I was chosen as a host for the Windows 7 Launch Party, and we just finished our party, so I wanted to post some pictures of the fun times we had and discuss what we like about Windows 7.
This is the amazing Windows 7 cake Kimberly made. It was delicious
Here are the partygoers and the festivities
Sarah, Kimberly and Alisa putting together the Windows 7 puzzle
Mmm . . . cake
Jared thinks Windows 7 is heavenly
Sarah won the raffle prize of a Windows 7 deck of playing cards
The things we discussed which we like about Windows 7 include:
The systray has now been consolidated into a single arrow button which expands into a small window displaying the icons rather than having them extend along the taskbar. This makes things tidy up nicely and look clean.
My favorite new addition is the built in desktop wallpaper changer functionality. I have used third party apps to do this since XP years ago, and they always had the knack of crashing at opportune moments. Now that it’s native, it is working beautifully.
I know the major changes that have been made are in the reliability and security underneath which I don’t even notice.
I haven’t had any troubles, so I would recommend upgrading if it’s economical for you. Along those lines, I did an upgrade install, and it went very smooth. I had to reinstall a few drivers to make sure they were the updated version, and a couple programs needed to be reinstalled because they were entwined with the registry etc. (eg. my antivirus and vpn client).
What the? How do you know Sarah and Jared? I worked in the same physics lab as Sarah. Do they know you and I are related? My maiden name is Baker if that helps make any connections.