Windows 7 - my review

vamsi360 · 28-03-2009, 08:08 PM

I have been beta testing windows 7 for about 20 days and found some interesting changes. But I personally feel that Vista is equally good and vista didnot leave me any bad expereinces on my Dell Inspiron 1525.
The UI change is appreciable. It uses less RAM than vista and some features are newly added.
For users who are still using XP, you should try this beta as you are going to upgrade or migrate to 7 in future. The IE8 is a tremendous improvement over IE7 and it finally loads pages quickly and comparable to Firefox. Though the acid3 test results are odd there is another fact that IE8 renders top webpages faster than any browser.
And finally, Win7 beta is good upgrade if you are still on XP and vista users may feel they can skip this one as beside UI changes this is nothing but polished VISTA and the same performance can be achieved by fine tweaking rather than buying a costlier upgrade pack.

rajeshjsl · 28-03-2009, 08:36 PM

Dont mind , but you call this a review ? Lol

vamsi360 · 28-03-2009, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by rajeshjsl

Dont mind , but you call this a review ? Lol

because its my opinion.

Liverpool_fan · 28-03-2009, 09:06 PM

I found Windows 7 to be MUCH better than Vista and XP, so much so that I had to install it in my Linux box. :-P
It was not only faster, but less resource intensive, UAC didn't irritate as much in Vista and looked better as well.
It would be a 9/10 for me (as opposed to 5/10 Vista)

amritpal2489 · 28-03-2009, 09:07 PM

So.. This Is YOUR OPINION... Not a Review

Dark Core · 29-03-2009, 09:35 AM

Big Fan of Windows 7 here, Additicted to it don't Know why.. After using Windows 7 Beta for a while when I switched to Vista trust me, I hated Vista.. But it will be a long wait for me coz the final version will be shipped only in September 2009,

max_demon · 29-03-2009, 09:40 AM

are vista drivers compatible with 7 ?

desiibond · 29-03-2009, 10:17 AM

lol. what a review.

^^yes. Vista drivers work with windows 7. Been using win7 beta since it's launch and no issues at all. Perfect OS

max_demon · 29-03-2009, 12:56 PM

fine , from today i will run 7

vamsi360 · 29-03-2009, 01:06 PM

thats my first writing........i never wrote any reviews before ..

But....win7 just is "polished vista" and is widely acknowledged for fixing the glitches and bugs found in vista and is not looked as a miliestone OS as VISTA.
These are the features that Vista promised but delivered in 7 thats it.

ONe thing i would add is that many say that "UAC is irritating". Thats a very small tweak and if its so irritating they can use TweakUAC or just disable UAC. One more thing is that why linux fans complain about UAC? It is better than typing the password eachtime in Ubuntu to authenticate inorder to gain root previleges. I suppose that being a linux or opensource fan doesnot mean that you should discourage other software. Linux is good and as far as my research about OSes and their architecture Windows is definitely evolving......
Solaris architecture better than Windows Xp better than linux 2.6 architecture.
Its the users ultimate opinion that decides what they prefer.

max_demon · 29-03-2009, 10:53 PM

wow , i doesnt even needed to install drivers , everything was preinstalled .

also i have heard that RC1 is like a TimeBomb version and will not work after release of actual win7 ?

desiibond · 30-03-2009, 05:39 AM

^^welcome to win7 club. yes. It's one of the best OS that MS has ever built.

expertno.1 · 30-03-2009, 02:22 PM

i was very surprised to see windows 7 working faster than vista , a little improvement on the kernel part . better task processing and increased har disk cache management .

its great ! probably the next XP for us !

max_demon · 30-03-2009, 03:28 PM

what about that RC1 and timebomb issue , i will purchase win7 defenitely soon

**MetalheadGautham** · 30-03-2009, 03:30 PM

Either my eyes are crazy, or windows 7 taskbar looks quite similar to KDE4.2 taskbar.
http://img22.imageshack.us/my.php?im...21152x864s.png

PS: excuse the clutter

m-jeri · 30-03-2009, 03:47 PM

actually i did find a pretty strange memory leak issue in win 7.... and reported it ... MSDN subscriber...

Played a .mkv file with KMP player.... after installing the KLite Codec pack....

It shows the BSOD in which it dumps the memory and restarts.... darn did it 4 times.....

....

i thght it was due to my Zune s/w first..lolz....

ps. I heard all Xp drivers work in Win 7...but its not all true...

desiibond · 30-03-2009, 03:56 PM

nope. not winxp drivers.

All Vista drivers work in win7. Never dared to install any h/w drivers for XP in Win7.

m-jeri · 30-03-2009, 04:04 PM

^^

i did install like 5 of them.... 3 (BT/Tuner/ExtHDD) of them worked.....

fabler · 30-03-2009, 06:38 PM

I've installed windows 7 build 7057. Its kool. It has a nice set of wallpaper and a new logon screen. Speed is much better than other builds..

shaunak · 04-04-2009, 06:46 PM

@MetalheadGautham: Your eyes are fine. Its a KDE rip off!

max_demon · 04-04-2009, 08:55 PM

Which keys i can use with 7 , where is microsoft link ?

evewin89 · 04-04-2009, 09:19 PM

4 me,still my favourite os XP rules in terms of Compatibility.

toofan · 05-04-2009, 12:12 PM

Why is it Windows 7 ! why not Window 8 or 9 ( 9 would be best as it released in 2009)

**MetalheadGautham** · 06-04-2009, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by shaunak

@MetalheadGautham: Your eyes are fine. Its a KDE rip off!

Does the windows 7 taskbar still have an option to turn off transparency and go black ?
I think transparency is wasted on taskbar.
I turned my own plasma panel back to black in KDE.

izzikio_rage · 20-04-2009, 04:14 PM

how is the application support in windows 7.......anyone tried gaming on it?

**ico** · 21-04-2009, 12:05 AM

m$ rock$.

saiyeek · 22-04-2009, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by desiibond

lol. what a review.

^^yes. Vista drivers work with windows 7. Been using win7 beta since it's launch and no issues at all. Perfect OS

I couldn't manage to run my Frontech Werbcam with Win7.

comp@ddict · 22-04-2009, 10:00 AM

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.anyone tried gaming on it?

with the new catalyst and yet-beta geforce drivers, gaming in WIn7 beats Vista in every sphere.

Here's a review:-

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=17784

desiibond · 22-04-2009, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by saiyeek

I couldn't manage to run my Frontech Werbcam with Win7.

what is the model number of your webcam?
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Quote:

Originally Posted by comp@ddict

with the new catalyst and yet-beta geforce drivers, gaming in WIn7 beats Vista in every sphere.

Here's a review:-

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=17784

for ATI, the new driver is doing wonders in win7 gaming but that nvidia beta driver is resulting in lower frame rate than that in vista.