My Shiny

[mrv3000]

The laptop update ended up taking about 3 hours, but in spite of that, I LOVE WINDOWS 7! "Oh, you want this? *BAM* Here you go. Yes, I am awesome. Thanks for noticing." Plus, it's pretty. :D Also, do all touchpads have a wheel function off to the side? Not a physical wheel, but a touch wheel. Also awesome.

I've barely scratched the surface with customizing it yet, but the nice thing with the default settings of W7 is that I don't feel the burning need of "THIS THING MUST BE CHANGED RIGHT NOW" with anything.

Also nice, my laptop has a web option where I don't need to start Windows - I can just access the web in seconds from a turned off computer. Handy if I need something right now, but I imagine most times I'll be starting up Windows. I like Firefox too much.

Comments

[goldy-dollar.livejournal.com]

OOOH OOOH. TELL ME MORE TELL ME MORE. :D

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

XD Well, for one thing the wireless setup was beyond simple. I didn't even need to tell it I wanted to do it. Just had to plug in the key and off I went.

[goldy-dollar.livejournal.com]

XD I think I'm getting Windows 7 for Christmas. *rubs hands together*

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Oh! And the rectangle boxes at the bottom showing what you have open are gone. There are now buttons. Makes it look clean.

[goldy-dollar.livejournal.com]

OH REALLY? Man, that would be AWESOME. It bothers me that the boxes take up so much room. It's always like "pfft, google would solve this problem in seconds."

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Also, it's just one button per application, but when you mouse-over, all the windows pop up for you to choose. It's hard to explain, but I like it.

[goldy-dollar.livejournal.com]

I WAAAAANT.

Man, I really hope that Windows 7 works on my netbook. Having to go back to XP on it makes me nutty. It's so slow.

[skippity-doo.livejournal.com]

You can get the Internet without waiting for Windows to boot?!

That... that has to be done with magic, right?

(I have no icon that appropriately expresses my shock/awe, so have some ponies and applesauce.)

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

XD It is really snifty! I forget what the browser is called - it's not IE, Firefox or Chrome. But it's really zippy!

[greenpear.livejournal.com]

New operating systems are always shiney. So much to learn...

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

*nods*

[jupisan.livejournal.com]

so Windows 7 is awesome and good.
tell me what other nifty things it does.
have u done the work two things at once thing like in the commercials.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I haven't done two things at once yet! I'm still playing around though. :D

[outforawalk.livejournal.com]

As I am unexpectedly in the market for a new laptop, I am enjoying every update about your shiny new friend. I am super intrigued with the easy access Internet.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

It's very cool! There's a "web" button above the keyboard. If I press it when the computer's off, it quickly launches a browser. It looks a bit like Firefox, only it's not. Only thing is I'm not quite sure if my security software covers things if Windows hasn't been launched. Hmmm. And also I have quite a few add-ons on Firefox, like ad blocker, so most times I imagine I'll just launch Windows. However, I have to say that browsing did seem to be faster in non-Windows mode.