The new windows operating system, Windows 7 came out
Thursday. I hadn't planned on buying it yet but I was having
trouble with my laptop and figured that upgrading might
solve my problem. Fortunately it did and my laptop is
working fine now. I've only been using Windows 7 for a day
but I can share with you my thoughts so far.
Installation
is simple but time consuming. I upgraded from Windows Vista
which possibly took longer because it had to convert all of
my old files. What isn't mentioned up front about the
upgrade is that if you are upgrading from XP you are doing a
full system install. This means that you will have to
reinstall all of your old programs so hopefully you have all
of your disks.
Installation from Vista took over 2 hours
but was relatively simple. I had to enter some information
for the first ten minutes and then was able to leave the
computer to itself. If you're using XP the actual
installation will likely be quicker but reinstalling all of
your old programs may take considerable time depending on
how many programs you had installed.
Windows 7 is attractive and runs fast. It uses less system
resources than Windows Vista so your computer itself should
run better. There isn't a big difference between Vista and
Windows 7, so I'm not sure if it's worth the the money but I
didn't have a problem with Vista to begin with. From
everything that I have read though, Windows 7 eliminates the
annoyances that have prevented Windows XP users from
switching to Vista, namely program compatibility and an
annoyance problem with constantly asking for permission to
do stuff.
If you're still running XP, Windows 7 is a big
upgrade and I believe that you'll be very pleased with the
new look and function of the programs. It will take
some time adjusting to new things but is worth it in the
end.
