Yarr!

[ultranos]

So, I got my hands on a copy of Win 7 and decided, what the hell, and installed it on Marduk. (Being not an idiot, I kept the recovery partition as-is, so if something terrible happens, I can nuke it back to Vista Business)

It's...interesting. It really does feel like a combination of Vista and XP, taking the better parts of both. Currently, I'm installing some of the Lenovo drivers/utilities (like power management). This is harder than it sounds, since it took some digging but I eventually found the Win 7 Beta drivers. I figure in 2-3 months, I'll be able to just click a utility on the Lenovo website and it'll put everything I missed in automagically.

But I'm decently happy with Win 7. It's almost got the features Ubuntu has.

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[abyssinia]

It's almost got the features Ubuntu has.

*cracks up*

Oh, windoze

[ultranos]

I tolerate Windows. If I had any choice at all, I'd be using Ubuntu for most things. But between gaming and school work that practically requires Windows, I'm fairly out of luck.

But Win 7! It's adorable because it's trying so hard.

[havocthecat]

So is it worth checking out Windows 7? My mom has Vista on her laptop, but I've had XP for a while and been reasonably happy with it.

[ultranos]

Well, I literally just installed it last night. So, I'm still getting used to it. Right now, the only available version is the leaked copy that's floating around on the internet (it's the full version, just the one they pre-package on computers). It officially comes out on 10/22. By then I suspect all the official drivers you want for programs will exist; right now, you're having to deal with either finding versions for the Win 7 Open Beta test or doing without.

That being said, I've been decently happy with XP. Certainly moreso than the week I put up with Vista. (I still run XP 64bit on my desktop, and probably will for awhile yet)