# Windows 7 **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 22, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7/511075 "2009-09-22T13:31:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7/511075/21 "2009-09-25T02:17:20Z")
Just in case you need some help hosting your [Windows 7 launch party](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ&)! ---
**Author:** ![hobscrk777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a6a055/32.png) [@hobscrk777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobscrk777)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7/511075/22 "2009-09-25T13:08:27Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > I want to like Windows 7, I really do. There’s lots of little annoyances though. > > When you right click on the taskbar to close a window, “close” has been moved up a little higher so if I click where I’m used to clicking it does nothing. > > The “show desktop” button has been moved over to the other side of the screen altogether. I go for this button all the time and I hate where it is now. There’s another hidden trick to easily close a program, similarly to middle-clicking the quick launch icon to open a new instance of a program. Move your mouse over the icons so the thumbnail previews appear. Then move your mouse over one of the thumbnails. Middle-click while doing so, and that individual window will close. As for jumping to the desktop, try Windows+D. ---
**Author:** ![Weaver\_of\_Nightmares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@Weaver\_of\_Nightmares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weaver_of_Nightmares)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7/511075/23 "2009-10-07T12:14:15Z")
> [@ataraxy22](#): > > How are you able to buy it now with Windows 7 already installed? I thought non-beta versions of it weren’t available to the public until late October. (I’m waiting until then to buy a new computer, hoping my current one can limp along that long.) More like ‘able to order it now with Windows 7’. I just got mailed by the supplier saying that they can’t start shipping until the 22nd, because that’s when Microsoft wants the new OS to hit the streets. ---
**Author:** ![davekhps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@davekhps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davekhps)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7/511075/24 "2009-10-08T17:13:18Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > All in all, I’m probably going back to Vista soon. I never had any of the problems with it that so many people describe. Wow, _really_? I was a late adopter of Vista, i.e. I missed the buggy years. After some tweaking, I liked it more than I liked XP, and I never had any problems. When the 7 Beta came out, I waited a while to hear the gouge, then decided to take the plunge in the spring, installing it on my Gateway desktop. LOVED it. Alas, about a month ago my Gateway died (hardware failure, not software), so I needed to get a replacement. I bought an HP, in large part because HP was offering a free (_really_ free-- no S&H fees!) upgrade to 7 once it came out. I’ve now spent three weeks with Vista again after having had 7 for so long. IT’S MISERY. I \*can’t wait \*until my upgrade disc gets here. I have XP at work, and I enjoy that much more more than I enjoy going back to Vista. Again, there’s nothing _wrong_ with Vista in its current form-- the vast majority of the criticism it received upon launch is now long-since outdated. But man, it’s not 7. 7 is glorious, exactly what a 21st century OS should be. VERY happy with it. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7/511075/25 "2009-10-08T17:25:02Z")
> [@Weaver\_of\_Nightmares](#): > > The one I wanted came with Vista, and a chance to upgrade to Windows 7 for really cheap. > > Thing is, I am really attached to Windows XP, but I don’t have the original installment-cd’s. So I pretty much have to take what OS the new 'puter has on it. I got a new computer in July with Vista and an offer to get 7 for just the cost of shipping it, so I am going to put in 7 as soon as it arrives. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7/511075/26 "2009-10-09T04:16:08Z")
> [@hobscrk777](#): > > As for jumping to the desktop, try Windows+D. [Area Man Knows All the Windows Shortcut Keys](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/38976)😉 ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7/511075/27 "2009-10-09T22:12:49Z")
Definitely getting Windows 7 Pro. As for XP issues, I still have XP Pro on another hard disk which I can boot from if needed. Right now I am using Windows 7 RC since July and I haven’t run into any major issues. Old games work (Arcanum and Fallout 2 works), new games works but crash occasionally. I like how the start menu works now; I install a large number of programs that I am out of room for my XP Start Menu. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-7/511075.md?page=1)