Windows 7: How is the experience?

It is almost a month since Windows 7 was officially released. Leaked copies of the final version has been out for over 2 months. So, how was my experience?

5 major points I’d like to make.

1. Conflicts with some programs. I had an old version of Kaspersky. It caused my installation to be extremely buggy and unusable. Credit to them though for releasing a fix within days.

2. ReadyBoost (as described earlier elsewhere) is a godsent! You’ll notice signficicant boost in general performance by plugging in a Thumb drive and dedicating it for cache disk duties. The responsiveness is just breathtaking.

3. This is truly a multitasker. Past versions prior to Win 7 had terrible multitasking performances. Run an antivirus scan and your PC is basically useless. The code has been optimised and the core handles all your requests in small threads (pretty much like Mac OS X since its inception in 7 years ago!). Microsoft has finally caught up!

4. Everything works out of the box. With a Win XP installation, you won’t have Network connection or audio for example. You need the CD to get started. Win 7 includes basic drivers to save you the headache (at least for my setup!)

5. Try this. Open all 6 programs in Microsoft Office 2003 in one go. Chances are, you’ll take 4-5 seconds. On Win 7, it takes half the time! The programs are ready to use as soon as you click on the icons.

game theory

My first test went well. I needed a miracle, and I think I got it (gotta wait til mid Dec to find out). Here is an article related to my studies which is interesting to read:

http://www.ceaconline.org/pdf... [link]

In today’s fast paced world, change is imminent. In order to gain an advantage, you gotta “change” the Players, Added Value, Rules, Tactics and Scope of the Game.

Another article worth a look is the Holy Bible translated in Lolcat language! [link here and here]
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I think its an internet phenomena / meme. If you go to Youtube, you can find cats do all sorts of crazy stuff, including playing an organ! They’re so “cute and adorable” thats why any cat related jokes are damn viral!

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I’m using Google Desktop and Google Chrome now. Chrome has seen much improvements. And speed wise, its the best. Every tab is a different process. This means multi-core systems will see significant boost in speed! Give Chrome a try [link]

It is a beautiful Wednesday!

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Here it is, my moment of Zen :)

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Michael Jackson v Eminem

A tribute.

[11pm update]
Locus Iste – sung by angels in heaven. I’m serious
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Digg Article worth reading [link]

There are many people who should not be going to expensive colleges/universities to get degrees – you don’t need a degree in General Studies, Women’s Studies, etc, etc. That’s what this article is addressing (though in a sort of round-a-bout way).

However, if you’re going to be an engineer, doctor, lawyer, or other highly skilled professional which requires higher education and brings with it a significant increase in pay over not having a degree.

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Insanely lucky

Just pokered.

This 50 Million $ ranking bugger raised me all in, 22k.. nothing to lose, I went ahead.

I had 10, Q.

Flopped a full house, rivered Quads!

This sort of shit makes me addicted to Genting. dammit you gambling gods!

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Threw away Quads

Bad beat for today:

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I went for meetings with the Engineers from Taylors, and later the career services officer. It was quite productive, although I put the chances of successful partnership within 30 days at 50/50. Not very optimistic, Its fun to see how businessman works, especially when they’re selling stuff.

As a business student, we are NOT that gullible, still we get interested whenever someone has some shit to offer.

Anyway, will go by TRAIN to Singapore and arrive 7am Friday morning. Then its phun philled phatventure! Hope they got iPhone to play with.

I can’t get roaming, so I won’t be reacable :( Might twit once in a while, so stay tuned!

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