Well, after years of dealing with the absolute backwater OS that is Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (say that 20 times fast) I went ahead and installed Windows 7 on my PC. The last straw was trying to update my iPhone on XP x64 only to have it not recognize the phone in recovery mode and needing to hook it up to another computer to fix it\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 TWICE!!<\/p>\n
Overall I can honestly say, well.. I am impressed. I have been trying to if not move over to, at least get a hold of a Mac for a little while now, mostly because I am sick of fighting with my operating system. Running XP x64 is like trying to love your chronically disobedient child. It never does what you want it to, usually loses things and often breaks things, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s such a major part of your life that you just put up with it and work with it to the best of your ability.<\/p>\n
So why am I impressed? Well, right off the bat this is the first MS OS I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve installed (going back to DOS 6.22) that I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t had a crippled OS right from the get go. Drivers, check (aside from my scanner which I had to download the Vista x64 drivers from Epson). Ability to play videos (including Divx\/Xvid\/MPEG4)? Check. Scanner app (after it was installed)? Check. Heck, even my AAC files from itunes are supported.<\/p>\n
Overall there are some things I really love about it. Aero Peek<\/a> is already a mandatory feature. Basically give a quick full sized peek to an open window without having to bring it to the front or minimize all other windows. The new \u00e2\u20ac\u0153quick launch\u00e2\u20ac\u009d bar<\/a> (which it really isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t) is the first ever quick launch bar in windows that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever used, or even cared to try. The new system tray is very much clutter free and easy on the eyes by default. UAC and application access to the firewall seems much more sane. And I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new or not, but the theme setup is vastly improved over XP at least.<\/p>\n Heck, even this post is easy to make thanks to Windows Live Writer<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I mean it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not Windows 7 specific, but not needing to log into the web site and to just instead type this out like Word is very convenient.<\/p>\n
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