Positive and negtive sides of win7

[mistu4u]

Win7 is not new now and lots of people are using it now.
Now its the time for us to discuss the + and -'s of WIN7.Hope lots of people will find it interesting.
So please voice your review here about WIN7.

 

[mistu4u]

Let me be the first to voice
negative : It is slow very much and all softwares are not supported still(specially games....Though its 3rd party issue).
positive : most interesting is its searching capability...lots of modification in presentation and customarozation......

 

[Fire cat]

Let me be the first to voice
negative : It is slow very much and all softwares are not supported still(specially games....Though its 3rd party issue).
positive : most interesting is its searching capability...lots of modification in presentation and customarozation......

The speed problem has to do with the computer (Most of the time at least.). It depends on how much ram or what processor you have and what apps you use. I have a very fast Windows 7.

I have to agree on the customizability. Windows 7 beats all other OSs in that category.

I also like the simplicity of Windows 7. Vista is way too complicated, compared to 7.

 

[Nibiru2012]

I have put Windows 7 on older systems (read over 5 years old) and they run faster than they did with XP.

I think it deals with loading the proper drivers and in the correct order.

A lot of people have had slowdown issues if they do an "upgrade" install versus doing a clean or "custom" install.

 

[catilley1092]

I've found Windows 7 to be faster than any Windows OS that I've ever had. Even installed it on a Latitude C640, and it ran better than Win 2K (it's stock OS). Although I did have to visit Driver Max for some updated drivers, and didn't have Aero, it looked and ran decently on a 7 year old notebook. Having the latest possible drivers for your system helps a lot.

 

[mistu4u]

I want you guys discuss of every +s and -s of WIN7 what you feel in your own ,not only speed...Only then it will become a genuine discussion....what every body wants..........

 

[Veedaz]

+s - Windows 7 leaves XP / Vista way behind in all respects

-s - Windows 7 upgrade (installing over say Vista) is naff and %99 of the time will cause problems (clean install is the best way to install Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit).

 

[TrainableMan]

My biggest negative with Win 7 wasn't with Microsoft, it was with Logitech not writing Vista/7 Drivers for my old trackball. Luckily Microsoft did support my tracball with generic drivers; there was just no way provided to set the center mouse button to do what I wanted. A couple weeks ago a new member here found a little mem resident program that made my center mouse function like I needed. So ...

W7 negatives? what negatives? It's great!

BTW, since you're new here, when the Brits say Naff it means "buggy" / "glitchy" / problematic

 

[draceena]

The only negatives I've found for Windows 7 is in really old programs and games. And even then, you only need to grab Virtual Box and a copy of XP and your up and running.

 

[Veedaz]

BTW, since you're new here, when the Brits say Naff it means "buggy" / "glitchy" / problematic

Or it could be a bit Heath Robinson

 

[TrainableMan]

This may be a "Heath Robinson" website:
http://producten.hema.nl/

or this one:
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs13/f/2007/077/2/e/Animator_vs__Animation_by_alanbecker.swf

 

[Veedaz]

:lol: :congrats:

 

[catilley1092]

draceena summed it up perfectly, it an app won't run in 7 that you used to run on XP or 2K, or even 98, Virtual Box will do the trick. All that you need is your XP, 2K or 98 disc, and you're rolling. However, I don't recommend going back as far as 98 for anything. Going back 12 years is too far for me.

 

[TrainableMan]

Here is my version of this same basic thread as yours. At the time I had had W7 for about a month and as I mentioned I was having an issue with Logitech not supporting their old hardware, my beloved trackball.
https://www.w7forums.com/advantages-does-7-offer-over-xp-t5845.html

It's now been another 7 weeks and my mouse is working (no thanks to Logitech). I still haven't installed a lot of my DOS games, though I did install Jazz Jackrabbit, Wacky Wheels, and Hocus Pocus under D-Fend / DOSBox on my 11yr old nephews laptop. Since you mentioned Duke3D today I tried to run that with no success so I will probably try the 32bit ported version (which should also run fine in my 64bit).

So just as they told me in my post, I will tell you to give it some time.

I will also tell you, you probably won't get what you were expecting from this thread, just as I didn't in mine. Mostly I think it is because once the person has their hardware working and can run the software they need then they move on to tweaking W7 how they want. They customize the icons, they like the Aero or they turn it off, they get used to the non-Windows95 Start Menu (or a few use the workarounds to make it look like "classic start"). They start using it and making it look how they want and it becomes home. And to be happy in your home you don't go around constantly thinking about what's wrong with it; you're quite content with a cold beverage in front of the big screen TV. If you even consider the problems, it's only when you use your nagging wife's "Honey Do" list as a coaster for your drink.

{/me steps off my soapbox and puts back on my rose-colored glasses, sits back down in front of my flat screen and takes a sip from my "half-full" glass}