Windows 7: Still under Construction

After working all day with Windows 7 I re-wrote the post I made yesterday because many of the problems are now fixed and I can see the big picture.

Originally, I felt Windows 7 was nothing less than Vista with a face lift and an extra half gig of free memory which is nothing when you have three or four gig of RAM, although I would've liked Windows 7 to come with some of the options shipped with Vista and XP, namely, the classic start menu, the quick launch toolbar, ad the dvr-ms format for Media Center which is the one true reason I like Windows 7.

Windows 7 has no performance improvements, and the .wtv Media Center extension is annoying. There is an option by default to convert it to drms, then I use dvrms toolbox to convert it to mpeg for editing, but it's an additional step in the process I could do without, especially if I've recorded a number of programs and have to convert each individual file rather than a batch convert with the toolbox. I dare say other tools will come out to convert wtv to mpeg in the future, and let's hope there's some free ones.

Software is the main issue. My preferred firewall Emu OnlineArmor and my Rising antivirus are not compatible. I have only Nero 7 burner, and it keeps crashing. I want simplicity in an operating system. I would like to right click on a directory in Explorer to search for a file, I want media center to save in MPEG format, the classic start menu, quick launch toolbar, less system resources required, quick boot and shut down time (at least this last one was improved).

It would be good if Microsoft could spend more time on new architecture to make antiviruses extinct, so with the release of each new operating system, viruses won't work. I suppose there's a lot of money in antivirus products, but I think the consumer deserves it.

Verdict:
- Perhaps the last Windows system I will buy.
- Improved Media Center, but a bad idea to switch file formats.
- Looks nice but lacks functionality we are accustomed to.
- Uses less RAM, but no noticeable performance improvements.
- Windows 7: Vista with tweaks.