Comments on: Things I’m Already Enjoying in Windows 7 http://n00tz.net/2009/10/things-im-already-enjoying-in-windows-7/ so you think you're savvy? reviews.ramblings.references Sat, 12 Nov 2011 07:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Garrett Bartley http://n00tz.net/2009/10/things-im-already-enjoying-in-windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Garrett Bartley Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:25:09 +0000 http://n00tz.net/2009/10/things-im-already-enjoying-in-windows-7/#comment-243 Excellent write-up! I'm now looking forward to the possibility of getting Win7 on my computers at work. The whole shake "magic eraser" thing would come in very handy for when I'm trying to find the desktop and want to minimize everything but a single app (usually NetBeans or SSMS). As far as the "pin to" option for the start bar, it's been around for a while. It's the shortcut bar. Granted, the icons are super tiny and mostly useless, but it's still there. The search feature may come in handy, too. I'm interested to see how it compares to something like QuickSilver or Launchy (my favorite). Spotlight is a minimalistic comparison. It searches darn near everything but it's intrusive to your monitor real estate. It doesn't have all the fancy command shortcuts or magic ninja command voodoo, but it does what I need -- launch apps quickly without using a frelling mouse. Gadgets, meh. Libraries, meh. Live previews better? Okay, I'll take that. Not super important, but maybe nice. Of course, I'm working with text/code 99% of my computing life, so I don't know that a live or even freeze-frame preview does me any good. I also heard a rumor about 3D acceleration over RDP. Now -that- is something I wanna see happen. Bonus points if it's good enough to run video games over a gigabit network connection (or less, but I wouldn't blame them for requiring gigabit). That would give a whole new meaning to a game server! Maybe I'll give the RC a try on Bootcamp when Apple feels comfortable with it. Excellent write-up! I’m now looking forward to the possibility of getting Win7 on my computers at work. The whole shake “magic eraser” thing would come in very handy for when I’m trying to find the desktop and want to minimize everything but a single app (usually NetBeans or SSMS).

As far as the “pin to” option for the start bar, it’s been around for a while. It’s the shortcut bar. Granted, the icons are super tiny and mostly useless, but it’s still there.

The search feature may come in handy, too. I’m interested to see how it compares to something like QuickSilver or Launchy (my favorite). Spotlight is a minimalistic comparison. It searches darn near everything but it’s intrusive to your monitor real estate. It doesn’t have all the fancy command shortcuts or magic ninja command voodoo, but it does what I need — launch apps quickly without using a frelling mouse.

Gadgets, meh. Libraries, meh. Live previews better? Okay, I’ll take that. Not super important, but maybe nice. Of course, I’m working with text/code 99% of my computing life, so I don’t know that a live or even freeze-frame preview does me any good.

I also heard a rumor about 3D acceleration over RDP. Now -that- is something I wanna see happen. Bonus points if it’s good enough to run video games over a gigabit network connection (or less, but I wouldn’t blame them for requiring gigabit). That would give a whole new meaning to a game server!

Maybe I’ll give the RC a try on Bootcamp when Apple feels comfortable with it.

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