This weekend I have finally been able to install the Windows 7 release candidate on my computer. I'd actually downloaded it yesterday, but my paltry 700 MB CDs aren't big enough for the ISO, so I had to go to Office Depot today and pick up some 4.7 GB DVDs. In place upgrade from Vista worked fine, though I've been spoiled by quick and easy Ubuntu installations, and had to wait several hours for it to finish. Here's the new desktop:
(It has letterboxing because I have two displays, one of which is smaller than the other)
Windows 7 is excellent. Many nice UI tweaks, particularly in the taskbar.
Additionally, I have a new sticker for my PC case:
Crappy cell phone picture.
Bing. The sticker is for sheer awesome, but I'm undecided on the service. I'm still using Google, though I like Bing's cash back, which I'll definitely be using. Oh, that's Zune software. Points for recognizing albums.
Microsoft!
Comments
klee, It's a beta
I was running the last RC for a while, and really liked it - seems like they may have actually come up with a winner. @uas-2001 - I reckon it's WAY better than Vista - imho 2K and XP were the last decent OS's to come out Micro$oft, but this new release looks very promising.
uas-2001 - that's a valid assumption, but personally I still think the "jump" you refer to between XP and Vista was more of a leap backwards (what with processing/requirement costs), and Vienna/Windows7 seems to be a return to a progressive, forward direction in development, albeit perhaps merely a polished version of XP. Have you tried it?
kcwsk8