- Not being able to pin whatever I need to the taskbar (superbar)
- The new sidebar stinks, The Vista sidebar was much better, I hate having to move my mouse to the corner of the screen to see the gadgets and even if you do that you cannot interact with them until you click the button and minimize all windows. I like the Vista way because I can SEE the gadgets at a glance, and I can interact with them quickly without disrupting my other apps.

Yeah, there are workarounds like using toolbars for devices on the taskbar or the hack to bring back the old sidebar but these things (options) should be available in W7 already.

Fix it MS!

Windows XP = Windows version 5.
Windows Vista = Windows version 6.0.
Windows 7 = Windows version 6.1.

Windows 7 is nothing more then a service release for Vista. But you’ll pay full price for it.

Remember what Microsoft did in the Mojave Experiment? Well, consider this round 2 of, “we told you this rocked and you suck for not knowing it.”

Sitting idle at the desktop uses 12% of 8GB DDR3 RAM. The task manager reports that 1GB is being used. That’s 983.04MB-1024MB of RAM being used simply to sit idle at the desktop of a broke in version.

x64 still isn’t being taken seriously. Even if you bend over backwards to convert as much of your software to x64, you will still spend the vast majority of your time running in Compatability Mode. We’re talking 10 to 1 on a good day. This sucks because Windows 6.x already runs as a Virtual Machine. So running compat mode in Windows 6.x is like running a VM on a VM. You will compute faster on the whole using XP x86.

There’s like 13 games total that have been released for x64 platforms. Some of these date back 4 & 5 years! And to top it off, consider compatibility mode for gaming. Dx10 looks good but just like everything in Vista/7 it comes at the greatest of costs, tremendous performance reduction.

Develop software much? Prepare to re-write everything or simply go the easy route and compile it as x86 so it will run in compatibility mode on windows vista/7. That’s what everybody else is doing.

I believe Microsoft has another “Great” OS in them, this just aint it. Not even close.

In short, Windows 7 is for suckers.

Just Google: installing Windows 7

Then look like 7 results down the page for: How to Dual Boot Windows 7 with XP or Vista – How To – Lifehacker , great site that details on how to set it up w/images n all that goodness.

Good Luck

Sly

Just Google: installing Windows 7

Then look like 7 results down the page for the lifehacker.com site, details on how to set it up w/images n all that goodness.

Good Luck

Sly

Here’s a site with detailed instructions for ya, just remove the parenthesis from the beginning and end.

(http://lifehacker.com/5126781/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-with-xp-or-vista)

Good Luck

Sly

Here’s a site with detailed instructions for ya

http://lifehacker.com/5126781/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-with-xp-or-vista

Good Luck

Sly

Here’s a link to a site that details how to Dual Boot Windows 7 with XP or Vista…

http://lifehacker.com/5126781/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-with-xp-or-vista

Good Luck

Sly

As an IT professional with 14 years experience I have seen and worked on it all. I am Microsoft Certified and specialize in OS, Application, and Hardware support. I loved the Windows 7 Beta, it worked great, even with heavy multitasking and high memory loads. I recently reformatted and installed fresh on a higher speed hard drive, not even half of what I had installed with the beta. It sucks, it blows, and considering this is an OS and not your girlfriend… these are words you don’t want to hear.

I have experienced multiple multiple BSOD crashes, the hardest freezes since Win ’95, and more bugs than with the Beta. WTF? I thought the RC was supposed to be much better than the Beta, that’s why we beta tested it, but oh well.

The OS still has my support though, it’s an excellent improvement over past versions, both in performance and compatibility with lots of added features that I like. I only hope they remedy the (in my opinion) bigger and badder bugs in the programming before it goes on shelves next year.

One final thought…. IE is still a piece of junk, Chrome is King

Sly