Windows 7 Road Warrior Wrap Up

Well here I am sitting in the Houston-Bush International Airport waiting for my final flight of the day that will get me home to Jacksonville.

As I mentioned at the start of this trip – I took Windows 7 on the road with me to put it through its paces and see just how good of a road warrior it is.

I put up one post about the wireless connection process and how much quicker that process is in Windows 7 compared to Windows Vista – passed with flying colors.

I then arrived at my first nights stay at the SEATAC Airport Radisson and again got connected without any issue – two clicks to get connected – another passing grade.

The next day I travelled to NAS Whidbey Island where I had meetings at for the rest of the week and for me this was going to be the real test of Windows 7.  You see, every other time I have ever travelled out to Whidbey Island I have always had to fight to get a WiFi connection.  In fact, it is not just Whidbey Island but any lodging I have stayed in required me to work with ipconfig to get an IP address assigned to my Windows Vista laptop.

When I got to my room I quickly booted up my laptop and within two clicks I was connected and online – a HUGE passing grade from me for Windows 7.

I will get one more try to put it to the test when I travel next week to Brunswick, Maine for some business and will be expecting to use a WiFi connection that has given me similar problems on past trips.

So – bottom line – huge props to Windows 7 and its wireless connectivity tools. As they say “For The Win”!

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Richard Hay  (3358 Posts)

Richard is the Owner of WindowsObserver.com and has been involved in tech for over 25 years. His first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then he used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and what you see here today is the result of the work he has continued on the site since 1995. In January 2010 his community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when he was awarded the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for Windows Desktop Experience. In January 2011 he was renewed as a Microsoft MVP but in a new category called Windows Expert - Consumer and in January 2012 he received the award for the third time.