Why do I use Windows 7 on my Laptop and not Linux/other OS
I recently bought a new laptop, HP dv7-2180us, Core2Quad, with 6GB RAM and an ATI Radeon with a GB dedicated. It had Windows Vista preinstalled on it and before I bought it, I ensured that I had a Windows 7 upgrade available (postponed my purchase for 3 days). I have used other operating systems, including OSX, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and CentOS. The moment I came home and unpacked my new beast, I took out the DVD with the Windows 7 RC and upgraded my laptop.
I knew that I will have to do a fresh install when Windows 7 will finally be available, as upgrade from Windows 7 RC to Windows 7 Release is not allowed (yet). I knew that my license allowed me an upgrade to Windows 7 Home, which meant that I will have to do away with my installation that I was about to perform on the system as RC was available only in Windows 7 Ultimate. I knew that the Windows 7 RC will stop working after sometime, the bi-hourly shutdown to begin on March 1, 2010.
Even after all this, I chose to install Windows 7 RC on my laptop.
Windows means a ‘life without walls’. After using all the operating systems that I could put my hands on, I can say that I love Windows. I have used Windows Mobile on my HTC Touch Diamond, and when I changed it to Nokia E71, I missed the convenience of doing things the way they were meant to be done. Cut, Copy and Paste were so much easier on Windows Mobile, am glad IPhone users are also able to experience it now!!
Windows 7 seems to have been designed for the latest machines. Adding my Canon Printer or the E71 or HTC Phone was not even a task. I connected them and the Device Manager automatically installed the required Drivers, else told me what was required. Before installing the Windows 7 RC, I forgot to make a driver-disk, which would have all the drivers of this new laptop. I was amazed to see that everything installed perfectly and there were no conflicts whatsoever!
Windows 7 makes the online life easier. With Windows Live Essentials and the Internet Explorer 8, there is not much that I would require for working on the Internet. I have an instant messenger, blog writing application, email client, movie editor, networking utility, safety and security software, Fax and Scanner software and everything that I will require in a Home PC!
I didn’t have to do anything except give a couple of details and press next. It was smooth and it works perfect. I am not in a habit of shutting down the laptop anymore because the wake-up time from Sleep is about 2 seconds, and it doesn’t consume any battery on Sleep. I can move between my work and home wireless without worrying about establishing connections and the networking with a wired connection is also painless. The Action Center keeps on telling me about the problems ‘and’ the solutions, which taught me to create a Backup of my important files.
I don’t know if I have any reasons to move to any other Operating System. I have Windows 7 and I am very happy!
August 25th, 2009 at 11:19 am
I am right there with you. I’ve been running Win7 on my ThinkPad X60 since the 4th of July weekend and I won’t go back. I even installed a copy of RC on my 13YO son’s desktop PC so that he can experience the next generation of Windows as well.
My installation experience can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/kn9h8u
–Jim
August 25th, 2009 at 11:25 am
I agree Win 7 is by far the best windows yet. However I myself am considered a nerd and by definition I am never happy with just one OS I love Linux Specificaly Fedora and Ubuntu but Windows is also one of my favorites (since windows 7) when vista hit however I lost alot of interest in Windows not due to the problems people mention but mainly because my computer was no longer powerful enough to run it smoothly.
Windows 7 however runs on that same machine 5 times faster then XP did and to me that is a huge plus. Microsoft is heading toward the right direction finaly their close work with Intel and AMD shows on the increased perfomance seen in Windows 7
Will I stop Linux all together?
No I love Linux. Instead I will used them both equaly in a tri-boot environment.
August 25th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
I completely agree with both of you. The experience of installing Windows 7 is far better than installing any other OS so far.
I appreciate Linux as well. I loved it for a few things like the multi-desktop (one of the things I used to differentiate between Office and Home). I didn’t like the way I had to install software and find things. I guess it lacked the professional touch, not in developing the OS but in making it easy for user to understand. I still use Linux in virtual environments but it is mostly for test purpose.
When I buy a laptop for my mother, I will prefer it to have Windows 7 than Ubuntu.
January 25th, 2010 at 5:46 am
Firstly let me congratulate you on the gr8 blog content and design… really didnt know you were a serious blogger…
I also am in unison with you three… the OS is great, performs well and is fantastic overall.
However there are a couple of things that bother me::
a) The net speed is not on full throttle, windows 7 somehow manages to take away some part of it… dunno how yet…
b) Being a crazy guy, I purposely plugged in my old Dlink Wifi USB Adapter… It detected it on its own with the oldest driver version and started working. Later it showed me that there was a driver update available and after upgrade the stick stopped working. I roll back and it starts again…
My conclusion:: whatever the upgrades, the gr8 look and feel, the efficiency … remember its windows at the end of the day, certain things will go crazy and there will be no explanation for them.
If you guys have a solution to my net speed issue please let me know…
April 18th, 2010 at 7:21 pm
Great blog, keeping me from reading… just joke
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