarantee, i will find it, and get rid of it,what im saying is... i am my own AV.

But its great of you to to warn the noobs that think they understand what the UAC does for their system, some just see it as an annoying warning from the OS making sure you know what your doing, but in a sense it does alot more..

 

[tw33k]

I've been using 7 now for quite a while. It is THE best OS I have ever used. I even upgraded my work pc to 7 coz I couldn't stand running XP again

 

[Gbsnplr]

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.

And used Windows 386

 

[Sbrideau]

Nice .

I personnally think (about the uac discussion) that it's something that should've been inplemented before Vista and also that it should've been worked up more than it's been worked up (although they did a pretty good job in 7). I beleive similar security was on some linux distros before it was inplemented in Windows.

Don't take my word on it though.

 

[Barman58]

Nice .

I personnally think (about the uac discussion) that it's something that should've been inplemented before Vista and also that it should've been worked up more than it's been worked up (although they did a pretty good job in 7). I beleive similar security was on some linux distros before it was inplemented in Windows.

Don't take my word on it though.

Rather than the UAC pre-dating Vista the operating procedure that UAC is based on. (the visible pop up elevation prompt, UAC is much more that just this ), is one that has been in use for as long as a permissions system has been in use.

This system has been and still is used in "nix" systems as it has been used in all "NT" systems - what the UAC brings to the user is the automation of the elevation procedure.

Whereas it used to be required to manually run as a standard user and manually "Runas" an admin for certain tasks this is now automatic.

Microsoft are as much to blame as anyone for the confusion that surrounds running as an admin or standard user. Prior to Vista they automatically created a single user on install of the OS, and of course a single user must be an administrator.

In the professional computing world, the person installing would always make at least one standard user in addition to the single admin. and this would be the day to day user account.

When XP was released, to the home as well as the professional market, Microsoft could, and IMO, should have, set the installer to create the correct twin account set-up, and guided those users coming to a secure style OS from the Windows 9x into the correct way to run securely.

The basic issue is that a lot of users were "taught" to use an administrator for everything and of course the developers then created the software to assume you were an admin, and so people were even more likely to run as admin as they wanted to be able to run their software

the UAC elevation prompt is a retrospective attempt to guide uses back to the original best practice, without making it too cumbersome, again with vista Microsoft dropped the ball in the education of users - most of whom think it is some type of anti malware software.

If you use UAC or switch it off that is your right as a user on your system, unfortunately the reasons I hear for this are often confused. Those who would most benefit from the additional protection are often persuaded to switch it off by others.

I have never had any issue with a new user starting with Vista using UAC I explain why it is there and they accept it. The only issues I've had is with those who have been drawn into the less secure practices proliferated with XP.

sorry for the long post but I feel that explanation of the situation may give neww users a more balanced view and enable an informed decision

 

[maryomalley]

I'm back, and I rode in here on Windows 7 Ultimate. I decided to pay the extra $ and stick with Ultimate (I was upgrading from Vista Ultimate) rather than go through the hassle of a clean install.

Anyway, so far so good. With Vista, whenever I spent time importing from Excel into Access, I would have to reboot the PC every hour or so, because it would just start crawling. Now, it stays fast, no reboot necessary.

Also, with Vista, whenever I started up my Netgear wireless would connect to a Virtual Profile, and I would have to disconnect, then reconnect to the proper network. THat problem has also disappeared.

No complaints yet!

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

I'm back, and I rode in here on Windows 7 Ultimate. I decided to pay the extra $ and stick with Ultimate (I was upgrading from Vista Ultimate) rather than go through the hassle of a clean install.

Anyway, so far so good. With Vista, whenever I spent time importing from Excel into Access, I would have to reboot the PC every hour or so, because it would just start crawling. Now, it stays fast, no reboot necessary.

Also, with Vista, whenever I started up my Netgear wireless would connect to a Virtual Profile, and I would have to disconnect, then reconnect to the proper network. THat problem has also disappeared.

No complaints yet!

Congrats Mary, glad to hear it.

 

[Tommyd]

Well, I got Vista after five years of using XP on my families ancient desktop (AMD athalon processor, GeForce 2 graphics, ect), and it seemed incredibly fast. Which it was. But over the following year, it started to slow down considerably, even after a reformat or two. When I first heard about Win 7, I didn't really like the look of it, especially the taskbar. But after getting it through the Student discount offer, which I couldn't really refuse, and using it for a few weeks on my laptop, and on my new desktop, I could never go back to Vista.
Get 7, and you won't regret it

 

[MP28]

I hated Vista for a long time. I actually wished ill on Microsoft for inflicting us all with Vista. Buggy, bloated, slow, incompatible. Just frustrating. It started being tolerable around SP1.

I love Windows 7. Microsoft definitely got it right. This is the first time I have ever seen a new version of Windows run BETTER than the previous version on older hardware.

 

[ancient11]

The only way that I will upgrade is when Microsoft quits supporting the OS that I am using, as it has done with XP. I don't upgrade just because it is new. I am giving this computer to the grandchildren after I put a new video card and power supply in, then put Windows 7 on it. Thankfully, I will not be using this computer.

I guess that I will have ever one here jumping down my throat but I will not claim I like something, when I don't. I respect everyone's opinion on what they like and dislike. I might not agree with it, but I will respect it and I certainly will not try to ram my opinion down their throat. Ever one has the right to their opinion. You must understand that some like Dodge's, some like Ford's, some like General Motors products and some like BMWs. What is right for one does not make it right for every one.

To say I disliked millennium would be the understatement of the year, but I would choose millennium over Windows 7 or Vista. I started with Dr. DOS, then 3.5, then 95, then 98 SE (the best one yet), and then XP ( wasn;t overly fond of but did not dread using like 7) I used Windows 7 trial for 2 months and it convinced me to buy an iMac as it did several of my friends, but some went to Ubuntu, out of 23 -- 8 are going to Windows 7. All of us are senior citizens, the youngest one is 74 ( the baby).

I am not saying this is a bad product, I am saying it is a bad product for me -- an individual. I supported Windows for years but now it is time for me to move on. I will probably need help getting Windows 7 on this computer because I do not believe this particular computer is a prime candidate because it is a Dell product. The school is going to Windows 7, so they would like their students to use this particular OS.

Written by Dragon NaturallySpeaking

 

[Sbrideau]

Thank you barman for the explanation. It's one of the things I was confused about, but never removed it from my systems because I know it is security things.