Myth: You need to wait for the first service pack before windows 7 becomes usable.
Truth: you don’t need to wait for SP1. It had millions of beta testers and is rock solid stable. All applications work, and so do the drivers.
It’s not unexpected that people think you need to wait for SP1 I mean look at windows’ track record…it was hell until SP1-SP2 rolls around. Not with windows 7.
Windows 7 has 75,000 certified to work devices, anything that works with vista works with windows 7, and by now even the slowest devs have added support for vista.
Windows 7′s 8 million beta testers (including me!) meant that it was solidly tested. In beta there was a wiping bug with MP3′s but that was fixed very quickly.
Unlike vista windows 7 was not pushed out the door so all your apps work with windows 7.
The only problem is that some apps like live messenger, and Firefox work but not work fully (the new taskbar issues).
It’s not slow, its fast and lean.
So really don’t wait to get windows 7. Trust me its stable, and is free of bugs.
I tried beta, and have been on the RC for 6 months now, and not one windows 7 crash was seen. A couple of games from 05 had issues making the move but was fixed with a right-click and compatibility set to XP.
So Myth Busted.
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@slow Its well covered I have no idea what you mean.