Kicking back with Windows 7

[Niclo Iste]

I feel sorry though for anyone who has a botched SP1 install to fight through though. I have it with my workstation and the only work around is me using a Win7 disk with SP1 built into it to repair my windows installation. I have been too lazy to get around to downloading the correct iso for Windows 7 N 64bit so I can complete this task.

[slgrieb]

True, but at the same time I think most SP1 installations have gone OK. I did a trial on a corporate location last week, where I had to install SP1 to resolve an error message (MS had a hotfix for the issue, but it had been rolled up in SP1 and is no longer available for download). I worried that this might cause problems with some of the oddball software the client runs, so I did the initial installation on a single computer, and it was totally painless. I approved SP1 for installation on the other 22 computers running Win7, and I didn't get a single glitch. Big sigh of relief!

[Guts3d]

It is official, Guts3d LOVES Windows 7 !!!

Just bought a Dell T7400 and plan to upgrade the heck out of it just to see if it is faster / better than the monster rig I am using right now. I might just have to buy a bigger U.P.S.

[Ferrit]

Honestly 7 has been the best ever to deploy.
I pretty much install it and walk away .
Customers all like it after the initial ""Oh it isn't the same"
I have recently begun upgrading motherboards inside of windows 7.
That''s coming along nicely other then it kicking out the activation
for both Windows and Office

[slgrieb]

After working with Win7 a lot, it's really a shock to deal with Vista and XP machines; very frustrating. It just works... better. In fact, I expect that once I get over Windows 8 shock, I'll like it just fine as well. might take a while.

[Guts3d]

I just realized, I sold that original laptop some time ago and since have bought a few dozen copies of 7, all flavors and both 32 & 64 bits. If Windows 8 is anything like its older brother, I will be pretty darned pleased.

[slgrieb]

I just realized, I sold that original laptop some time ago and since have bought a few dozen copies of 7, all flavors and both 32 & 64 bits. If Windows 8 is anything like its older brother, I will be pretty darned pleased.

No matter how you slice it, I think getting over Interface Shock is going to be a big hurdle for lots of folks. When I was running the developer's preview, everything I ran on it used the Desktop, but there were still enough changes there to be annoying. I don't know that I'm going to have the time or energy to look at the Consumer Preview for a while. However, as usual, I read some of Ed Bott's commentary with interest.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/the-m...r-preview/4610

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/sorry...-displays/4620

[NooNoo]

I think windows 8 is great for a tablet - but I really think that if you have a large monitor because you do video or graphic manipulation, Windows 8 desktop will be waste of time

[slgrieb]

I expect that Metro will continue to be a lousy experience on big monitors, but I expect the Desktop, where PC users will spend most of their time will be an OK environment. I installed the Developer preview on a spare drive and ran it as a production machine for a couple of weeks, and it worked OK, even if it was annoying.

I think Bott's point about Metro being optimized for small screens (the brave new post-PC world) is accurate. I expect MS will continue to support those of us who do real work on PCs; but we may feel more and more like stepchildren, and we almost certainly will be using Desktop.