People are asking me about Windows 7. I got to use it running inside of the Ohm’s MacBook Pro (that’s how we roll). Here’s my take, a view shared by Penny Arcade:
I really liked the way that the window re-sized when I dragged a chunk off to the side. I don’t see myself, nor my grandma, using the “shake the window like an Elebit to see all the program’s windows” feature (unless it’s after a Star Wars night (multi-caffeinated beverages consumed). Then the Wario-esque shaking would come naturally as I de-toxed.) I’ll hit F9 for now.
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I’ll, in theory, be upgrading to 7 in the next couple of weeks. We’ll see how that goes.
I’ll be excited if it proves stable over time. Even though I’m a Mac guy, the more people who have computers that run well means the less tech support I have to run. Also, the district looks to be shifting towards thin client PCs (where all of the programs are stored on a server instead of on the local hard drive…I don’t think they’ve realized what it would look like to have so many connections hit at once, but whatever). If they buy new computers, I would take 7 over Vista any day.
Hopefully 7 fixed the download issues and compatibility problems with Vista. NOTHING I have purchased online has been able to be downloaded and run successfully with Vista – not even TurboTax. Now the advertisements for TurboTax state “Not compatible with Vista.” In the meantime I need enough lead time to receive the DVDs – good ole snail mail.