Windows 7 to salvage Vista 'train wreck'

Microsoft releases Windows 7 to the world on Thursday as the US software giant tries to regain its stride after an embarrassing stumble with the previous generation operating system Vista.

[writewingproxyco ntin]

To add to the many websites collecting possible advertising taglines:

"It Can't Not Be Better."

"The 64 Bit 64 Gig Bug Fix!"

"Train Wreck Version 2.0"

"Think Different."

[up4one]

The problem with MS is that they don't improve with what they already have that works ie. Windows XP. They try to innovate but fail.

[Gramen Ferox]

Everything micro$oft makes sucks, so why is everyone so exited, about windows 7???

Well 7 is the lucky number, maybe it will surprise me.

[rasmasyean]

If you “upgraded” XP -> Vista that’s probably your problem.

The “correct” way of doing that type of technology gap upgrade is to buy a new computer with Vista certified hardware. If you did that correctly then you should mostly be fine like everyone else. Though you could have gotten a budget-type lemon from a manufacturer, which is really the maker’s fault.

Note also that 64-bit Vista is the “real” version of Vista. 32-bit is a compatibility version and doesn’t allow you scale to use Vista’s features to the best ability (at a cost of old program compatibility of course).

The most significant changes in Windows 7 are multi-touch and networking (from a tech point of view). The former requires now expensive screens. The latter requires clusters of computers with software that utilizes cloud computing principles….which hopefully will emerge as more developers find business models.

You are actually getting less value from Vista->7 than XP->Vista in terms of buying new features…assuming you have a capable computer. If you have an old computer however, Windows 7 works better than Vista because Win7 is scalable down to netbook markets in order to eliminate Linux.

Although one can argue that 7 polishes some things in Vista (mostly for legacy-class computers…which MS finally figured out much of the world has), most of the features are minor or aesthetic changes rather than extremely functional. If you had a decent Vista computer, you won’t notice much difference between Vista and Win7. However, using Vista for a while and having to use XP in older computers is actually a pain because XP seems a lot more archaic because of the huge gap. Even as such, Win 7 will still have a few things to debug in SP1 before any critical wide-scale adoption happens.

[The Fairest of All Guys]

Mac OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard baby!!!!