Microsoft as usual confused with their naming strategies released the new “Windows 7“, which is literally the 7th version of the Windows OS. I am not a big fan of Microsoft. It feels like a technology that is enforced on you and we have got to accept it. Considering other options like Mac which is still pretty expensive here in Middle East and linux derivatives which are still not mature enough to handle all my applications, Microsoft is my only resolution.

Vista was a nightmare! (at least with my experience). I formatted my XP and upgraded to Vista only to find out error messages popping from here and there. Snail speed of processing and opening applications was very irritating. One month was more than enough for me to drop it and get my good XP back. In the end, an OS main function is to handle software on hardware. Failing this means dump it in the recycle bin!

This weeks I installed Windows 7 on one of my drive partitions. And something is of change here! (at least up till this very second I am writing this post!). Win7 might not look visually different than Vista, but the OS core shows good advancement.

After installation, Win7 update upgraded my PC hardware drivers to the latest compatible update. No probs with hardware so far! I installed several of the main apps I am using and almost all of them got working fine. The only exception was that of Google Earth, but I managed to get the solution online. Speed-wise, its performing well.

Apparently, Win7 is like apologizing for what Vista screwed up earlier. I think I will give it a trial for few more days, to confirm its stability and make sure no problems pop up anywhere before upgrading my whole PC. Further, by next year WinXP will be an old technology, and people shall seriously consider upgrading.