Microsoft is on track to make the mistake of forgetting Vista: awaiting the debut of October 22 we tried a "build 7600" on
two machines: a Samsung Nc10 Netbook and a desktop self-performance. And Seven passes the test with flying colors.
He has the hard task of forgetting the experience of Vista and its oversights. Load of high expectations, Windows 7 has undergone a long development phase that will culminate on October 22 with the release urbis et orbis. Pending the fateful date, we have "procured" a RTM version (build 7600) Release to manufacturer, that is practically the final version distributed to producers of computers and have tried on two computers with different power characteristics and to test its capabilities. Made two installations: the
Starter on pc bonsai (a Samsung Nc10 sauce Vodafone) and the Ultimate on a system assembled by hand with high-level components but with all the variables and the wrong things that occur in the case of self-pc. And the beautiful background of Windows is this: the opportunity to work on a notebook designed by engineers of flowers or on a computer assembled at home with pieces taken all'ipermercato. Other
operating systems, more cool and trendy, they can not do that.
Starter Windows 7 aims to be the optimal Netbook or mini-notebook due to its lightweight kernel. As the tests showed the Samsung: the installation, and formatting the hard drive, took about 15 minutes. The launch of the operating system does not employ more than a minute: the interface shown is a simplified version compared with most editions. In this case, there is no Aero, but the windows retain a rounded design even if the ability to customize the look is much lower than that available in the Ultimate.
Some features are hidden within the control panel to point out that this is an essential platform and that only the most smaliziato have the means to access the configurations of the lowest level.
We are ready to use Internet Explorer 8, the usual accessories that accompany the software from Windows Xp, the gadgets (and call them widgets) to the desktop and multimedia support provided by Media Player and photo viewer.
You notice the lack of software for e-mail, perhaps because now the e-mail is the prerogative of the Web, or because there are many freeware programs to download. Although, it must be said, Seven has configured devices Samsung Nc10 unflinchingly. And then it is very fast.
We used the operating system software with various commonly used (from Skype to Chrome, via Photoshop Elements and OpenOffice.org): zero problems pc performance and range top. Although "only" a Netbook with Intel Atom N270, 1 GB of Ram. Merits of the modular platform that loads only the essential components and thus omits the modules in Vista affect the processor. Ultimately, Seven Starter is slender, with no compatibility issues or instability. Really a surprise that he showed how even a PC bonsai can provide up to expectations. We go to say that in practical use, the starter was even better than Windows Xp.
Turning to the desktop PC self-assembled, it is a machine with high performance, the antipodes of the Netbook: Amd Phenom processor II 925 Quad Core 2.8 Ghz, Asus motherboard M4a79t Deluxe, 4GB corsair DDR3 ram, Seagate Hard disk 1 tb and video card ZOTAC GeForce 9500. The installation did not lead to problems: no hitch, no father to 'help, now comes the blue screen. We proceeded to install, downloading from the Asus site, drivers for the specific Win7 mainboard and utilities to houses that have allowed us to do even over clock (at 3.1 Ghz) without acknowledge problems. The pc "run" smoothly and quickly.
The whole system just seems intuitive and easy to use. Much more than Vista, even though it must be said, that those who migrate from XP to 7 will be off for a few days but then will appreciate the innovations, and between all of those libraries that exceed the ancient concept of folders.