Windows 7 how is the OS?

Didn't even no this existed until I got a call working in IT the other day and the usercouldn't log intoour system.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx

Anyone using this and have any feedback?

I've been using it occasionally for general use. It's superb, but I've noticed a few minor issues.

- It doesn't shut down or restart. It freezes on the "Shutting Down" message. It's like it doesn't get round to telling the motherboard to switch off or reboot, so I have to do it manually. It works in safe mode, so it must be a compatibility issue with some software or drivers on my system.

- I've tried one game on it so far, which is Race Driver GRID. The performance is noticeably slower than XP.

- A couple of times, the sound has become a distorted garbled mess, which requires a restart to fix. Probably an issue with M-Audio or Creative drivers. It rarely happens now on the RC, but it happened all the time on the beta.

Other than that, great OS. Love the interface improvements and the generally great performance of the OS itself. Will definitely buy when it's released.

With my sig rig it doesn't appear to run much faster than vista doing general stuff, games performance is on par with XP, and should only get better because it's still only an RC build I'm using. The whole new interface is very fun to use and more practical than xp/vista's. Lots of new features, and its basically as the M$ guy says on wiki "Windows 7 is an improved version of Vista" under the hood that is making it "smarter" at handling resources, much more scalable, the actual interface is almost completely new and a step in a new direction, it works too.

http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/windows_7.aspsee here, and check out some youtube video's, you can even go to M$'s site and download the RC version to burn to a dvd.

Been using it as my only OS for a bit now.... no complaints other than Neverwinter Nights 2 not working on it, but so far every other game and application works fine. Not noticed any speed difference compared to Vista, but didn't expect any. In some places i think it's a bit messy but i'm pretty sure it'll be tidied up when the final release comes along.

It's the primary OS on my laptop now. Love it.

I think most people with lower end systems will notice a speed boost, vista runs fine on 2gb ram and a core 2 duo, but those with lower hardware specs, would benefit more from 7's efficiency.

Love it.

I've had no major problems with the beta except that my HP C6280 printer had no working drivers and my Logitech MX5500 mouse and keyboard utility software also did not work. Now with the RC edition my mouse and keyboard software works but the printer still has no drivers. Luckly my printer is networked so I can print from my wife's laptop. Other than that, the OS is fast, stable and sexy.

I've used server 2k8 R2 which is essentially Windows 7, and it blows 2k8 out of the water, switched my home server from 2k3 to 2k8 R2 RC1, I just hope they let you switch the liscence key form the RC to Retail without reformatting.

got the RC on every computer I own and there are some minor glitches but it is noticbly faster that vista and XP *used all three on two of the computers)

Oh yeah, if you are going to use it get the latest version as possible for best compatability

It's crappy , but better than vista

xp is better XD

The biggest problem ive ran into with the RC is that the sleep mode doesnt work. When it wakes back up it will usually just sit there and you have to do a hard reboot to bring it back. It also runs games fine except for atleast with GalCiv 2 before it launches it gives like 3 warning that it doesnt have the right DX9 and it may not run properly but it does and just fine.Kurushio

[QUOTE="Kurushio"]The biggest problem ive ran into with the RC is that the sleep mode doesnt work. When it wakes back up it will usually just sit there and you have to do a hard reboot to bring it back. It also runs games fine except for atleast with GalCiv 2 before it launches it gives like 3 warning that it doesnt have the right DX9 and it may not run properly but it does and just fine.Munkyman587

It is the upgrade version, but yea... better than OEM I guess. I heard they were going to have lower prices for people that had proof of purchase of Vista, but I have not kept up with that news.Munkyman587

Windows 7 != a crappy OS that is extremely buggy and can't run anything which is slow as hell and needs a NASA super computer to achieve decent performance.gigatrainer

[QUOTE="gigatrainer"]Windows 7 != a crappy OS that is extremely buggy and can't run anything which is slow as hell and needs a NASA super computer to achieve decent performance.Kurushio

don't worry. '!=' means "is not" or "does not equal"

[QUOTE="Munkyman587"]It is the upgrade version, but yea... better than OEM I guess. I heard they were going to have lower prices for people that had proof of purchase of Vista, but I have not kept up with that news.Kurushio

[QUOTE="gigatrainer"]Windows 7 != a crappy OS that is extremely buggy and can't run anything which is slow as hell and needs a NASA super computer to achieve decent performance.Kurushio

Ive also noticed that GS in FireFox atleast seems a bit buggy sometimes. Even in this msg while im typing the blinking cursor will go somewhere else and ill need to reclick and sometimes when i click on a page i have to hit refresh to make it go. Though firefox is already buggy with GS anyways so i guess i should expect that.Kurushio

[QUOTE="Kurushio"]Ive also noticed that GS in FireFox atleast seems a bit buggy sometimes. Even in this msg while im typing the blinking cursor will go somewhere else and ill need to reclick and sometimes when i click on a page i have to hit refresh to make it go. Though firefox is already buggy with GS anyways so i guess i should expect that.Luminouslight

[QUOTE="Kurushio"]The biggest problem ive ran into with the RC is that the sleep mode doesnt work. When it wakes back up it will usually just sit there and you have to do a hard reboot to bring it back. It also runs games fine except for atleast with GalCiv 2 before it launches it gives like 3 warning that it doesnt have the right DX9 and it may not run properly but it does and just fine.Munkyman587

[QUOTE="Kurushio"][QUOTE="gigatrainer"]Windows 7 != a crappy OS that is extremely buggy and can't run anything which is slow as hell and needs a NASA super computer to achieve decent performance.-GeordiLaForge-

[QUOTE="gigatrainer"]Windows 7 != a crappy OS that is extremely buggy and can't run anything which is slow as hell and needs a NASA super computer to achieve decent performance.Kurushio

Windows 7 != a crappy OS that is extremely buggy and can't run anything which is slow as hell and needs a NASA super computer to achieve decent performance.gigatrainer

[QUOTE="gigatrainer"]Windows 7 != a crappy OS that is extremely buggy and can't run anything which is slow as hell and needs a NASA super computer to achieve decent performance.gamer082009