Windows 7 - Page 4

**JAvEX** · 11th November 2009, 05:32

The main thing that I miss from Ubuntu is the ability to have more than one taskbar. I would like to have one with only the Windows 7 Dock, and a second with the Start Menu, Clock, and application shortcuts. I don't like to admit it, but I find Windows 7 has noticeably better response times than Ubuntu.

***luck777jojo*** · 12th November 2009, 07:58

hrm.... actually not noticing better response times on my end but first impressions from win7 aren't that bad.... I can see myself booting into it to play games without hating every moment of it like I did with vista for the 2 weeks that I had it installed.

Still keeping ubuntu as my primary OS on that system though.

**scruie** · 12th November 2009, 11:49

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Originally Posted by luck777jojo

I liked it the way it was before when they had Win98 for home users and NT for servers, then when *nix completely whooped MS in the server side of things they went with XP Home and Pro which was also possible to deal with, but what they have now is ridiculous.

The move away from DOS had to be done. Technology was advancing too quickly for DOS to stay as the foundation of a modern OS.

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Originally Posted by luck777jojo

hrm.... actually not noticing better response times on my end but first impressions from win7 aren't that bad.... I can see myself booting into it to play games without hating every moment of it like I did with vista for the 2 weeks that I had it installed.

Still keeping ubuntu as my primary OS on that system though.

If you were an everyday Windows user then you would notice the differences, and I do mean differences: faster USB transfers, less resources wasted, and the others mentioned before.

It disturbs me that Windows 7 has actually got me excited about computing, again. Even so that I'm considering spending some money and build a new PC.

***gil*** · 18th November 2009, 01:37

Close to a month with 7 and I simply love it.
The differences from Vista are enormous! Still haven't found anything that bothers me and disturbs my work. I had plenty with Vista.

My desktop is still totaly clean, nothing but recycle bin. And you're talking with someone who had full desktops before. nice one MS.

Going into sleep\hibernation mode is 10x faster than Vista and thats one of the things that bothered me the most. hurray

Really, like you scruie, I found myself excited about it during the first week.

**JAvEX** · 20th November 2009, 03:52

...yeah I use to have a cluttered desktop as well, now it's completely empty.

It's coming up on 3 months that I've been using Windows 7. I am even happier with it now than before since I've managed to create a second taskbar (like I've been wanting for a decade in Windows).

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/9467/yes.png

**scruie** · 21st November 2009, 18:36

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Originally Posted by JAvEX

...yeah I use to have a cluttered desktop as well, now it's completely empty.

It's coming up on 3 months that I've been using Windows 7. I am even happier with it now than before since I've managed to create a second taskbar (like I've been wanting for a decade in Windows).

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/9467/yes.png

How on earth did you do that?

On a widescreen monitor I can really see the usefulness of that dual task bar, use to RocketDock for awhile to get the Mac inspired launchpad. But that dual taskbar interests me.

*wcbrilman* · 21st November 2009, 18:53

lol, when googling for the double taskbar thingy for my own laptop yesterday, I found JAvEX on another forum - so I'll steal his answer to scruie:

http://www.winstep.net/default.asp?cat=nexus

**JAvEX** · 21st November 2009, 23:34

Yeah, I've been wanting a second taskbar for a decade now. The creator of UltraMon is actually considering adding single monitor support in a future version, but until then I posted how I did it on DeviantArt: http://countedfor.deviantart.com/art...kbar-144173123

Silentwalker · Yesterday, 07:38

/Angry face at no free upgrade for me, and only had vista for about 7 months when 7 was out. Soooooo I think I might buy a mac?

**scruie** · Yesterday, 11:58

Nice. What's the overheads like?

11th November 2009, 05:32	#46
JAvEX ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Evil Elite Tournaments Won: 3 Join Date: 12th Mar 2005 Posts: 5,056	The main thing that I miss from Ubuntu is the ability to have more than one taskbar. I would like to have one with only the Windows 7 Dock, and a second with the Start Menu, Clock, and application shortcuts. I don't like to admit it, but I find Windows 7 has noticeably better response times than Ubuntu. __________________

12th November 2009, 07:58	#47
*luck777jojo* Power Overwhelming Join Date: 24th Jan 2002 Posts: 14,747	hrm.... actually not noticing better response times on my end but first impressions from win7 aren't that bad.... I can see myself booting into it to play games without hating every moment of it like I did with vista for the 2 weeks that I had it installed. Still keeping ubuntu as my primary OS on that system though. __________________ .

20th November 2009, 03:52	#50
JAvEX ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Evil Elite Tournaments Won: 3 Join Date: 12th Mar 2005 Posts: 5,056	...yeah I use to have a cluttered desktop as well, now it's completely empty. It's coming up on 3 months that I've been using Windows 7. I am even happier with it now than before since I've managed to create a second taskbar (like I've been wanting for a decade in Windows). http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/9467/yes.png __________________

21st November 2009, 18:53	#52
wcbrilman Eilv Epermor Evil Emperor Join Date: 3rd Jan 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 6,581	lol, when googling for the double taskbar thingy for my own laptop yesterday, I found JAvEX on another forum - so I'll steal his answer to scruie: http://www.winstep.net/default.asp?cat=nexus __________________ .::wcbrilman::. ':mpcms mod:' #mpc #mpc_ms ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN, SEVEN, ELEVEN

21st November 2009, 23:34	#53
JAvEX ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Evil Elite Tournaments Won: 3 Join Date: 12th Mar 2005 Posts: 5,056	Yeah, I've been wanting a second taskbar for a decade now. The creator of UltraMon is actually considering adding single monitor support in a future version, but until then I posted how I did it on DeviantArt: http://countedfor.deviantart.com/art...kbar-144173123 __________________

Yesterday, 07:38	#54
Silentwalker Dark Sith Legion Angel of Darkness Join Date: 23rd Feb 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 259	/Angry face at no free upgrade for me, and only had vista for about 7 months when 7 was out. Soooooo I think I might buy a mac?

Yesterday, 11:58	#55
scruie Global Moderator Power Overwhelming Join Date: 25th Nov 2004 Posts: 15,881	Nice. What's the overheads like? __________________