How do you guys feel about Windows 7?

[Kebabselector]

I have a Windows 7 box in the office, works well - probably is the best version of Windows so far (but it's the latest one so you'd expect that*)

Issues I have is are:

Explorer shell, it still dies/crashes/locks far to easy.
Also not keen on the dock look. It's fine on the mac I just don't like the look of it on Windows 7.
Widgets seem to get confused on a twin screen setup (when I've remoted in via RDP).
On my laptop (with Win7 also) had terrible profile errors, kept starting with Temp profile (I don't use roaming profile on my network)
Utterly crap way of installing Server Admin Tools (inherited from Vista!)

Only major issue was the Credant encryption application which destroyed the PC - but that was Credant not Windows 7

Overall happy to use it at work as it does what I need, happy to use OS X at home.

*as a general rule you'd expect newer to be better. Not always the case: Ipod Shuffle 3, Ford Escort mk5, George Bush 2

 

[BENJMNS]

I'll echo the sentiments I've seen in this thread; Win 7 is the best version of Windows yet. You will never get a die-hard Mac user to acknowledge this, or even see the strengths it has over OSX. But quite frankly, it is stable, efficient, handles older hardware quite well, and plays nice with our network.

Are there crap PC manufacturers that screw it up with needless shareware/crapware? Yes, that is a problem. We wipe the laptops/desktops we get here as soon as they are unboxed, and stick on a fresh image of Win 7, because we do not want those things. But you cannot blame Microsoft for the sins that HP, or Dell, or someone else does.

As for malware/virus prevention, Microsoft's Security Essentials is quite good, and the price is right.

im not brand new to osx but i've been a windows pc user for a while and never had issues with viruses and the like as i keep my software updated.

i love windows 7 and actually loved vista. but 7 takes the usability cake. i find the osx window management a bit clunky. i miss the ability to line up windows side by side very quickly like in 7. i don't like the whole maximize but it doesn't really in osx. file management is a bit clunkier too.

microsoft gets tons of crap for the wrong reasons. they kill in the enterprise. apple kills in consumer. i like both osx and windows.

i actually wish i could get the thinkpad x201s back. fantastic road warrior and prefer its carbon/mag chassis build over the heftier alu on my new mbp.

good to have choices.