I was one of the early adopters of Vista & also one of the early Quitters of Vista. Vista was building much hype but in the end it was not able to sustain that hype & eventually became a disaster. After learning from mistakes in Vista Microsoft again releases another OS named Windows 7.
Windows 7 is the new buzz around.
So after falling for the same buzz I finally downloaded the Windows 7 Ultimate (Build 7100) from Microsoft site (I don't trust Torrents for downloading such softwares). After 10 hours complete 2.36 GB of Windows 7 was in my hand.
In hurry I burned the iso file to a DVD & started to install it.
My system already had Windows XP SP3 fully updated installed. The first thing I noted about Windows 7 is the ease of installing. Just pop in the DVD select to upgrade or complete new install, select the drive in which you want to install, & Sit back. It was very fast & simple. No unnecessary clicks or bugging graphics. I was shocked to see the overall install time of less than 30 minutes. So for initial setup I will give Windows 7 a rating of 8.5 out of 10.
After installing I started it the new boot screen is good but I liked the simple boot screen in of Vista here. Windows 7 is bit to much animated rather the Vista's boot screen was very simple. This is my personal choice you might like the graphic screen. Therefore I am giving it 3 out of 10.
As soon as log on screen I was shocked that Windows XP was not detected & no choice of multi booting appeared. Curse Microsoft they are trying to kill XP. This might be because when Vista was release many users multi booted with XP & in comparison found XP more stable, fast & reliable than Vista so they later removed Vista. This time Microsoft has finally made a move that Windows & doesn't allow Windows XP to run side by side with Windows 7. Later I tried to tweak the system to make it boot XP but all efforts go waste. Even softwares like EasyBCD & Vista Boot PRO were helpless in solving my problem. Here I am giving it 1 out 10(A well deserved score for such a bad move).
Logon screen is much same as like Vista. The desktop is also more or less same with a bit of tweaking in taskbar rest remains same. The taskbar is looking good. Rest options are same I didn't find anything different than Vista. Same Aero interface with a little improved Windows Explorer. The Internet Explorer 8 is came bundled which I think has been tuned a bit to improve its starting time. Windows Media Player 12 also came with it. WMP12 is also the same copy of WMP11. With a bit of cosmetic changes that is the default white background instead of the black background of WMP11. I personally liked the black colour of WMP11. Setting up an internet connection is ease of use. I have Dlink 802C router. After I installed the drivers the internet began to work flawlessly. The User Account Control also is little to stop it from bugging every time I open or close a window. The overall speed of the OS was better than Vista. But still the CPU usage was 20% even though it was a new install with no programs installed. Then I saw the Windows experience index which gave my PC a rating of 2 while vista was giving a rating of 4. I installed a couple of games like F.E.A.R, Unreal Tournament, Bioshock, Crysis, Need For Speed, Universe of War, Gears of War & Sims. But many games like Crysis, Bioshock, F.E.A.R. refused to work, Unreal Tournament, NFS, UOW sometimes crashed. However GOW & Sims worked flawlessly. Strange all games worked even under Vista. here I rate it 5 out of 10.
Now some Pros & Cons of Windows 7.
Pros:-
* Improved ease of use.
* More Responsive UI.
* Math Input application through which one can easily insert complex mathematical expressions in a word processor.
* Improve Paint & Calculator applications.
* Less bugging UAC.
* Less resource hungry than Vista
* Installing is very easy & fast..
* Minimizing all open windows when shaking a window.
Cons:-
*XP not supported.
*Not not as widely supported as XP.
*Only minor changes in UI.
*The Ctrl + Alt + Delete shortcut has been replaced just like in Vista.
* UAC exists which is useless piece of software.
* Windows Defender should also be removed or improved so that it consumes less resources.
* Still high on resources than XP
Verdict:-
Well as for final thoughts I have shifted back to good old XP for good. Windows 7 is definitely better than Vista in almost all aspects. But still it can be called just another Vista in new packing with bells & whistles. I would have loved it if it would have been provided as a Service Pack to Vista also one big issue is that I need XP to do my everyday work. And something that wont support I wont shift to it. Therefore Its XP all way for me. Microsoft should learn that we need a completely new OS which has the stability of & support of XP & interface of Windows 7. I think after the market failure of Vista Microsoft have gone desperate to release another OS as a result Windows 7 with nothing new emerges. Which I doubt will be a market success. Hey if anyone from Microsoft is listening Please don't release like Windows 7 that is old wine in a new bottle.
A wish list of features Windows 8 should have:-
* Do away with Registries. Registries clutter in the system making it exceptionally slow in due course of time.
* A 3D cube for desktop should be integrated instead of an add on.
* WinFlip is not useful in case of a large number of Windows are open.
* Windows is a OS it should come as OS only & not try to add softwares that are not useful for some users.
* UAC is just a piece of irritating which should be removed completely.
* Add support to atleast some major distributions of Linux.
* While installing a software instead of copying its files to many folders only the software should be copy pasted to a particular folder should get it installed & deleting it should make uninstall. Like in MAC OS.
* Windows Search is better in Windows & than Vista but it is still slower than Google Desktop Search & Spotlight.
* Shortcuts to files & programs should be sticky like in Mac OS so that when file is moved from original position it doesn't get useless.
* Windows Firewall should get improved like Zone Alarm.
* It should not use resources when computer is idle like Linux which will improve the software & games performance.
* Internet Explorer should be improved although IE8 is good but still it doesn't render many websites properly.
As for final average rating of Windows 7 is 4.
And ratings like Windows 7 gives to a PC is 1 out 10(In this method just select the least rating given rating which is 1).
As for upgrade advice I would say one should only shift to Windows if he desperately needs to upgrade else use XP its still the most widely used & supported OS in the world.
Windows 7 is the new buzz around.
So after falling for the same buzz I finally downloaded the Windows 7 Ultimate (Build 7100) from Microsoft site (I don't trust Torrents for downloading such softwares). After 10 hours complete 2.36 GB of Windows 7 was in my hand.
In hurry I burned the iso file to a DVD & started to install it.
My system already had Windows XP SP3 fully updated installed. The first thing I noted about Windows 7 is the ease of installing. Just pop in the DVD select to upgrade or complete new install, select the drive in which you want to install, & Sit back. It was very fast & simple. No unnecessary clicks or bugging graphics. I was shocked to see the overall install time of less than 30 minutes. So for initial setup I will give Windows 7 a rating of 8.5 out of 10.
After installing I started it the new boot screen is good but I liked the simple boot screen in of Vista here. Windows 7 is bit to much animated rather the Vista's boot screen was very simple. This is my personal choice you might like the graphic screen. Therefore I am giving it 3 out of 10.
As soon as log on screen I was shocked that Windows XP was not detected & no choice of multi booting appeared. Curse Microsoft they are trying to kill XP. This might be because when Vista was release many users multi booted with XP & in comparison found XP more stable, fast & reliable than Vista so they later removed Vista. This time Microsoft has finally made a move that Windows & doesn't allow Windows XP to run side by side with Windows 7. Later I tried to tweak the system to make it boot XP but all efforts go waste. Even softwares like EasyBCD & Vista Boot PRO were helpless in solving my problem. Here I am giving it 1 out 10(A well deserved score for such a bad move).
Logon screen is much same as like Vista. The desktop is also more or less same with a bit of tweaking in taskbar rest remains same. The taskbar is looking good. Rest options are same I didn't find anything different than Vista. Same Aero interface with a little improved Windows Explorer. The Internet Explorer 8 is came bundled which I think has been tuned a bit to improve its starting time. Windows Media Player 12 also came with it. WMP12 is also the same copy of WMP11. With a bit of cosmetic changes that is the default white background instead of the black background of WMP11. I personally liked the black colour of WMP11. Setting up an internet connection is ease of use. I have Dlink 802C router. After I installed the drivers the internet began to work flawlessly. The User Account Control also is little to stop it from bugging every time I open or close a window. The overall speed of the OS was better than Vista. But still the CPU usage was 20% even though it was a new install with no programs installed. Then I saw the Windows experience index which gave my PC a rating of 2 while vista was giving a rating of 4. I installed a couple of games like F.E.A.R, Unreal Tournament, Bioshock, Crysis, Need For Speed, Universe of War, Gears of War & Sims. But many games like Crysis, Bioshock, F.E.A.R. refused to work, Unreal Tournament, NFS, UOW sometimes crashed. However GOW & Sims worked flawlessly. Strange all games worked even under Vista. here I rate it 5 out of 10.
Now some Pros & Cons of Windows 7.
Pros:-
* Improved ease of use.
* More Responsive UI.
* Math Input application through which one can easily insert complex mathematical expressions in a word processor.
* Improve Paint & Calculator applications.
* Less bugging UAC.
* Less resource hungry than Vista
* Installing is very easy & fast..
* Minimizing all open windows when shaking a window.
Cons:-
*XP not supported.
*Not not as widely supported as XP.
*Only minor changes in UI.
*The Ctrl + Alt + Delete shortcut has been replaced just like in Vista.
* UAC exists which is useless piece of software.
* Windows Defender should also be removed or improved so that it consumes less resources.
* Still high on resources than XP
Verdict:-
Well as for final thoughts I have shifted back to good old XP for good. Windows 7 is definitely better than Vista in almost all aspects. But still it can be called just another Vista in new packing with bells & whistles. I would have loved it if it would have been provided as a Service Pack to Vista also one big issue is that I need XP to do my everyday work. And something that wont support I wont shift to it. Therefore Its XP all way for me. Microsoft should learn that we need a completely new OS which has the stability of & support of XP & interface of Windows 7. I think after the market failure of Vista Microsoft have gone desperate to release another OS as a result Windows 7 with nothing new emerges. Which I doubt will be a market success. Hey if anyone from Microsoft is listening Please don't release like Windows 7 that is old wine in a new bottle.
A wish list of features Windows 8 should have:-
* Do away with Registries. Registries clutter in the system making it exceptionally slow in due course of time.
* A 3D cube for desktop should be integrated instead of an add on.
* WinFlip is not useful in case of a large number of Windows are open.
* Windows is a OS it should come as OS only & not try to add softwares that are not useful for some users.
* UAC is just a piece of irritating which should be removed completely.
* Add support to atleast some major distributions of Linux.
* While installing a software instead of copying its files to many folders only the software should be copy pasted to a particular folder should get it installed & deleting it should make uninstall. Like in MAC OS.
* Windows Search is better in Windows & than Vista but it is still slower than Google Desktop Search & Spotlight.
* Shortcuts to files & programs should be sticky like in Mac OS so that when file is moved from original position it doesn't get useless.
* Windows Firewall should get improved like Zone Alarm.
* It should not use resources when computer is idle like Linux which will improve the software & games performance.
* Internet Explorer should be improved although IE8 is good but still it doesn't render many websites properly.
As for final average rating of Windows 7 is 4.
And ratings like Windows 7 gives to a PC is 1 out 10(In this method just select the least rating given rating which is 1).
As for upgrade advice I would say one should only shift to Windows if he desperately needs to upgrade else use XP its still the most widely used & supported OS in the world.
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