Windows 7 is weird.....

[switch842]

Working on getting the new laptop all set up. Windows 7 is very, very odd. It'll definitely take some getting used to. No opinion yet on good or bad, just still weird. The no icons on the desktop thing is very strange. And I have 2 HDs (woot!) and a quad core (quadruple woot!), so that adds stuff into the mix. Quad Core = major awesomeness!! Current laptop is only single core. So, trying to work in Photoshop while listening to music in Media Player was pretty much an exercise in futility. Now I can do that with no problems! LOL Oh, and speaking of, I have now been updated to PS CS4 as hubby no longer had the files for version 7 that I am currently using.

So, yeah. Got Chrome installed. Getting that configured. Will get Firefox set next. Installing that just in case I decide to go back to it from Chrome. There's still some things with Chrome that I'm not liking too much. So, we'll see....

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[jessm78.livejournal.com]

I've been wondering what Windows 7 is like. I've heard that it's not supposed to be as big a memory hog as Vista. Not crazy about the "no desktop icons" thing. You can't create them somehow? Everything still shows up in the Start menu I guess?

Doing some real thinking about this since I have to get a new lappie soon.

[switch842.livejournal.com]

I can get the dektop icons to show up, it's just a specific setting. It might also be a specific Dell thing. Pic:

(http://pics.livejournal.com/switch842/pic/01dd0zyq)

They have what they call a dock at the top of the screen. It can be moved around and stuff. I just need to do some more playing and figure things out.

[jessm78.livejournal.com]

Oh, well that makes me feel better. :)

Wow, that really does look different. The dock thing looks pretty cool... I'm not crazy about having stuff at the top of the screen, so I'm glad it can be moved around.