Comments on: Windows 7: first impressions

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:35:02 +0000

Totally agree with this review as I did the exact same thing.

My system lagged like a roasted hog on vista but I thought.. Best not judge 7 before I tried it so I prepared to attack it in one.

Installed it, and from that first log in, I was in complete shock, it ran faster than even XP did on this computer which really fly on here.

Instant driver support, no need to hunt the net for downloads, Brilliant new aero themes (Rather than just the one)

Much better for gaming on here, running very smoothly.

No software issues on here so far either, i’m not going back to vista

The only downside is the horrible taskbar at the bottom, the icons were very mac-like but a simple setting change and it’s all good.

Windows 7 is going to crush vista once released and even XP lovers will turn an eye.

Greg.

By: David

David — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:36:48 +0000

My only real problem with the beta was the large chunky with the large chunky icons (I really didn’t like it being large and chunky), application names removed, making the taskbar more like Mac OSX.

But once I installed it, I was pleasantly surprised to find that this could be changed. By setting it to small icons, the task bar returns to its thin, slender appearence, and application names returned beside their respective icons on the taskbar. Better.

Windows 7 is slick, good looking, and fast as hell.

Loving it. And I really disliked Vista.

By: dessy

dessy — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:16:38 +0000

got it installed it ,hang on thats vista in another coat.not impressed dual boot went ok, but it took 23 meg on a fresh install (windows 7 64 bit ultimate).well it has all the same problems as vista had “DRIVERS” dindnt like my scanner(epson 4450) woudnt load my intel mobo drivers. and just the same speed to load and shutdown,ah well worth a try so now i will dump it and format my hd

By: technogeist

technogeist — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:22:27 +0000

I’d love to know *what* MSFT is doing, to get the Driver-writers to sign their code and force the 64bit issue. Y’no, the mainstream 64bit era started three years ago, and we’re being held back by limitations of 32bit-ness. Sheesh!

By: Albert

Albert — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:55:55 +0000

Matt, you could have wasted less time if you didn’t leave any reply. Hell, it would have wasted less of my time also.
Maybe if your time is so valuable you should manage it better and know what to expect before starting reading, I think it’s obvious that it’s way too early for a real review.

By: Daniel Probert

Daniel Probert — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:44:31 +0000

To Alyn Sparkes:

I was at the PC last week when the announced Windows 7, and they made a big deal of saying that Windows 7 shares the same driver model as Windows Vista, so no new drivers would be needed (unlike the switch from Windows XP to Windows Vista).

The reason for this is that Windows 7 isn’t really a new version of Windows, but rather Windows Vista R2 – the kernel has been bumped from v6.0 to v6.1 but the a lot of the underlying parts are the same.

I’m running Windows 7 x64, and using all the same drivers as for my Windows Vista x64 install.

Bear in mind that Win 7 isn’t due for release for 18 months, and the build reviewed here isn’t even at Beta stage, so it’s not unexpected for there to be speed/hardware issues.

One other cool thing they mentioned at PDC (which isn’t mentioned above) is that one of the target goals for Win 7 is to provide a great experience for ultra-portables e.g. the current build only needs 512MB of memory, and they’re trying to reduce this.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:40:29 +0000

Sorry the review is rubbish, I think the reason for this is because the review is too early so there is nothing to talk about. Thanks for wasting my time.

By: Timogunt

Timogunt — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:33:28 +0000

I haven’t had a go but I watched an hour demo on it. I really liked the new taskbar although your screenshots don’t show it. I also noticed that it was flying along. It made XP look slow! but it’s nice to have some confirmation on the speed. They seem to be listening. I’ve heard that they will be offering the ‘extras’ such as Windows DVD maker and Windows Photo Gallery as downloads instead of bundling them in the OS. It’s good to know IE is flying along and the demo showed it integrated really well into the new desktop. Shame IE annoyed me by claiming that the Acid3 test was not on it’s list of priorities so I’ve moved back to Firefox

By: Alyn Sparkes

Alyn Sparkes — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:20:23 +0000

So have you got any hardware that requires drivers not supplied with 7? If so, did you use Vista drivers to get it working, or XP ones? I’ve read conflicting reports on which work best.