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I went to Disneyland this weekend with a bunch of friends from work. It's been almost 20 years since I've been so things are different. For example, the Indiana Jones ride is new to me, even though it's been there for a while now. Captain EO is gone (told you it's been a while) and I saw the fireworks show for the first time. The prices are still high though, so I guess some things never change. It was so hot in Anaheim and it was just mid April. I can't imagine how people handle it during August and September. Anyways, here are the photos:

2009 Disneyland Photos

I have the Windows 7 Beta installed for a few days now and I think I'm ready to render a few thoughts on it.

1. It's most definitely faster than Windows Vista, which we all know is a piece of crap. I'm not sure that it's faster than Windows XP. It sure doesn't feel faster than Windows XP. It still has what I call a bit of lag when doing normal file operations, like copying 5000 small files from one drive to another. Much much less than Vista and it wouldn't hang your computer, but it's there. Windows XP didn't have that problem.

2. The new Windows 7 GUI is very much like Vista's but it's a lot better in some ways. I'm not sure if I get the new Task Bar that everyone's been talking about. Sure, it's nice but it's not like WOW! or anything like that. I still don't see a benefit to it yet over how I use the Task Bar in XP but that may change.

3. Program incompatibilities are a huge deal for me. I've found that many of my programs will not run under Windows 7, especially in a portable, virtual way like I've done with all of my programs that support that mode of running. I would be hard press to upgrade, as nice as Windows 7 appear if I can't get my stuff to run on it. I'm not going to re-acquire all of the software I've collected over the years.

4. The dreaded UAC (User Account Control) that pops up in Vista every time you want to do anything useful is mostly hidden in Windows 7, which is a good thing. Some people are now complaining that will result in a less secure Operating System. I'm not entirely sure it would. You can't protect people from their own stupidity, no matter what you do so I don't buy the argument that a less restrictive UAC will result in a less secure OS.

So am I going to upgrade when Windows 7 comes out later this year? No, I don't think so. It looks very nice but I don't think it's anything I need.