Windows 7: Changes listed since beta for the RC

Dodge777 said:
Thanks for the article.

There's obviously some good enhancements in Windows 7, but I still feel that the common user is not seeing radical differences from the functionality portrayed in Vista. I'm sure I'm opening myself to criticism here, but I don't mean to offend anyone. I'd happily accept anyone trying to convince me otherwise!

I'm clearly a cynic, but my feeling is that Vista has failed to capture the market as Microsoft had hoped, hence the need to market a new OS more quickly that what has been the case in the last decade.
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i know what you mean mate, it looks and feels like vista, but you can also feel it's better or will be better, i think if they had moved away from the look and style of vista it would have been an admission of guilt that vista was kak, so MS would not do that now :D
 
theheyes said:
The thing that does my head are the people who a. bash Vista something rotten and b. think Windows 7 is the best thing since sliced bread. You don't see it so much on here but on other sites its rampant.

These guys have been using XP and have decided to try out the Windows 7 beta and discovered it's actually quite good, "oh it's so stable", "it's so fast" etc. Well, newsflash guys, some of us have been enjoying this with Vista SP1 for ages.

The reality is Windows 7 is standing on the shoulders of Vista, and unfortunately it looks like Vista is going to be unfairly consigned to history as another Windows ME.
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agreeded...

since i sp1 vista it has been rock solid, no spyware no virus's the crashes have been few and far between. been rock solid for a good 12 months on a overclocked toasty shuttle system... not xp was not like that for me
 
i do like windows7 and will buy it, but being on vista sp1 i see no real rush, so i will sit back and wait for a bit as i hope to buy a new pc in Jan/feb 2010 anyhow and will time it with that.
 
yantorsen said:
Hmmm, although it probably is fine for some people, I'd be extremely annoyed if I found out it wouldn't work with certain games/software/drivers yet.
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na that is fair point, like i said i used it on my laptop, but i would not run a beta on my main rig as it is stable as anything setup the way i like it.
 
na it won't be much of a diffirence, i think people that go from xp to windows7 will have the same issues that people going from xp to vista will have
 
bledd. said:
My user experience between the os's

XP-> Vista
-Great folder browsing in explorer
-First time I've actually used the inbuilt 'music', 'pictures' folders, due to the new locations and customisability of them
-Nice to have the preview window when hovering over a taskbar item

Vista->7
-Libraries are a great long needed addition to Windows
-UAC barely noticable, and tweakable
-Awesome keyboard shortcuts
-Easier to work with by tiling windows quickly to the left/right side of screen
-Can now view previews in full screen for each window type.
--ie, if you have 5 explorer windows open, clicking on the single explorer group will give you the option of 5 previews to choose from


Productivity is improved from XP>Vista and more so ni Vista>7

Anyone shunning 7 clearly hasn't used it as their main OS to actually 'do' things on the machine.


After using Vista, I would still go back to XP without missing too many features.
After using 7 however, I've not even booted my XP64 partition once (or the Vista one)

I'll be buying 7 on release
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so what is the main diffirence between Libraries and folders? am i correct in saying the Libraries located files from various folders? ie if you have music spread over 2 drives?
 
mrk said:
The RC has been leaked (also build 7022 in 64bit is out).

The RC build is 7048 and is not bootable so you'll have to run the setup locally and let it configure the install process - not a problem for most who have build 7000 or above installed already I suppose :p
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so if i wanted to get that i would run the beta for install and then run the new setup?
 
YOU CAN UNINSTALL IE IN WINDOWS 7 WOO!

Along with various other changes that are to be reflected in Windows 7 RC, here is a big change that is not in the list. From Windows 7 build 7048, Internet Explorer(IE) is an optional Windows feature and can be installed/uninstalled from Windows 7. This will be a welcoming (and surprising) news, especially to European Union and Opera who have accused Microsoft for not giving consumers a genuine choice of Web browsers.

If IE is upgraded to version 8 in Vista (from version 7), users do get an option to uninstall IE 8, but not IE 7. IE 7 remains as integral component of Windows Vista which cannot be removed.

To uninstall Internet Explorer from Windows 7:

* Go to Control Panel
* Open Programs
* Click Turn Windows features on or off
* Deselect Internet Explorer 8
 
mr_x_plosion said:
I haven't had a play with 7 yet.

Think I will be installing the RC as my main OS when it is released though. I love Vista 64, any improvement at all would amaze me.
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do what i did mate and pick up a cheap 2nd drive and do a install on that, i did not really wanna have it on my fully working trouble free system. had it on my laptop for a while too but needed that back on vista for work use.
 
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