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Day 2 with Windows 7

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Ok, so I noticed the box around running apps. Subtle, but cool – I guess since I was confused, I was paying attention. I haven’t noted any other blogs or reviews on this.

So, how am I feeling?

I like the libraries feature. What is it? Simply, I can organize and arrange my folders as I like them on the disk. Then if there are some key folders I use often, I can drag them into Libraries and have them 2 clicks away, without upsetting their locations.

I’ve not tried nesting them, but I think this should work. – ok I tried it and it doesn’t. Don’t have a use for it yet, but I’m sure I’ll think one up!

Taskbar – I’m liking it a lot! When I mouse over the open apps in Taskbar, I get previews like I used to in Vista, but when I hover over the previews, I get a full-page view without switching apps! Which is awesome, because then it’s easy to reference info or glance at something and then back to whatever you’re doing.

Also, having live writer on the task bar, I’m encouraged to blog a bit more. We’ll know the impact of this after a while. I’m trying to post more and have to keep reminding myself.

Screen dimming – this is awesome! I love it. So here’s the thing. If I leave my computer for a while the screen dims to conserve power. As soon as I touch a key or move the mouse, it restores to the original brightness. Way to go! Imagine this happening across the world! We’d save a ton of energy.

Hmm… I have a few issues with my screen resolution. I’ve got a Compaq nc8430 with ATI Radeon graphics card. When I switch it to the highest res, 1680 x blah..

erm.. I tried it out and it worked again! Wow.. things are getting fixed as I write!!! :D

In any case I filled out a report (click on send feedback on the top right of almost every window!) and sent it out. We’ll see. But hey my issues are getting fixed – which is awesome..

I upgraded my Vista to Windows 7 on impulse and compared to the hassle with upgrading to Vista (updating ROM – I was one of the very first and issues with drivers) this has been a very smooth transition. All my apps seem to be working great – no hangs. Except SKYPE. I get a warning saying that Windows 7 has compatibility issues with Skype. It’s up and running at the moment and the chats seem to be going thru. Will write more about this another time.

Good day!

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    thank you