Windows 7 hit-list

Windows 7, the latest Windows operating system, has been released and many responses from the users have come up. Some positive reports say that Windows 7 has an increased battery life if it is installed on new PCs with less viruses, and offered an improved interface. But users are also complaining about some issues like delayed driver support for peripheral hardware and upgrade problems.

Features of Windows 7 that users are loving and hating are as:

Microsoft and users are talking about claims of enhanced battery life when using Windows 7, this is true for it.

In Windows 7 performance tests, a major increase in laptop battery life was not found, fifteen minutes was the best performance enhancement. That is not a major enhancement, but it might give you time to finish a movie. One of the more displeasing points about buying a new Windows PC is presence of crapware, which are often preinstalled on a new computer. These can include trial versions of software and special offers put onto your new system by computer manufacturers. While harmless, getting these applications off your new system becomes an displeasing and unnecessary one.

Microsoft has finally decided to take matters into its own hands when it comes to these annoying programs. In a report, it was written that Microsoft worked with manufacturers to get away of all these crapware applications that were slowing down the overall performance of Windows 7 computers. That doesn’t mean crapware is gone for good, but Microsoft is trying to bring this displeasing habit under its control.

XP users may have problem in migrating to Windows 7, but once everything is up and running windows, then people would say that the migrating to the new user interface isn’t that bad. Compatibility was a big problem when it came to Windows Vista. Microsoft has made the process more powerful for approving third-party drivers for peripheral hardware like printers and scanners because it does not want to repeat it. That’s good news in the long run, but in the short term, some users are still waiting for new Windows 7 drivers to run their existing equipment.

Some Vista users trying to upgrade to Windows 7 found their computers stuck in an infinite reboot cycle. Microsoft engineers still didn’t have a fix for the problem written in a report. However, some users are suggesting you might escape the infinite cycle by booting your computer off to your old Windows Vista and then install disk, and following the instructions posted on the forum.

Analyzing all the complaints are with the upgrade problems of new Windows 7. A new problem that has popped up is the fact that Windows 7 does not come with Windows Live Mail preinstalled, it is a replacement program rolled out in 2007 to replace Outlook Express in XP and Windows Mail in Vista. To get the program, you must download it directly from Microsoft’s Website. It’s a minor issue, but some people were unhappy about it. Many reasons are in favor of migrating to new Windows 7, but some of them are against it.