Our IT director LOVES 7.
...burning baby fish swimming all round your head.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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javachik - Dec 30, 2009 9:02:49 am PST #12129 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Typo Boy - Dec 30, 2009 9:12:24 am PST #12130 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah, I know several people who have 7 and love it. Unlike Vista, don't know anyone using 7 who misses XP.
§ ita § - Dec 30, 2009 9:17:12 am PST #12131 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My sister just got a new machine so I set her up quickly with some apps. Networking her Windows 7 machine was much less painful than the same ritual with her previous Vista box.
But, damn, not shopping for laptops at Best Buy again. We did it for location convenience, but they've tacked services onto all of their laptop prices--they're charging for taking off "manufacturer ads" and for doing OS tweaks to speed up your experience. And, of course, a few Best Buy icons end up on your desktop.
brenda m - Dec 30, 2009 9:21:02 am PST #12132 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'm not wild about some Outlook functions in Windows 7. They've virtually crippled the ability to search large trees of personal folders, for one thing. And the calendar layout makes it trickier to navigate. Working with tables in PowerPoint is also a pain in the ass.
But those are my only real quibbles after using it for a few months. Certainly nothing like the horror stories I remember hearing from Vista (which I never used).
§ ita § - Dec 30, 2009 9:30:30 am PST #12133 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Working with tables in PowerPoint is also a pain in the ass.
Is this a Windows 7 thing? Or a new Office thing?
I have to admit to taskbar confusion, though. I could not find my Windows Explorers for the longest time.
brenda m - Dec 30, 2009 9:34:12 am PST #12134 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Is this a Windows 7 thing? Or a new Office thing?
Possible - it all got upgraded at once by IT so I could be confusing things.
javachik - Dec 30, 2009 9:34:59 am PST #12135 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
I'm shopping Dells, mostly because work uses Dells and I hate having to lug double the peripherals around home, office, travel, etc. Shopping for one of the little Dells for my ex-housemate and a cheap personal laptop for me. I gave my old Dell laptop to the boyfriend when his laptop broke and I dropped my beloved old IBM onto a hardwood floor to its death.
The main reason I even need a personal laptop is to manage my iTunes. I don't keep any personal files on my work machine, and all of my iTunes are on an external harddrive. I haven't been able to update my iPod since February and it's starting to bug me.
Jon B. - Dec 30, 2009 9:36:24 am PST #12136 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I'm not upgrading to Windows 7 at least until ProTools has been upgraded to play nice with it (the Win 7 compatible version is currently in beta). But if I intend to upgrade eventually, then I might as well get it for cheap when I can, right?
Typo Boy - Dec 30, 2009 9:38:13 am PST #12137 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Jon, there may be a counterargument, but I can't think of one.
Liese S. - Dec 30, 2009 10:51:14 am PST #12138 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I'd say there's not a big downside. They'll release updates for free so if there's major functionality that gets improved on later, you'll still get it.