Mon
Feb 16 2009
11:14 pm
By: macmurchadh
Anyone out there testing it? Just installed it on a Gateway laptop. Easiest Windows install ever. I do not like Vista, so far I like this. Program menu stays neatly in the start menu, no fly out, just a little scroll. If you love sticky notes you can put them all over your desktop. The task bar is more like a mac with large preview icons. Beta is over in August 1. Released?
We'll see...
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Mac - I'm glad to have the feedback...
About ANYTHING has to be an improvement over Vista. I do a lot of IT work where I am. We have a fairly large enterprise, and the bosses will not let any of the machines we're responsible for have Vista. Many have characterised as Windoes ME v.2.0. THAT paints a picture!
I appreciate anything you can feed us about your experience with Win 7. Are there different versions of it like there are Win XP, Win XP Pro, etc?
Thanks!
RB
We're looking at Ubuntu or Debian here
These are Linux-based bundles of operating system (Linux) and applications. There is no Microsoft "tax"--it is free--and with an add-on you can still run the Windows apps you already own. I saw a recent video of some jokers taking a Linux laptop around a city and telling onlookers it was the newest version of Windows. Folks in the crowd kept saying things like "That's much easier (better, faster)!" They were very impressed. :)
This website and many others (including all of mine these days) are run on Linux.
Just think how much money Roane County (and Tennessee) would save if we went GNU/Open Source!
-- OneTahiti
Thanks for the comments.
I will be glad to pass along anything new good or bad as I test win7. Something that was interesting; I like light weight virus protection. McAfee and Norton are just too intrusive for my liking. I used the built in link in win7 to find anti-virus. They had three links: one for AVG, Kaspersky (good but not free) and Norton. I clicked the AVG which took to to their regular page. Couldn't find a link anywhere for free home version. Went to one of my favorite sites cnet.com and got it there. Runs fine on win7. The answer on versions is yes, I believe so. The test version I am running is called Ultimate.
I also am a Linux fan, and especially Ubuntu. I am running Ibex on a machine right now. I think some distributions are finally ready for the general public and Ubuntu is one of them. The Wine emulator works for some stuff but not others. When one flavor gets popular enough that developers start writing major Windows apps for Linux, look out.
I also build and host sites on Linux/Apache.
The opportunity for Linux in Eee notebooks. Windows has nothing for them, and I think sales are going to pass all other notebooks eventually.
macmurchadh
Macmurchadh,
It's nice to "meet" you! :)
-- OneTahiti
open source
I am all for government going open source. The feds just signed an agreement last month to go in that direction. Not only will it save a ton of money, but will create hundreds or maybe thousands more jobs for Linux / Unix experts.
A side benefit is that it also more secure, until the hackers go after these systems. Right now MS is just to big and easy a target.
I'd also like to give a plug to OpenDNS. It is free and if you are not using it you probably should be. It is easy as pie to set up. Just visit their site. There is a lot of buzz about dns and the vulnerabilities of some servers out there.
OpenDNS
Mac,
I agree about OpenDNS. We have a link to it in the recently added Computer Safety section of the Links page at WestRoane.com. :)
-- OneTahiti
Nice to meet you also...
Thanks for the link. Nice site with a lot of good info, saved it to my delicious account. Love and appreciate our firefighters.
Aw..
Gee...I feel like a little old lady matchmaker..tee hee...
Good to have you guys out there figuring all this stuff out for us semi-literates. You are needed and appreciated.