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From looking at the poll posted, we seem to have some adventurous types in their equipment and technology here on the forum. I have been reading for the last several months about the approaching release of Windows 7 which is now out in Beta Consumer Release and slated for final release in the fall. Are any brave souls out there trying it, and if so what are their impressions and experiences in regards to it versus their previous operating system?

From what I read, the reviews claim many things, but I am interested in your experiences.

In IC XC,
Father Anthony+

Christ is Risen!

I did install the Windows 7 beta on iMac machine using bootcamp. Very easy install, did read well the Leopard cd in order to install and update the iMac drivers. It paired ok the wireless mouse, but I really really made efforts to setup the wireless keyboard, very hard pairing.

It runs very speedy. Office 2007 opens very quick, also any program from the Adobe CS4 suite. I had troubles with Kaspersky, poor integration, also with Eset. Capture NX2 does not run well and speedy as in Leopard. The manipulation of the nef files is grouchy comparing to Leopard. This aspect made me to get rid of the Windows 7. I tried to install Nero, then Roxio, I have no idea why, but I had problems. Also the sound was poorer than under Leopard.

From my view point it will be a very expensive product and does not deserve the money. Either an investment in Mac, very stable, high quality, for those who use Photoshop etc, or a Linux machine, stable, quicker than a MS Win. Personally on laptop now I use Vista, but I want to throw it away, because I use the laptop only for Word, Excel, mobile communication and www. So that I will setup a Linux distro. For example Kubuntu, tested before.

I think that the MS Win does not make steps as its competitors did. I tried the Windows 7 on my iMac, as I said. Perhaps on a genuine PC it runs otherwise.

God help.

All versions of WinDoze work better--faster and more stable--on an Intel Mac. Go figure. But Mac OS 10.5 puts any version of Windows in the shade, and has the virtue of being the only truly Orthodox operating system out there. Umberto Ecco wrote about the theology of operating systems some time back, though I believe he has mischaracterized the Mac:

"The fact is that the world is divided between users of the Macintosh computer and users of MS-DOS compatible computers. I am firmly of the opinion that the Macintosh is Catholic and that DOS is Protestant. Indeed, the Macintosh is counter-reformist and has been influenced by the 'ratio studiorum' of the Jesuits. It is cheerful, friendly, conciliatory; it tells the faithful how they must proceed step by step to reach--if not the Kingdom of Heaven--the moment in which their document is printed. It is catechistic: the essence of revelation is dealt with via simple formulae and sumptuous icons. Everyone has a right to salvation.

"DOS is Protestant, or even Calvinistic. It allows free interpretation of scripture, demands difficult personal decisions, imposes a subtle hermeneutics upon the user, and takes for granted the idea that not all can reach salvation. To make the system work you need to interpret the program yourself: a long way from the baroque community of revelers, the user is closed within the loneliness of his own inner torment.

"You may object that, with the passage to Windows, the DOS universe has come to resemble more closely the counter-reformist tolerance of the Macintosh. It's true: Windows represents an Anglican-style schism, big ceremonies in the cathedral, but there is always the possibility of a return to DOS to change things in accordance with bizarre decisions; when it comes down to it, you can decide to allow women and gays to be priests if you want to.

"And machine code lies beneath both systems (or environments, if you prefer)? Ah, that is to do with the Old Testament, and is talmudic and cabalistic . . .