Windows 7 vs Any other operating system
I use Linux (RedHat) at work, I’ve tried Ubuntu and Lycoris long before it, I’ve tried Debian and Slackware and however many other flavors of *nix in the past just to say I tried them. I’ve messed with BeOS (Zeta development was an exciting time), I’ve played with Mac OS X on numerous occasions (beautiful OS), and I’ve tried countless obscure operating systems that I doubt even 1% of those reading this would know about (and trust me; there’s a reason for you not knowing about them, lol). Why have I messed with them all? Because I enjoy operating systems and I find them to be amazing achievements. I’ve not only tried the final products, but I’ve also gained appreciation for them by seeing them and playing with them through their development cycles.
Windows 7 is amazing. There is no other way to put it. It’s being hyped as, “Vista done right,” or something of that nature. Well, Windows 7 is soooo much more than that. True, the user interface may resemble Windows Vista, but only at first glance. The single-most revolutionary aspect of Windows 7 is the new task bar. It has provided so much additional functionality that you would never know you wanted (or needed). The ability to pin tasks, the ability to move items around on the task bar, the privacy of not having titles of your windows down in the task bar for anyone to see, the new interactive thumbnail previews, the new placement of the show desktop button… I could go on. It may take you a bit to get used to the new task bar, but trust me… you will and you will absolutely come to love it. Going back to anything less just won’t feel right.
Next on the docket is HomeGroups. Look, file sharing between home computers has never been easier. NEVER. I have Windows 7 on my desktop and on my laptop. The desktop, I recently built, so while awaiting my wireless card for it, I wanted to see if I could tether my laptop’s internet connection. In the past, it wasn’t exactly difficult to set it up, but it was much more involved than it is now. All you need is a regular ethernet cable, connent one end to your laptop and the other to your desktop, give permissions to share (made simple through HomeGroups) and voila! I can use the internet on my desktop via my laptop’s internet connection. And not only that, I was able to set up the laptop and desktop to share files between one another via the same cable… and it was incredibly simple! I won’t walk through the steps here since this review is already getting a bit lengthy, but the long and the short of it is that file and resource sharing between Windows 7 computers is RIDICULOUSLY intuitive.
Windows 7 is worth its weight in gold. In the grand scheme of things, the cost of Windows is one of the best investments you can make for yourself, so go ahead and treat yourself to Windows 7. Seriously. Don’t buy into the stupid Mac hype videos of, “more of the same” and pay no mind to the Microsoft commercials where people say Windows 7 was their idea. Go try it for yourself. Download a free evaluation copy, install it, and give it a whirl. See for yourself. Read more of this and other reviews about Windows 7 – Buy Windows 7.
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