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For once we've got a product that more or less lives up to the hype. There are still issues with Windows 7, particularly with its patchy NAS integration, but it's hard to deny its greater benefits. If nothing else Apple (and Apple fans) can no longer use the 'Mac OS just works' argument with the same gusto. Windows 'just works' too and it 'just works' with style to boot. Read full review

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By Andy Vandervell
Reviewed 22 October 2009
Updated 26 May 2011

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Performance: 9/10
Value: 8/10
Usability: 9/10
Features: 9/10
Overall: 9/10

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11:03 AM on 22 October, 2009

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Good reviews, I've been using the Beta for several months, and have overall positive opinions of it. Something I've not been able to work out, in the past, with a new install it was beneficial to install Mobo drivers, is this now part of the Win7 package?

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darkspark88

11:23 AM on 22 October, 2009

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All is forgiven TR. Vista actually introduced a lot of these features. I could never get a home network set up with XP, and Vista made that a lot easier. In essence Vista brought us the features of Windows 7, whilst Windows 7 improved the performance.

If there was one feature in this release I couldn't live without now, it would be libraries. A simple networking feature, but for those of us with large external hard drives, priceless.

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11:46 AM on 22 October, 2009

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On the point about it being a no-brainer for XP die hards to upgrade, I don't totally agree.

One of the reasons I keep my home destop and home laptop on XP is that my PC at work is on XP, and it makes my life easy to have the same interface for everything. I know is sounds like a basic point (and kind of makes me sound like a simpleton), but using W7 at home, and XP at work would just give me a headache.

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12:20 PM on 22 October, 2009

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I was running a beta version on an old laptop but I upgraded my main desktop at home to Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) last night. I did a fresh install and it took less than 20 mins!

It took a further 3-4 hours to install my software & copy my data back to the machine but what's 4 hours worth of hassle when I'll be using it for up to 6 or 7 hours a day, every day?

Windows 7 is fantastic. The only issue I had is that it doesn't like my old Netgear print server, nor an old internal media card reader (driver issue). But that's not Microsoft's fault.

It Windows 7 an essential upgrade for home users? Yes, unless you want to stay stuck well and truly back in the dark ages! After using Windows 7, I find myself missing little features when I use Vista on my laptop. I have no idea what I will feel like using Windows XP after using Windows 7, XP is bound to feel quite primitive and 'old hat'.

I think the best new feature is the new task bar. People will say they have just copied Apple, but I'd argue they looked at Apple's idea and made it better! I have no idea why people think copying ideas is such a bad idea, it seems to work well in every other industry!

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12:24 PM on 22 October, 2009

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@ Tim Rice

Really? I've never heard of being confused by an Operating System before.

If we all did things to 'keep it simple', we'd still be living in caves and making grunting noises at each other instead of using language ;-)

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12:25 PM on 22 October, 2009

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I don't think I can justify upgrading my 'home PC' to Windows 7 from XP. I just don't use it enough :( Parallels on OS X aside, I think I'll only be exposed to Windows 7 running natively if I have to buy a new PC *shudder*. Still, I'd be more likely to buy a PC running Windows 7 than I ever would have been running Vista.

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Ardjuna

12:46 PM on 22 October, 2009

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@Tim Rice:

I agree it's easier to keep the same OS for home and work. Steve, have you actually TRIED switching between two different versions of Windows on a regular basis? It CAN get confusing, attempting to use functions that aren't there, looking for buttons in different locations, etc.

Having said that, I think the inconvenience is worth it as XP just lacks too many features - but then I'm an enthusiast user and gamer, which certainly doesn't apply to many.

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12:48 PM on 22 October, 2009

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@Steve - "living in caves making grunt noises" {insert appropriate joke}.

I have used ubuntu quite a bit, never a mac. Win 7 much "nicer" to use so far. I have stuck it on my netbook, although I now have to rollback the bios, as the asus eee pc boots into a black screen using the latest firmware. How pants is that ?

Justin case anyone else is upgrading their asus eee pc to win7: http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=63510

Sits backs and waits for the fanboi-ism to start.

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12:48 PM on 22 October, 2009

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I'm sorry but Vista's issues should have been immediately obvious (as they were to me).

In spite of this TR's gave it 9/10.

Since you were _so_ wrong about Vista, why should I trust your review of Windows 7?

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12:48 PM on 22 October, 2009

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@ Steve

Thanks for the reply. My point was more about consistency, rather than keeping it simple. As you (or another Steve) point out in an earlier comment, once you get used to a certain set of new features in W7, you don't want to give them up. At the very least, it is likely to be a annoying when you arrive at your work desk each day.

I think there are a lot of low-tech PC users out there (like me perhaps!) who would naturally tend towards OS consistency with their work PC, and also take a phychological lead from the OS they use for long periods during the working day.

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