As a computer addicted I decided to download Windows 7 Beta 1 (32 bits) and give it a try (if you are interested, just search for "Windows 7 Beta1" in your favorite search engine and I am sure you'll find your way :)
In this post I want to present my first impressions about it. Please, note that I am not an expert in this subject and also that this is just my opinion based on my perception without any pretension regarding "data" accuracy.
I need to admit that I am impressed about it. My first impression is that it is way faster than Vista when running on the same machine; at least it is pretty responsive. Bellow you can find a list of items that caught my attention and won my respect (at least for now):
- Fast Installation: ~ 20 min for a full install.
- Few prompts during installation.
- No problems with device drivers at all (Video, audio, keyboard, etc)
- Some devices already have preliminary versions for Windows 7
I guess that this is more a result of not introducing deeper changes to the driver model (Vista introduced really deep changes there).
- There are some compatible antivirus already.
- Looks really fast on a relatively old hardware
- I really liked the UI changes (even being minor changes).
- Just a few UAC prompts
- Using it for some time I have seem UAC prompts only for software installation.
- IE 8 is not as fast as I'd like it to be. (But I've already installed firefox)
Well, that's it for now.
Adriano
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