Comments on: Windows 7: My First Impressions http://pcweenies.com/2009/10/28/windows-7-my-first-impressions/ Tech Comics for Sys Admins, IT Professionals, Engineers and Computer Geeks! Wed, 23 May 2012 18:16:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: James http://pcweenies.com/2009/10/28/windows-7-my-first-impressions/#comment-3162 James Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:51:59 +0000 http://www.pcweenies.com/?p=2637#comment-3162 Every Windows installation that is performed cleanly, will run fast and smooth at first. It's after installing an Office suite and a bunch of applications and then using it heavily for months when it begins to slow down. The design of Win7 under the hood hasn't changed dramatically, it still uses the Registry, a binary database split between two hive files on the disk that can be corrupted. The Registry can still get bloated with useless entries and have branches damaged or have permission issues. You can still get infected with malware quite easily. There was an urgent security patch released just prior to Win7 launch day that would have allowed remote exploits. That said, I do like Win7 better then previous Windows versions. However, since I've switched my home computers to Mac's I will never go back. I support Windows systems for a living and I would still recommend a Mac to just about anyone who asks for my opinion. I run Win7 Ultimate under Fusion on a Mac Pro. Every Windows installation that is performed cleanly, will run fast and smooth at first. It’s after installing an Office suite and a bunch of applications and then using it heavily for months when it begins to slow down. The design of Win7 under the hood hasn’t changed dramatically, it still uses the Registry, a binary database split between two hive files on the disk that can be corrupted. The Registry can still get bloated with useless entries and have branches damaged or have permission issues. You can still get infected with malware quite easily. There was an urgent security patch released just prior to Win7 launch day that would have allowed remote exploits.

That said, I do like Win7 better then previous Windows versions. However, since I’ve switched my home computers to Mac’s I will never go back. I support Windows systems for a living and I would still recommend a Mac to just about anyone who asks for my opinion. I run Win7 Ultimate under Fusion on a Mac Pro.

]]> By: krishna http://pcweenies.com/2009/10/28/windows-7-my-first-impressions/#comment-3161 krishna Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:38:37 +0000 http://www.pcweenies.com/?p=2637#comment-3161 Hmm, I haven't run the update you mention. I'll try that this evening and see if it fixes things. Thanks, Tim! Hmm, I haven’t run the update you mention. I’ll try that this evening and see if it fixes things. Thanks, Tim!

]]> By: Tim Robertson http://pcweenies.com/2009/10/28/windows-7-my-first-impressions/#comment-3160 Tim Robertson Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:09:30 +0000 http://www.pcweenies.com/?p=2637#comment-3160 Sound is working fine for me on my new MBP with Windows 7 Ultimate via BootCamp. Did you run the Apple update under Windows? Sound is working fine for me on my new MBP with Windows 7 Ultimate via BootCamp. Did you run the Apple update under Windows?

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