Cautious optimism greets Windows 7

Bangalore users say Microsoft has fixed most problems that plagued its earlier operating system, the Vista. some are excited by the new features, while others are waiting for the service pack

Cautious optimism greets Windows 7

Bangalore users say Microsoft has fixed most problems that plagued its earlier operating system, the Vista. some are excited by the new features, while others are waiting for the service pack

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The newest version of Microsoft's Operating System, Windows 7, is being received with cautious optimism by Bangalore's tech buffs.

The earlier version, Vista, was plagued with problems right from the word go. It was to be rewritten completely, but delays in bringing it out into the market forced Microsoft to to build it over the Windows 2003 code base.

Windows 7 has fixed most problems associated with Vista with many core areas between the two remaining the same.

Balaji Narasimhan, who writes on personal tech, has seen a demonstration of Windows 7. He told MiD DAY, "The touch technology of this new operating system really struck me and it has some interesting features comparable to what is available on the Mac OS."

He believes Microsoft has learnt from the Vista fiasco. "Microsoft would surely have looked at the problems minutely before bringing this product out," he said.

But, the problem of switching from one OS to another will have to be looked into.

"How does one migrate from XP to W7 since the former by today's standards is very old?" Balaji adds, "There will be the problem of upgrading hardware and companies will not spend too much money on this."

There are many who have been waiting for this OS to come into the market. Service executive Pradeep Nagapudi is all exited. Though he is yet to try the newly released version, he was all praise for the Beta version.

He says, "The security features of this new OS are far better than that of Vistau2026 what Mac had earlier, those features are now in W7."

The graphical user interface is much more useful than the one on Vista. Pradeep adds, "Also interesting are its increased capacity and the fewer updates it calls for."

Sahil, a photographer, has already begun using Windows 7. He says, "The graphics and scenes are fantastic, not to forget the shortcuts on the desktop."

Another interesting feature is the hardware monitor, which lets the user know the temperature of the fan, the processor and other devices. Both are of the view that Windows 7 has delivered on the lay user's requirements to a large extent.

But there are those waiting for the service pack to hit the market. Windows 7 version 1 is now out but has still been reported to have reliability issues.

Rohit Regonayak, Director-Technology with Trellisys, says, "About 50 per cent of the time, the system running with W7 hangs while switching from a Wi-fi connection to a LAN connection." Switching to W7 would not be advisable now as many problems are being rectified.

"I will wait till November when the service pack is released," he said. However, when compared to Vista, he says, "W7 has lots of flexibility."

Even net book PCs can use the W7 starter kits without any hardware changes. Personalization of the desktop is another feature he likes. He says, "It's good fun as it has these little gizmos that make its use interesting."

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