Almighty Bean

I was really lucky that I got to go to Microsoft Visitor Center yesterday for the first time.  Thanks a lot to my bro-in-law who happens to work there.  I couldn’t walk out of there without getting a copy of Windows 7. 

First of all, I love the new look.  Seeing the wallpapers change every 30 seconds has definitely cured my I-am-so-bored-with-my-wallpaper-all-the-time-itis.  The sample themes that Windows provided were also great; it really emphasized the vibrant screen.  I bet by the end of the week (or less) I’d be looking for a new wallpaper again.  At least now they can all be in slideshow mode. 

I’m no computer whiz, I’m just a computer… appreciator? You know… the type that has the computer on all day, plurking, checking out Facebook, chatting, that sort of thing.  I would have been completely satisfied with just the themes.  But hey, even if I got my Windows 7 discounted, I wanted to make sure I got my money’s worth.  So I checked out a few more features to see what else Windows 7 was all about.

Speed is another key improvement of Windows 7.  Booting is faster, and resuming from sleep mode is rapid.  I felt like my 1 year old laptop got a facial and a spa treatment.  I saw that Paint and Word Pad were revamped too, as they now look like how the latest Office programs looked.  I don’t know if I should still mention the new look of the calculator.. Oh wait, I just did. 

I also had to install Windows Live Essentials which I had to get online for free.  It’s basically, Windows Live messenger, Movie Maker, and other stuff.  I’m more of a Yahoo Messenger! person, so I knew that Live messenger was not gonna be a big thing for me.  Movie Maker is something I knew I would be able to use for projects in the future.  Right now, I am playing around with Windows Live Writer.  I’m using it to write this blog at this very moment.  I find it a lot easier to blog from here, oddly enough.  If all goes well, I might use Live Writer to blog more often.  

Right now it is safe to say that I do not regret my purchase.  It may be too early to tell, though.  I will continue to use Chrome as my browser and YM as my messenger and iTunes as my music player.  I’m not for or against any one company.  I just use what’s comfortable for me.