Well it’s done: she’s using Windows 7
For less than $330, dual-core, 2gb/500gb,fully-licensed Win7. Main problem was, I forgot some things about managing profiles in Thunderbird (I only touch it when Diane changes computers), and things are a bit different in 7 from XP. But it’s much faster than either XP or Vista, and on the whole I am quite happy with the results. So I hope she’s happy.
In the past, Microsoft has seemed to be imitating Apple. Now maybe they’re imitating Ubuntu. Or maybe “imitating” should be replaced by “frightened of”. But 7 does seem to be a large improvement over Vista. For one thing, it boots up in about 15 seconds, and logs on in less than 10.
Now I’m going to start using 7 at work, so I can become familiar with it for our next build cycle next Summer. We can’t go another year on XP, and we sure as hell aren’t going to use Vista.
My laptop and home desktop are staying Ubuntu though. Gotta have some little island of sanity.
It certainly is faster to install than XP, once you get past the kludge you have to employ to get a clean install of an update edition DVD.
I’m starting to switch my Windows machines to 7. So far I’m impressed. Just for kicks I tried it on my old IBM X31 and it installed just fine. After updates and running some drivers everything works. I was certainly impressed.
But due to licensing issues and not wanting to give MS anymore of my money than I have to, I will be putting Linux on this laptop at some point.
Y’know, Webs, that laptop is 6 years old, and you have a job. You’re allowed to buy a new laptop if you want…
Add it to the list of all the other crap I want to buy too. That’s the problem. And hey, it runs just fine and does the job for an internet machine.