Tim Sneath has posted a long list of shortcuts to getting things done in Windows 7. I know it’s early days but we’re unfortunately already seeing some of the disconnect from the market. When Vista was in beta we heard lots about "pretty" and "burning photos to DVD". Balmer seemed to focus on the home user market in a recent keynote. Most everything I’m reading about Windows 7 is the same claptrap that businesses don’t care about. Where’s the information and presentations about BranchCache and RemoteAccess? These are the real killer features?
There’s three things in this post that I found interesting:
- A claim that Windows 7 has a smaller installation footprint.
- You can install Windows 7 from a USB stick: format the stick with FAT32 and use xcopy <DVD drive letter>: <USB drive letter>: /e /f to copy the installation files.
- WIN+P will bring up a projector menu so you can easily configure projector settings and displays. No more driver dependant messing.
Oh yeah, WIN+E no longer opens Windows Explorer. Yes, let’s get rid of something that all power users use for absolutely no other reason than to direct you to the latest fan-dabby-doozee piece of multimedia crap that power users have no use for.
Come on MS! Don’t get into the "we are not considered that for this release" mind set that stopped me from actually contributing feedback in previous betas.
Credit: Tim Sneath.
winkey+E still opens explorer.
Nope, it doesn’t (for an end user). An end user sees something totally different called libraries. Why in the hell, after taking an absolute beating over unecessary change in Vista, would MS do this to end users who often don’t even know how to do the most basic of tasks?