Is 7 any good?

[Annie Woughman]

I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is
anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully].

My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away with
Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet and I
refuse to go to those stupid fake newsgroups on different websites. Also, it
isn't as "pretty" as Vista--I know small potatoes in the greater plan--but
now the task bar is just a flat transparent ribbon instead of the rounded
one in Vista.

 

[RustY ©]

I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is anyone
running anything bigger on it [successfully].

 

[M]

I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops.

Whoever told you that, has no idea.

Is anyone
running anything bigger on it [successfully].

Millions are.

M

 

[Gordon]

I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is
anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully].

You're probably thinking of Windows 7 Starter edition for Netbooks...

 

[RustY ©]

I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is
anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully].

You're probably thinking of Windows 7 Starter edition for Netbooks...

I possibly am - thank you.

 

[RustY ©]

I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is
anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully].

My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader.

I can recomend X-news - its free and works well [other free newsreaders are
out there].

 

[Grenou]

I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is
anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully].

My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away
with Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet
and I refuse to go to those stupid fake newsgroups on different websites.
Also, it isn't as "pretty" as Vista--I know small potatoes in the greater
plan--but now the task bar is just a flat transparent ribbon instead of
the rounded one in Vista.

I downloaded and installed Windows Live Mail for mail and newsgroups.
It works fine.

Grenou

 

[PeteB]

Hi
I've had W7 Home Premium since it was launched and I like it. I had Vista
Home Premium for a year & a half prev - it was good and had few big probs
and it certainly wasn't perfect. XP before that for a few years.

W7 is a kinda cross between the best bits of XP & Vista + extras. I have a
lot of processor hungry apps on my laptop but W7 seems to cope even better
than before. OK I'm lucky and have loads of RAM which always helps and all
OK so far. I have quite a few things running from Start Up and the boot
process took about 10 mins on Vista - it's much quicker with W7 (anything
between 2 and 5 mins now). I never had a big thing about boot times in the
past (go and make a coffee and all was OK) but the difference is pretty
noticeable now and lots of people will like that I'm sure when they don't
like to wait

I did the upgrade online which worked with no problems for me - it did take
a long time to complete though (almost 5 hours to complete after it was
downloaded). I know that the majority will look at a clean install as the
best way to go but it would have been too much hastle for me to reinstall
all my apps)

OK, they don't force un-PC things on you now but I was never a big fan of IE
or OE anyway - Firefox & Thunderbird work better for me.

W7 has loads of subtle diffs from the old stuff and it may not be perfect
but I like it so far and it seems much quicker and more stable. I think the
people at Microsoft have listened to the masses - it won't suit everyone I'm
sure but I like it.

Pete

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I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is
anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully].

You're probably thinking of Windows 7 Starter edition for Netbooks...

I possibly am - thank you.

 

[SC Tom]

I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is
anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully].

My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away
with Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet
and I refuse to go to those stupid fake newsgroups on different websites.
Also, it isn't as "pretty" as Vista--I know small potatoes in the greater
plan--but now the task bar is just a flat transparent ribbon instead of
the rounded one in Vista.

I downloaded and installed Windows Live Mail for mail and newsgroups.
It works fine.

Grenou

I agree. The interface is very similar to OE, so the learning curve was nil.
Plus I was able to export my address book/contacts from Vista's Windows Mail
and import it into Live, along with my message and news group rules that
take care of a lot of the spam my ISP doesn't catch.

All in all, I like Win7. I upgraded my Vista notebook to Win7 Home Premium
32-bit, and definitely will NOT be going back. I find it faster and less
"heavy" feeling than Vista is. Not sure if I'll go to Win7 on my XP desktop
yet. Seems like a lot of work no matter which method is used, and I like XP
anyhow.

SC Tom

 

[milt]

I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is
anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully].

My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away
with Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet
and I refuse to go to those stupid fake newsgroups on different
websites. Also, it isn't as "pretty" as Vista--I know small potatoes in
the greater plan--but now the task bar is just a flat transparent ribbon
instead of the rounded one in Vista.

Thunderbird works great with both newsgroups and e-mail. you should give
it a spin. getthunderbird.com

 

[Geordie]

I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is
anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully].

My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away with
Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet and I
refuse to go to those stupid fake newsgroups on different websites. Also, it
isn't as "pretty" as Vista--I know small potatoes in the greater plan--but
now the task bar is just a flat transparent ribbon instead of the rounded
one in Vista.

If you want free, then try one of the following:

Xnews, Xananews, Mesnews, 40Tude Dialog, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Claws
Mail.

 

[Gordon]

My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away
with Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet

There's DOZENS of them.
Thunderbird
Windows Live Mail
Pan
XNews
Agent
40tude.

To name just a few.

 

[Bullwinkle's news]

I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is
anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully].

My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away
with Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet
and I refuse to go to those stupid fake newsgroups on different websites.
Also, it isn't as "pretty" as Vista--I know small potatoes in the greater
plan--but now the task bar is just a flat transparent ribbon instead of
the rounded one in Vista.

There is a newsreader built right into Windows Live Mail.

Click on "Go" and it tells you right on it that you can go to Newsgroups.

You still have to set it up depening on the newsgroup isp you are focussing
on.

Set it up the same way you set them up on your previous OS mail client.

Regards,

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Annie.

If you liked OE and WM, you should love WLM - Windows Live Mail. It is NOT
the same as Windows Mail, just as Outlook Express is not the same as
Outlook. It's not bundled in Win7, but it's free to download.

To get WLM - plus as many of the other Live Essentials as you want
(Messenger, Movie Maker, Photo Gallery, etc.), just go to:
http://download.live.com

They're all free for the downloading. ;<)

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is
anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully].

My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away
with Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet
and I refuse to go to those stupid fake newsgroups on different websites.
Also, it isn't as "pretty" as Vista--I know small potatoes in the greater
plan--but now the task bar is just a flat transparent ribbon instead of
the rounded one in Vista.

 

[Annie Woughman]

I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is
anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully].

My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away
with Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet
and I refuse to go to those stupid fake newsgroups on different websites.
Also, it isn't as "pretty" as Vista--I know small potatoes in the greater
plan--but now the task bar is just a flat transparent ribbon instead of
the rounded one in Vista.

I downloaded and installed Windows Live Mail for mail and newsgroups.
It works fine.

Grenou

Thanks for the heads up. I am now posting from Windows Live Mail

 

[Robert Miles]

I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is
anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully].

My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away
with Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet
and I refuse to go to those stupid fake newsgroups on different websites.
Also, it isn't as "pretty" as Vista--I know small potatoes in the greater
plan--but now the task bar is just a flat transparent ribbon instead of
the rounded one in Vista.

There is a newsreader built right into Windows Live Mail.

Click on "Go" and it tells you right on it that you can go to Newsgroups.

You still have to set it up depening on the newsgroup isp you are
focussing on.

Set it up the same way you set them up on your previous OS mail client.

Regards,

Is it any good at catching news spam that Windows Mail will not catch? For
example, is it possible to set up a rule to tell it to delete any news posts
that even mention a web page at a web site that I frequently see mentioned
in spam , but never in on-topic posts?

Robert

 

[Leviatan]

A Annie Woughman se le ha ocurrido que:

My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away with
Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet and I
refuse to go to those stupid fake newsgroups on different websites. Also, it
isn't as "pretty" as Vista--I know small potatoes in the greater plan--but
now the task bar is just a flat transparent ribbon instead of the rounded one
in Vista.

Try MesNews.

 

[Trev]

I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is
anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully].

My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away
with Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet
and I refuse to go to those stupid fake newsgroups on different
websites. Also, it isn't as "pretty" as Vista--I know small potatoes in
the greater plan--but now the task bar is just a flat transparent ribbon
instead of the rounded one in Vista.

There is a newsreader built right into Windows Live Mail.

Click on "Go" and it tells you right on it that you can go to Newsgroups.

You still have to set it up depening on the newsgroup isp you are
focussing on.

Set it up the same way you set them up on your previous OS mail client.

Regards,

Is it any good at catching news spam that Windows Mail will not catch?
For example, is it possible to set up a rule to tell it to delete any news
posts that even mention a web page at a web site that I frequently see
mentioned in spam , but never in on-topic posts?

Robert

The "Rules" are the same as OE and WM.

Some security will be better as they (MS) Can update with out the user
having to get update fixes

 

[Leythos]

I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is anyone
running anything bigger on it [successfully].

Works fine on all of our laptops and on our Dual CPU system.

 

[Fritz Deneken]

I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is
anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully].

I'm afraid I have to say that Win7 is not much better than Vista.
Personally i think that XP Pro is the last decent OS Microsoft
has released.
Fritz Deneken