windows 7 anecdotes, observations, and general comment

i'm hoping for some comment action on this one.

is anybody running windows 7? if so, please email me. it not, is there a reason you won't take advantage of microsoft's benevolence and grab the .iso (32bit or 64bit), along with a key?

i'm going to update this page as time goes on. trying to keep it all together. rather than spreading it out over several pages. i like searching one document rather than a million.

one of the first things that i wanna point out is that i have trouble with my mouse. the cursor (therefore the focus) moves all over the screen sometimes. so when i'm typing, the cursor could all of a suddent be typing in a line 5 lines behind you. you not only have to stop what you're doing and look all over for this bar/cursor/arrow thing and put it back at the end of the text i was typing. i can't recreate the situation, it just happens whenever it feels like it. there is no pattern to her behavior. but she's going to get whacked one upside it's button, and hopefully it'll calm down and stay put where it's supposed to be. now watch, i'm making an issue of something that isn't happening right now. i'm surprised i got this much typed without the mouse going back a few lines. it'll generally stay - whoops, there it went. it landed down on the tray on an open application icon. i didn't get a peek at what that software app is doing, like i normally (there it went again, i just replaced the cursor) do.

i thought it was the mouse, but she looks healthy. got a coupla new batteries in her. so i'm assuming it's a software issue. hence i'm looking at the properties of the mouse. i can't give up the move of focus attribute. otherwise known as the xmouse property. it even brings the window to the top when hovered over a second or 2. i wonder if that's configurable in the registry. anybody know?

but back to the reason i'm posting this, and consequently, updates as necessary, is one that i'm hoping other people have about windows 7. there's a already a few forums open to address this need, so i figure post there, then post here. a one line comment will definitely work in your favor.

windows 7 by and large, is a wonderful, exciting new windows. it's not vista. i've been able to run 99% of the apps i use (organizer 2.1 is my diary). i've grown away from microsoft office and turned to open office. i mean, c'mon, it's a freebie that can't be matched. if you have to work on cost/benefit ratios, then you'll appreciate open office's ability to not only handle it's own data. but read/write msoffice data with nary a miss. yes, windows 7 is the OS vista SHOULD have been. i paid for vista. and i'll definitely pay for win7. and that's about as good a comment as i got about it.