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Well windows seven definitely has drawbacks as well.
I had a hard time finding 'run', so that I could get to a command line. finally did a search for 'run' then pinned that to my task bar.
Not totally jazzed with how services works. While it is neat that Task Manager shows both processes and services, you are able to kill less of them. I am still trying to find a good resource on which processes I can nuke. I had this notebook down to 18 processes under XP. My desktop at home does great on 15 with XP pro. But it also has no wifi!
Wheras Win 7 has about 38-41 in most situations. Not killing me, but JEEEZ, this is a 2ghz core 2 duo, with 2 gigs of ram and a 7200rpm 200gig hard drive (not a bad notebook). And my ram usage is at 48%!
I also am pretty annoyed with HP. I had to print out a boarding pass formyflight to NYC today. The HP 'win 2k/XP/Vista' driver that I downloaded, all 100mb, returned an error that it could not function on this operating system! Well Sonar 7 (last years version) runs great, as does crusty old photoshop 7. Blackberry Desktop Manager 4.0.37 and Syncplcity are just peachy.
So I had to go install the HP driver (180mb!) on my Mac-mini and physically move the damn printer across the room.


On the plus side...
The task bar thing works great. Love the preview! You can even see a mini view of the video if you are watching youtube or adultswim. I must say I am really impressed with how well the graphics of the OS work. I actually get snappier smoother looking UI interaction than I did with XP on the same machine! Media Player 11 in Windows seven works rather well (comes with a DVD codec! unlike XP sp3!) Though the subtitle options and root menu optins are rather buried.
To access any real configuration options of media player you have to switch from 'player' mode to 'library' mode. Which is not exactly intuitive. This is a theme with Win 7. My Documents is all under 'Libraries' which is kind of an awkward word to me. Not that I have any problem with books! I just think it is an old fashioned armature to hang your media off of. A library is very linear and rigid. Digital media is not.

RC cola

Well I am really digging windows seven RC.
So far it is stable and smooth. Looks nice and seems like a big improvement over Vista if not XP.
I am in NYC for hte next 2 weeks so I am hoping this install doesnt give me any problems while I am on the road!

down with AT&T!

JEEEEEEZ! I finally got my blinkin blackberry. I went over to Verizon. AT&T has managed to completely alienate me as a customer. I will never as long as I live pay for anything from AT&T. I could not beleive that after UPS lost my phone they expected me to pay for another phone! then wait 30 days until they would refund me for the first! When it had been 2 weeks since I lost my original phone I just caved and went to Verizon. I must thank the very attractive young lady that waved my fees and everything after she heard my story about AT&T. To top it off my bills with Verizon are going to be cheaper for the same exact plan, and they have a faster network!
The EVD A and EVD 0 are much better than whatever AT&T's 3g was getting me on my last phone. AT&T is WEAK!
The phone I got looks exactly like the photo below, but it doesnt say t-mobile.
I mean really what kind of nerd has no communicator?

Blackberry withdrawal.

Lost my blackberry the previous weekend. I ordered a shiny new berry from AT&T. It is still not here, though I paid for 2 day air. Somehow UPS lost it. Or I am thinking, someone that works for UPS is less than scrupulous. I am finding it difficult to cope with my connectionless status. What will my friends do without constant updates on my status? How can I take sly photos of wacky server install hijincks?