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[jg007]

first important thingis that all the old games I have tried on Windows 7 so far have worked without any problems at all

So far I have tried -

Half Life
Max Payne 2
IGI 2
Raven Shield
Hitman

When I switch back to XP it just looks old and dated and it sems less secure, I am a bit of a MS fan boy ( lol, probably the only one on this forum ) but I really think that this is an improvement over xp/Vista and personaly plan to get it as soon as it is released although I will probably switch my current config so that XP is on a 30GB partion as a backup in case I try to play any older stuff.

anybody else been trying it and had problems or any thoughts?

and b4 u say it don't even mentions flippin linux as it just would not work for about 100+ reasons

[Mighty Midget]

Well, I certainly hope Win 7 is better than Vista. Afterall, Vista turned out to be just a test version (barely a beta) of their new final solution. I do hope the final product is better than the test version.

[ianfreddie07]

Yeah. Windows 7 looks very promising.

[red_avatar]

Originally Posted by Mighty Midget

Well, I certainly hope Win 7 is better than Vista. Afterall, Vista turned out to be just a test version (barely a beta) of their new final solution. I do hope the final product is better than the test version.

Why do people exaggerate so much. It wasn't that bad at all - it was marred by poor drivers for the 64 bit version and the UAC which you have to turn off, really. Besides that, Vista was in a FAR better shape than Windows XP upon release and at this moment, Vista is far more stable than XP has ever been for me.

The problems came from the move to 64bit and some companies trying to scam people by making them buy new hardware due to terrible Vista drivers.

[Danny252]

Vista's alright - once you turn off all the Vista features and essentially make it XP under a different name.

I don't want shiny start bars or alt-tabbing or seethrough screens - I just want something that runs my programs. Admittedly Vista has a few decent features, such as bulk renaming of files while keeping extensions - but I'm really rather sure other OSes have had that ability for a while anyway?

As for stability, my XP PC and my Vista Laptop crash with about the same frequency. And the PC tends to be on for much longer periods!

The tl;dr version? Vista's XP with a few flashy bits added on the top, and as long as I turn off most of the flashy bits, I don't mind it.

[red_avatar]

Originally Posted by Danny252

Vista's alright - once you turn off all the Vista features and essentially make it XP under a different name.

I don't want shiny start bars or alt-tabbing or seethrough screens - I just want something that runs my programs. Admittedly Vista has a few decent features, such as bulk renaming of files while keeping extensions - but I'm really rather sure other OSes have had that ability for a while anyway?

As for stability, my XP PC and my Vista Laptop crash with about the same frequency. And the PC tends to be on for much longer periods!

The tl;dr version? Vista's XP with a few flashy bits added on the top, and as long as I turn off most of the flashy bits, I don't mind it.

Vista's advantages aren't that obvious due to XP already being so good.

I mostly come across improvements without really consciously realising them. Explorer (not IE) has improved a great great deal. Take renaming files - you no longer run the risk of replacing the file's extension. You can now also give folders unique icons. Well, there's just too many things to mention - a lot are small improvements but when you stack them all up, and then you go back to XP, then XP feels primitive. It's the best kind of proof that Vista is a very solid OS when you miss it.

[arete]

The one thing that bothers me about Vista is the rearranging of menus in Office applications. It makes me look like a noob in front of colleagues when I'm trying to show them how to find the Mail Merge option and ... I can't find it. :embarassed:

[AlumiuN]

Originally Posted by red_avatar

Take renaming files - you no longer run the risk of replacing the file's extension.

What, you mean like in XP?

[antifood]

I made the jump from Windows xp 64 to Windows 7 64bit RC1. I am using a Dell M90 with 4 gigs of ram; so far I am extremely pleased. My computer is more stable, and I am really digging the enhanced ui interface. I especially dig the new toolbar functionality. I have played a few games, from GOG, and I have not encountered any issues. My productivity applications run as expected.

My two gripes:

For whatever reason, when my laptop is undocked and comes out of standby mode, I receive poor performance. I did not find any clues in the power management profiles, so i am still investigating. I also encountered this issue with my Windows XP installation.

There seems to be a bug when attempting to disconnect USB memory devices, this is widely reported and will most likely be fixed in time for release.

[gregor]

I never had vista or worked with it. but i know from various threads in various forums that Vista had a bigg issue with older programes written either for Win98 or XP (such as for example games). It also had issues with new programes like some antivirus and firewalls.

as for explorer... heh, haven't used that one in a while...

Still the minute i heard that WIn7 will have a backwards compatibility mode i knew the system will likely be more successful than Vista.