The Register polled their readers about their out-of-the-box experiences with the new Microsoft operating system:
Microsoft takes the wraps off Windows 7 tonight, but thanks to the UK’s looming postal strike Reg readers have been playing with the final, shrink-wrapped product for days.
So before you go out and spend money on the new OS and/or a new PC, you might be interested in our what ad hoc panel of real readers has to say.
First up is Gary, who says installation took a blisteringly fast 30 minutes “end-to-end from removal of shrink wrap and checking what was left in situ”. And what was left in situ? Everything, apparently.
Phil, a self-confessed Linux fan, was more restrained, but after upgrading Vista on a work laptop, declared: “I’m fairly impressed really.”
Installation was not as quick for him as Gary, taking over three hours. Phil doesn’t mention any problems with the shrinkwrap, so we presume it was the installation process itself that slowed things up.
Not quite the adoration Microsoft’s marketing department would have liked, but Register readers are a tough crowd . . . this is high praise from them.
