Windows 7 6801 First Impressions

Well I honestly have to say, after using Windows 7 Build 6801 for a day, I am extremely impressed with this OS.  It has features that just work how people thing and do what you expect them to.  It is smooth and has things that Vista should have had right from the word go.  I am going to be using this as my primary OS, without doubt.  After getting used to the quite addictive Library feature and the new explorer views, Vista just doesn’t measure up to my standards anymore.

Anyway, I have encountered a few things while using the OS.  So with that said, I brought Kristan Kenney back (for what might be his last hoorah for a while in the Windows community) to help me write a guide for build 6801.  Now, while there isn’t much to tweak in this build because it’s already so fast, we are more focusing on the new features in Windows 7, how to do things, and how to work around some of the minor issues that we have encountered.  Look for the guide to be posted sometime later tonight.

Posted by: Chris123NT

Published on: October 30th, 2008 at 5:05 PM

Posted in Windows 7

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  1. October 30, 2008 at 9:36 pm

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  2. November 1, 2008 at 3:42 am

    Andrew:

    Nice, Chris. I liked your tweaking guide. I’ve found libraries to be pretty awesome too. Shame about the lack of the dashboard-esque Show Window Panes and desktop function, and the superbar. Do you know when Beta 1 is planned for next month, or has that not been announced?

  3. November 1, 2008 at 12:15 pm

    Chris123NT:

    Andrew. According to Steven Sinofsky the beta is slated for early next year, although I would expect something to come out sooner one way or another. Techbeta invites will probably be starting within the next month or two as well.

  4. November 1, 2008 at 8:47 pm

    Jeremy:

    I installed this on my laptop just after returning from PDC, and I’m running it now on my Dell Studio 1735 laptop.

    Sound and video worked out of the box; Dell’s Vista x64 driver for the wireless did the trick; with some coaxing I was able to convince a Broadcom driver to work with wired Ethernet.

    I’m impressed thus far, considering the pre-beta nature of the code. It feels light and fast, and doesn’t seem to flog my hard drive to death all the time (maybe Dell crapware is to blame for some of that though – I’ve been meaning to do a clean Vista install). 7 does seem like Vista done right (except for the ribbons in Paint and Wordpad… I hate the ribbons…)

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