Comments on: Hello from Windows 7 http://geekyweekly.com/2009/hello-from-windows-7 My life as a computer / photo / sound / video game / music / movie / gun geek Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:30:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: nathan118 http://geekyweekly.com/2009/hello-from-windows-7#comment-17255 nathan118 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:06:36 +0000 http://geekyweekly.com/?p=800#comment-17255 Sounds cool. I like this part too: "Videos now have parity with Recorded TV in the area of bookmarks – you can now resume previously played videos where you left off." I also like the new look of the seek bar. Should be cool! Sounds cool. I like this part too:

“Videos now have parity with Recorded TV in the area of bookmarks – you can now resume previously played videos where you left off.”

I also like the new look of the seek bar. Should be cool!

]]> By: Andrew http://geekyweekly.com/2009/hello-from-windows-7#comment-17253 Andrew Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:11:29 +0000 http://geekyweekly.com/?p=800#comment-17253 Here's a rundown of Media Center changes: <a href="http://blog.retrosight.com/WindowsMediaCenterInThePDCBuildOfWindows7.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://blog.retrosight.com/WindowsMediaCenterInThePDCBuildOfWindows7.aspx</a> Some subtle changes but a few are very welcome like Turbo Scroll and being able to scroll through a show with the mouse. The also mention something about "Shared Libraries" and being able to pull Recorded TV off other machines on the network. This supposedly took a little bit of work to do in Vista. Might be an option for you, stick your tuners in a different machine and have a lightweight (SSD based?) front end under the TV. Saw a note somewhere else that it has the TV Pack 2008 which includes H.264 support built in. The start menu and task bar got the biggest visible makeover. Pinning items really makes the quick launch bar obsolete. UAC is also much easier to disable now. Have a Windows Explorer window open? Right click it in the task bar and see a list of frequently opened folders. I can see my task bar getting setup to where I would hardly need the desktop and start menu. Aero Peek is cool, get a visual preview of a window and close it without actually giving it focus. So it might be an incremental update from Vista, but the question is it good enough to get people off XP. I think it is. I'm really liking the responsiveness and my machine isn't exactly a speed demon. Everyone hated Vista, but I'm not sure there's much to hate about Windows 7. Here’s a rundown of Media Center changes:

http://blog.retrosight.com/WindowsMediaCenterInThePDCBuildOfWindows7.aspx

Some subtle changes but a few are very welcome like Turbo Scroll and being able to scroll through a show with the mouse. The also mention something about “Shared Libraries” and being able to pull Recorded TV off other machines on the network. This supposedly took a little bit of work to do in Vista. Might be an option for you, stick your tuners in a different machine and have a lightweight (SSD based?) front end under the TV.

Saw a note somewhere else that it has the TV Pack 2008 which includes H.264 support built in.

The start menu and task bar got the biggest visible makeover. Pinning items really makes the quick launch bar obsolete. UAC is also much easier to disable now. Have a Windows Explorer window open? Right click it in the task bar and see a list of frequently opened folders.

I can see my task bar getting setup to where I would hardly need the desktop and start menu. Aero Peek is cool, get a visual preview of a window and close it without actually giving it focus.

So it might be an incremental update from Vista, but the question is it good enough to get people off XP. I think it is. I’m really liking the responsiveness and my machine isn’t exactly a speed demon. Everyone hated Vista, but I’m not sure there’s much to hate about Windows 7.

]]> By: nathan118 http://geekyweekly.com/2009/hello-from-windows-7#comment-17252 nathan118 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:58:36 +0000 http://geekyweekly.com/?p=800#comment-17252 I'm curious what Media Center improvements they've made. I’m curious what Media Center improvements they’ve made.

]]> By: Angelo Alberico http://geekyweekly.com/2009/hello-from-windows-7#comment-17251 Angelo Alberico Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:36:37 +0000 http://geekyweekly.com/?p=800#comment-17251 I agree with padfoot240, it feels like a Mojave service pack. That doesn't mean there aren't improvements under the hood but so far it feels the same. I agree with padfoot240, it feels like a Mojave service pack. That doesn’t mean there aren’t improvements under the hood but so far it feels the same.

]]> By: padfoot240@gmail.com http://geekyweekly.com/2009/hello-from-windows-7#comment-17249 padfoot240@gmail.com Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:32:11 +0000 http://geekyweekly.com/?p=800#comment-17249 It just seemed like an SP for Vista. I mean, really...I was hoping for something a lot more different. It just seemed like an SP for Vista. I mean, really…I was hoping for something a lot more different.

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