Windows 7 features, the good, the bad and the missing
Posted by Mike Halsey in windows 7 on 02. May, 2009 | 3 Comments
With the release candidate now out and Windows 7 launching before the end of the year, I thought I’d summarise why I think it’s worth upgrading your PC, give details on some features that should not have been pulled and talk about where there are still problems. This is by no means a definitive list of features, [...]
Windows 7 ‘System Launcher’, life without the Start Menu
Posted by Mike Halsey in windows 7 on 02. Feb, 2009 | 15 Comments
One of the biggest criticisms of Windows 7, especially from myself, has been the inability to pin icons like the control panel, computer and recycle bin to the new taskbar. This meant that Windows 7 was a nasty half-way house between what Microsoft want Windows to become long-term and the old Windows XP way of doing things.
Last week [...]
Windows 7, The Beast with Two Backs?
Posted by Mike Halsey in windows 7 on 24. Jan, 2009 | 0 Comments
I’ve written quite a lot about Windows 7 and I’ve tried to resist falling into either of the two popular review camps at the moment. Either [gushing] “It’s incredibly stable, much better than Vista and usable day to day already” or [humbug] “It’s only Vista release 2 and there’s no reason to go out and [...]
Windows Taskbar and Start Menu… the future?
Posted by Mike Halsey in windows 7 on 14. Jan, 2009 | 9 Comments
I’ve written a lot about the Windows 7 taskbar and start menu in recent days, not because they’re brilliant or horrible, but rather because they’re trapped half way between the Windows interface we’ve had for the last decade and the one we’ll be heading for in the decade ahead. The downside of this is that [...]
Windows 7… the conspiracy?
Posted by Mike Halsey in windows 7 on 13. Jan, 2009 | 2 Comments
This morning I published an article entitled Windows 7, the case for dumping the Start Menu, that respected IT and Microsoft journalist Paul Thurrott picked up on and quoted on his site. He commented on what I had written saying…
“Mike Halsey writes that Microsoft is very likely starting the process of removing the Start Menu from Windows [...]
