Windows 7 - User experiences?
I installed Windows 7 on my Lenovo Tablet PC and am happy so far.
Everything including the fingerprint reader was recognized and I was able to use everything without installing piles of applications from Lenovo/IBM.
The touchscreen needed the install of Wacom drivers which went painless.
Windows 7 looks nicely improved to me.
What I like most so far:
The ability to create virtual folders. Folder like "Pictures" can be extended by just assigning as many folders as you want and set how content should be treated. Not that I wasn't possible before, but now its easy to understand and to do.
Sharing has changed a lot. Right clicking any data shows Sharing - Share nothing, Share with homegroup/read only, Share with homegroup read/write and Share with specific people. I like that a lot.
Homegroups are a nice idea but only work with other Windows 7 clients. The idea is to create a home network where you add other machines using a key created by the machine that started the homegroup. Cool idea, havent tried it yet.
Although on network operations with other OS it isn't faster than Vista so far, the GUI feels more responsive now. Definitely an improvement. If its faster its good, if it feels faster its good too.
The 5 days it runs on the tablet pc, which I use each and every day, I faced no problems, another improvement to Vista where the machine was stuck on waking up from sleep and various drivers freezing the OS again and again.
Nothing vital, but funny: There is a sticky notes gimmick I used to store some phone numbers quickly. When for fun I tried out to paint in them I found out that I cannot only paint there, but even pressure sensitive :=)
So far to me it doesn't feel like a beta version. Although the help is lacking content on various topics it feels pretty finished.
Oh, when I created users, I noticed a userid called $Alphauser which I removed. I didn't bother to check what rights that user had, but better be safe than sorry.
Cheers,
Juergen
xara is working on windows 7 beta
it is working like a charm.
1) right click on the setup.exe of xara (all editions)
2) open compability tab
3) select the run this program in compatibility mode for windows xp sp2
4) check the disable visual themes and disable desktop composition options
5) click apply
6) enjoy!