Someone please explain to me why it is so much better than Vista? Lighyning struck the outhouse, and I had to buy a new computer. It came with Windows 7. I see a small difference, but can’t detect any improvement. Why is it better than the Vista I had?
Well you should be noticving better boot times, faster response times, a better eco-system with a more efficient useage of ram and there are some under the hood improvements. If you never really saw any problems with Vista you likely won’t see vast improvements with 7. However if you had one of those systems that just was cranky with Vista, Windows 7 will seem like a god send. It does to me.
It really isn’t much better than Vista. However, that’s largely because following SP1, Vista was extremely stable and secure. I had zero problems with Vista for more than two years (still use it at home) and have had zero problems with 7. They aren’t substantially different.
I guess it’s a matter of getting the people who still use XP and are convinced Vista is bad software to finally use it (under the new name of Windows 7).
Honestly it’s not a huge difference.
Vista had issues with branding and launch and never was able to shake their bad launch. If you had a machine to run vista then win7 isn’t a huge leap.
But Vista had something called the vista ready and vista capable program before it launched so people could buy a new PC and then upgrade to vista when it launched. Well the OEM had crappy drivers for those machines and no one wanted to update their printer drivers instead they wanted people to buy new printers so the OEM (HP, Epson, dell, etc...) could make more money. Also the specs for Ready and capable weren’t really what one should have it was the bare minimums so when they installed vista with crappy drivers and minimum specs it bombed.
Since that time Vista drivers became stable so going to win7 is no big deal since they are basically the same driver for the most part.
Win7 gets a good name and reputation where as vista had a bad name.
Me no techie. All I know is that I could never stay online with the wireless connection with my Vista laptop. (Running XP on the desktop.) I got my daughter her first laptop for Christmas; it was Windows 7 and worked perfectly. So I upgraded my laptop from Vista to Windows 7 and it now works perfectly as well.
They cleaned up UAC, it’s faster, it’s more stable, it has better driver support than when Vista shipped, and it’s got that virtual XP thingy which can be handy.