I have been using both since the launch of 4.7 and i’m having a hard time finding what 4.7 actually does better for my workflow. for context i use claude mostly for product/comms work and some design and of course coding. Built a ninja-themed card system which looked great with opus 4.6 4.6 is honestly good at cleaner writing, more precise word choice. When i asked for short messages it gave me short messages. mockups looked good on several tries. 4.7 with adaptive thinking on feels different. responses are longer. sometimes wordier. the writing isn’t bad but it doesn’t feel as tight. and adaptive thinking didn’t do much for me. i know the benchmarks say 4.7 is a big jump on coding and long agentic tasks, and i believe that. but for the day-to-day of “help me write this telegram message” or “draft a quick onboarding doc” or “make me a card mockup” "or “fixing a bug or adding a feture using claude code” - i genuinely can’t tell what 4.7 unlocks that 4.6 didn’t already do well. so questions for the community:
- what have you actually found 4.7 + adaptive thinking better at? real examples not benchmark numbers.
- do you keep adaptive thinking on for everything or toggle it off for certain tasks?
- anyone else feel 4.6 was tighter for writing/communications work?
- if you switched to 4.7 and stayed there, what made you stay? submitted by /u/SadNose6889
Originally posted by u/SadNose6889 on r/ClaudeCode