May 5, 2009 4:48 PM PDT
Watch Windows 7 RC in action
Microsoft impressed many with its Windows 7 beta, and the new Windows 7 Release Candidate looks even better. More than mere bug fixes, the Windows 7 Release Candidate improves on device management and search-term highlighting, and includes support for a virtual XP mode to run older programs. Preview what's new in this First Look video, and don't miss the hand's on review.
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I use an auto run file titled "autorun.inf" to tell the icon to display it reads as follows
[AUTORUN]
ICON=CHII.ICO
Would the new update prevent my icon from showing or would t just prevent an autorun file from running if it listed a program to open?
If it would prevent it from showing, I would like to know where I would need to go to disable this feature and allow my icons to show again.
With regard to concerns over compatibility, I have, literally, over 300 programs installed on my computer, and the compatibility issues have not only been very rare, but in all cases they were attributable to the program (older, 32-bit apps), and not Windows. I doubt that compatibility issues are goiing to weigh Win7 down as much as some might think. This is almost a moot point with XP Mode.
Of course, you can switch to Mac if you like, but if you think you really don't need security software, then perhaps you'd better bone up on your "tec knowledge" before you lull yourself into a falsely enhanced sense of security. Yeah, you do get a pretty nice security boost with Macs, but they are NOT invulnerable. And remember, it doesn't take all the tens of thousands of viruses that plague Windows to give you a bad case of the blues. It only takes ONE.
XP users and Apple will ask:
"What's the point of upgrading Windows if the new one only has bell and whistles?"
XP mode was placed to lure corporations and users who wanted to upgrade XP but were reluctant to upgrade to Vista.
However (and I'm sure Microsoft just LOVES to hear this): I have to admit that I am so impressed with Win7 that I'm already planning to save up for it; maybe sell off a few of my gold tooth fillings! LOL
Things are lot easier on win7 than vista. I will definitely upgrade. Am a flash guy and all CS3 suit works well, including flex builder and other tools. I think people should try it first before giving a premature judgment.
You cannot compare MS with Apple. MS tries to make software that will run on hundreds of brands of machines with several varying configurations(processor speeds, memory, camera or none) and special devices. Apple makes OS for Mac (one machine) with pre-known configuration. They do 2 different jobs and I think you should ask Apple to do what MS is doing and let's see how it will go. Then can you point a finger at MS. Let's have Apple have same penetration as MS and you'll see streams of viruses that'll lounge fat on OSX. Viruses are written by humans, most of them live outside the US and most of these guys only afford cheap PC, cos it's clonable.
What am I saying, Apple has its strength, so also MS has it's strength. If there was no MS, how many people will be using computers today? If there was no Apple, how ugly will our UI look?
- by mdzakiansari May 14, 2009 9:21 PM PDT
- While it may be a great improvement over vista, it does not look like a quantum jump in improving the windows operating system. Vista was not a system which users liked and MS couldn't have gone back to XP, so they have produced a similar and a little better system.
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