We have had a few topics on windows 7 where people have aired some of thier views but i thought it would be good to have a proper thread dedicated to this.
Before i start this list below is just my opinion based on my experience with limited hardware configs.
Using the 64bit version i have found
The Good
- Move tasks around (at last )
- Seems to use less memory (not sure how true it is as if you go to resource manager it shows it still has a lot on standby but only shows what its using at time in task manager)
- Does use less memory for multiple open windows
- Jump lists (i really like them especially just using the drag up way instead of right click)
- Open new windows with middle click (not easy to know but once you find out its useful)
- task buttons show progress
- Resource monitor ha good info
- show desktop by hovering
- window management (i like the drag to side thing whatever its called)
- monitor setup (nice gui thing to set gamma and brightness)
- Appearance menu seems better
- Libaries is good idea (and intergrated better than vistas search folders that do the same job)
The Bad
Other points
- Taskbar grouped by default (i like to have many windows open of same program i cant wait while i hover over to click on them, alt and tab takes too long to find what i want when there are lots of simular windows open, Lucky ungrouped also gives me names back)
- No windows media player toolbar (sorry hover over thing just doesn't cut it)
- When small icons turned on the taskbar buttons have too wide a box around them
- For me the startup takes longer than vista
Startup is much quicker when set to use 2 cpu and to have no gui.
This is all i can think of at the moment but it's an alrite list to get us started
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