Windows 7

After many years of resisting change and always picking the 'Classic' options when available on a new Windows setup, I have taken the plunge.

Microsoft has definately come up with a winner in my book. While it certainly takes a little getting used to the new GUI and there are some frustrations with the 64 bit OS not being compatible with some of my hardware, overall this was a very smooth install and I am pleased with the results.

I am enjoying my web server with sql 2005 with windows 7 ultimate. The speed is fast, the built in options with Windows 7 are good (I really like movie maker), and the GUI makes it easy to navigate (after a while of figuring things out)... I also will say that it is nice that Microsoft did not criple Windows 7 features like they have in previous Windows versions. That has been another nice surprise with the upgrade and my utilization of some less than standard features of the OS.

The other really nice bit I will say is that disk defrag now will allow scheduling of multiple drives easily without creating funky tasks and setting each drive to run at a given time with some guarantee of no overlap. The new system is MUCH enhanced over that.

The down side... There are still a lot of security pop-ups. I get tired of authorizing software that I clicked on. It is too bad they cannot distinguish between software that is programatically initiated and software that is initiated by clicking directly with the mouse. For those software started programs, I actually appreciate the security warning, however, for things that I click with the mouse, the extra window takes time and has no true value.