We’ve recently built and set up a number of p.c’s to fulfill an I.T contract for a client of ours.  As part of the software install we have supplied the brand new shiny Windows 7, this was our first experience of Microsoft’s brand new flagship OS.

So…..whats it like?
As hardened Mac users we’re always keen to avoid anything Microsoft.  Our first thoughts were that it is very ‘Mac like’ when it boots, it doesn’t show a load of DOS code as its predecessors always did so well done for that Microsoft!.

It also now has a dock area at the bottom of the screen, which is very useful for quickly opening your fav programs (mmm, where have I seen that before?).  It’s media integration is also really good, it looks very slick.  Page animate nicely into one another it all felt very well balanced and put together.

Its fairly clear to see that Microsoft have been closely watching Apple and their great OS (Snow) Leopard > upon fist glance the new Windows 7 appears to be really good, it looks great, isn’t to processor hungry (unlike the Lead Balloon that was Vista).

So is it really as good as Leopard?
Of course it isn’t!!! – the main problem is that it is still made by Microsoft > and that means badly thought out, not tested properly, impossible to actually do anything other than write a word doc with.  As soon as we try setting up a simple Network then that’s when you see behind the curtain, it is still just like all of it’s predecessors and is unnecessarily long winded in order to perform the simplest of tasks.  It is clunky and worst of all it won’t Network to a Linux based server.

And the moral of the story is………..get a Mac, they work.