Windows 7 rocks

Made the bold move this week and wiped the Thinkpad T61P to do a clean install of Windows 7 x64 and have no regrets… it rocks!

The main reason for the 64-bits version is to have access to all 4 Gigs of mem, being willing to give up some apps/devices but to my surprise almost everything just works… almost everything except the sync with my HTC phone.

Not sure if that’s the lack of a x64 device driver for the phone or something else, I will dive into it later this week.

What I like:

* The toolbar – been reading some reports of people that don’t like it but for me it works to keep the desktop organized. The only thing I notice is that clicking the Outlook icon on the left starts another instance of Outlook rather than opening the already running app.

* The Device Center – great single view of the devices on my system and their status

* Network Center – way much better organized especially if you have both Wifi and LAN connections.

I’ll do some more testing this week as I’m on the road to Copenhagen to speak at the Microsoft Hosting Day for my team in Communication Sector over there.

Things I want to check are (hopefully) extended battery life, presentation mode with dual screens, access speeds of public wifi at the airports I visit …

I will be back :-)