Windows 7 Review
I’ve had the interesting experience of having a reason to want to install Windows 7 today. My mom, who recently upgraded to a Mac, gave me her old Dell (2 years old). The computer was built for Visa, but ran incredibly slowly, even with a fresh install of Vista.
I decided that I would try Windows 7 on it, after hearing about the speed improvements and all of the positive feedback. I must say the installation process was nothing like what I have experienced before. It was easy and quick, and didn’t really ask me about anything – it just set things up the way they should be. It even set up all the drivers for this PC. Perhaps the most impressive thing was that the hard drive had 3 partitions before I installed Windows 7, and the installer was intelligent enought to help me delete those partitions individually. Very smooth.
The interface is not all that different from Visa, though it is a little cleaner, and some options have been moved around. Menus are a little more logical, with things like “resolution” appearing in the menu when right-clicking on the desktop image.
Everything is running at least twice as fast as with Visa. Windows appear and disappear seamlessly, and nothing hangs… Well.. At least not yet.
Is it as good as Mac? No, not a chance! Is it better than Visa? Without a doubt! This is a worthy upgrade for any previous version of windows. You may even get new life out of an old computer. I’ve heard many stories of success with old XP machines. Not all programs run on Windows 7, so do make sure that you do your research. Of course, backup before doing anything, but you already do that on a regular basis right?!
