a few weeks ago i installed windows 7 pre-beta (also known as the milestone 3 release) and have found it a pleasure to use…
paul thurrott’s supersite for windows has the best review out there, spanning many sections and including plenty of screen-shots
my own opinion is that this is shaping up to be a great operating system and i’m already using it on my main, day-to-day laptop with very few issues. so why is it so nice to use? to copy a phrase from rival apple… ‘it just works’
when i install an operating system i normally have a checklist of things to do and things to install before i can really begin using it. for windows xp this includes installing some gui tweek tools, divx, ac3 and mp4 playback codecs, a few key pieces of software and some updated graphics drivers. with windows 7 i was surprised to find that it all just worked ‘out-of-the-box’. following a simple install windows searched on-line for updated drivers for my audio card and i was ready to go. divx and mp4 encoded video worked straight away via windows media player with no need to install additional codecs and players. performance is great, even on an aged pentium 4 based laptop with 1.5 gb of ram and a feeble graphics card
the user interface inwindows 7 is clean and elegant
windows 7 delivers plenty of ‘smile-to-yourself’ moments and the completely overhauled user interface is consistent, clutter free and elegant. paul’s review goes into the details so i wont repeat them here. the majority of people using windows 7 are posting positive feedback and a public beta is due early next year
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