Vista = Me (version 2)
Windows 7 will probably be the next standard version - it seems to run well, and is a bit faster than XP on my machine.
Just finished my upgrade.
Started the process last night and then at 4.30am decided that I’d have to leave it running overnight. Once installed found out that my Network adaptor needed an updated driver which would need to be downloaded. With no net access I had to wait and go to a friends house to download. After an hour or so playing around with drivers it appears to be up and running smoothly. That said no significant user benefits discovered yet, I guess I’ll have to take a more in depth look at what changed throughout the day.
First Impressions: Don’t like the look of the new taskbar however it is intuitive and works fine as long as you can recognize the icons for your software.
I’ll keep you updated if anything major pops up.
EDIT: Forgot to mention, I upgraded from Vista 32bit to 7 32bit. All data and regularly used programs appear to have transitioned seamlessly.
nice, great to hear some feedback on the process.
how would you rate your experience with vista?
Yes, and I absolutely love it. I have it on my desktop and laptop.
what did you switch from (xp, vista, mac, etc) and how does it compare?
On my desktop, I switched from Vista.
On my laptop, I switched from XP.
From XP, you have to start from scratch, so you have to backup everything. But from Vista, it’s just an upgrade.
Compared to both Vista and XP, 7 is much much faster. My laptop is a 1.6ghz processor with 1gb ram, and 7 runs much faster than XP ever did. It has not crashed once yet, whereas XP would crash a lot. I really like the quick wakeup from sleep mode, and I also think my battery power lasts longer.
My desktop seems quite a bit faster with 7 than it did with Vista. Vista was slower to start up and shut down. I also didn’t like the fact that you couldn’t force a shutdown with Vista, but I can now with 7.
My desktop is an i7-950 quad core 3.0ghz with 9gb of ram, so it’s pretty fast…actually it’s extremely fast. But with Vista it actually seemed a bit laggy. I think now with 7 I’m starting to see the full capabilities of my specs.
I also have a Macbook Pro (2.53ghz 4gb ram) with Leopard. And compared to that, although apples and oranges, I have to say that 7 is about as smooth as Leopard, possibly faster.
I run a lot of heavy programs like Photoshop, Flash, program compilers, video processors, etc. and I can clearly tell a difference with 7.
Visually, I also like the space saving with the icons at the bottom. I can open a ton more windows that way and still have space.
Oh, and Window Media Player is a whole lot quicker. Before, even on my super fast desktop, it used to be laggy. But now it’s quick as a bunny.
Sometimes heating and cooling causes the RAM to “unseat”, try reseating them.
When you have a BSOD, there is/are code(s) that can give you a hint “(X80000021E)” for example, try Googleing the code. I haven’t had a BSOD since Windows/Server 2000.
Sorry to hear you’re having problems.
Windows 7 is that what Vista should have been.
I still would’t install it on older PCs.
It has some nice features like Direct Access, that is the “new VPN”.
I read some articles about it and it seems to be really good technique.
My PC could easy handle it but i love my XP to much =)
Since Vista i don’t trust them this much ^^
If somebody of you has more then 3.5GB of RAM and runs XP x86 i can show you how to use all oft it, even if you have 8 or more =)
I upgraded to windows 7 & it was a breeze. I love windows 7, it was MY idea! Lol
In August I purchased a gateway gaming laptop (17" FX Edition P7809-U, with a 64 bit version of Windows Vista) & it was eligible for a free upgrade to the 64 bit version of Windows 7 so I jumped on it & I haven’t looked back since..
Haven’t had any crashes or blue screens of death, & unlike Vista, user profiles don’t get mysteriously renamed or corrupted…
I love my laptop but now I’m even more in love with it & it’s all thanx to Windows 7 Home Premium.
Personally, I can’t stand Microsoft’s crappy customer service & bug filled operating systems, but I can’t stay away from them because I can’t live without Windows, MS Office, XBox 360 (the ONLY console that carries the Halo trilogy & other halo games!)
Go for the upgrade cause you’re gonna love it, I promise!
One week later and I barely notice the difference apart from the navigation to be honest. Not fussed as the upgrade was included with my laptop offer but nothing to write home about if you already have Vista. It’s worth noting that I don’t play PC games and the most intensive tasks I do are graphics editing i.e. Creative Suite and browser based activities.
Its great. I use things such as the automatic window resizing and the jump bars all of the time. The return to the desktop feature at the bottom right of the task bar is an awesome feature, as well as the shake. Overall, its the little things that I like about it, performance wise its seems a little better than Vista.
question about jump bars that i can’t seem to find an answer for on the net: with jump bars, can i set what actions are available? for example, let’s say i pin firefox to the taskbar. can i set one of the right click actions to open a window with the pherotalk.com bookmark? this will probably all make sense once i start using it but i’m just trying to get a feel for it now.
and on that note, i have an external hd and a windows 7 cd on the way to my house now. i found out an in-place upgrade isn’t possible from vista home premium to windows 7 pro, and my big project files aren’t worth the time to burn dvds. my desktop system is getting old and will be retired running vista (i’ll just get win7 when i build a new system) so the budget for upgrading that went to an external hdd instead. i’m actually pleased with this route because while my laptop is pretty much spotless, i do have some nasty configs from compiler/debugger/whatever installs so now i have a chance to redo those nicely.
i appreciate all the comments in this thread. hopefully i’m up and running soon.
I can’t find a way to add bookmarks to the jumplist. However in my google chrome jumplist there is a list of most frequently visited sites, and most of my bookmarks have ended up there.
I had to do the same thing as you did for upgrading. Windows will create a windows.old folder containing almost everything you had on your old windows install. I was able to copy and paste everything out of there to my new system and it was relatively painless. Except that I forgot to copy some music and other small stuff before I deleted the folder.
Well I did the Memtest, 620 errors. Have yet to try each stick individually. Luckily I can RMA, but it’s still a pain. I’m not convinced it’s the sole culprit of my Windows 7 misery, but obviously a very large contributing factor.
in case anyone was following this thread, it was a super quick and painless install. i used a free program called teracopy to move my files over to an external hd. performed the clean install of win7. spent about a day or so doing the whole driver/program/settings dance, then a few hours backing up the clean install and moving my files back over.
voila, windows 7.