Comments on: Windows 7 – So Far, So Good http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/01/12/windows-7-so-far-so-good/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/01/12/windows-7-so-far-so-good/comment-page-1/#comment-80352 Gaius Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:11:30 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11623#comment-80352 Throw a spare drive in your XP box and try the free beta version, Sam. It has some good features and some bad. It IS different from XP, but not all change is bad. I am having some problems with old - and much-loved - software, so it will probably be necessary to switch some stuff and buy some new things. But there are some really nice features and, so far, fewer hardware compatibility issues than Vista has. Throw a spare drive in your XP box and try the free beta version, Sam. It has some good features and some bad. It IS different from XP, but not all change is bad. I am having some problems with old – and much-loved – software, so it will probably be necessary to switch some stuff and buy some new things. But there are some really nice features and, so far, fewer hardware compatibility issues than Vista has.

]]> By: Sam http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/01/12/windows-7-so-far-so-good/comment-page-1/#comment-80349 Sam Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:08:46 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11623#comment-80349 I got a Linux EEE PC with my Christmas money and I'm loving it. However, my desktop running XP will eventually crap out, so I am interested in whether Windows 7 will work, or whether I should nurse XP for another few years. I got a Linux EEE PC with my Christmas money and I’m loving it. However, my desktop running XP will eventually crap out, so I am interested in whether Windows 7 will work, or whether I should nurse XP for another few years.

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/01/12/windows-7-so-far-so-good/comment-page-1/#comment-80346 Gaius Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:37:30 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11623#comment-80346 Yeah, some things good, some really not fun. My Palm will not synch - hotsynch manager is incompatible. But Bluetooth headphones link instantly. A mix of annoying problems and nice features. Yeah, some things good, some really not fun. My Palm will not synch – hotsynch manager is incompatible. But Bluetooth headphones link instantly. A mix of annoying problems and nice features.

]]> By: tarpon http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/01/12/windows-7-so-far-so-good/comment-page-1/#comment-80345 tarpon Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:25:46 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=11623#comment-80345 It worked ok for me until -- Once I began to explore and push and poke things around, troubles sprouted up. Nothing that wasn't fixable, just lots of small stuff that broke. I have had it running in sort of production mode for a few days. Much better than Vista. Low power PC a 2.8 Ghz p4 with 1GB memory. I guess not to be unexpected. But by the time it makes it, Ubuntu will have been turned again and ready to go again. You wonder if MS can catch up and if it weren't for name recognition ... One thing a WinXP user I tried it on, totally freaked because it was so different. All the changing and geegaws can be bad. It worked ok for me until — Once I began to explore and push and poke things around, troubles sprouted up. Nothing that wasn’t fixable, just lots of small stuff that broke. I have had it running in sort of production mode for a few days. Much better than Vista. Low power PC a 2.8 Ghz p4 with 1GB memory. I guess not to be unexpected.

But by the time it makes it, Ubuntu will have been turned again and ready to go again. You wonder if MS can catch up and if it weren’t for name recognition …

One thing a WinXP user I tried it on, totally freaked because it was so different. All the changing and geegaws can be bad.

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