Road Test: Windows 7 Review »
Posted By FunnyBoyz 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & TechnologyIt’s finally here. Nearly three years after Microsoft unleashed Windows Vista unto the world, crippling otherwise competent computers with obscene system requirements and feature bloat, Microsoft has returned for redemption with Windows 7, otherwise known as “what Vista should have been.” Though not as revolutionary in appearance as its predecessor, Microsoft has promised a slew of long-awaited refinements, including better performance, a powerful universal search, and better driver and hardware compatibility. We popped our freshly minted RTM copy of Windows 7 into the favorite office testbed – HP’s Firebird – and put the new OS through its paces to see whether Redmond can deliver on its promises when Windows 7 hits the streets on October 22.
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I'm using Windows 7 beta - and it is pretty good.
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All of my equipment had a driver except for a firewire connection (to a printer).
I've had freezes twice.
I'm annoyed at all of the junk at the top of windows explorer.
And I can't access my startup or cookies the regular way.
I HOPE that there is a "tweakui" out so I can get rid of the dumb arrows on the shortcuts, shrink the icons, and enlarge the print separately.
Also, some way I have the administrator as well as my owner/admistrator coming up on the log in screen - and I and figure out how to have only owner/administrator come up. (I did it, my fault!)
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