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Windows 7; It's COMING <arggghhhh!>
Topic Started: Nov 7 2008, 02:38 AM (151 Views)
Trotsky
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Here's a bit of a blurb on WIN 7 which was released in beta to testers worldwide a week ago:

http://www.lockergnome.com:80/tomlee/2008/10/30/windows-7-what-vista-really-should-have-been/

SOme salient points:
Looking at Vista, I think that it has done Microsoft more harm than good. The reputation of Windows has I think being put into jeopardy; all thanks to Vista.
I’m not going to go into detail here but I can already tell that it (Win 7)is going to tonnes better that what we can see today in Vista.

<I am very happy that my timing was such that Vista was never a part of my life! cross 07 >
Edited by Trotsky, Nov 7 2008, 02:39 AM.
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Don't sweat Trotsky ... you are in for a pleasant surprise.... too much to copy & paste so posting the link ...

See posts by Peaches here on Windows 7: http://www.smokey-services.eu/forum/viewforum.php?f=149

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All I could glean for sure, Toodles, was that it will make it impossible to ignore the AUTO UPDATE!

I guess we cann only wait and see.

I liked the question: "Will there be a SHUTDOWN BUTTON?"
Edited by Trotsky, Nov 10 2008, 03:00 AM.
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Yes, it is just possible Windows 7 will be different. It sounds good.
But what a track record: every new version much bigger, slower, more expensive and better in just a couple of ways like large drive support in 98 and large memory support in XP. The only exception has been Windows 95, which was far nicer than previous versions because practically all of the Mac interface was stolen.

I hear Microsoft is shaking in its shoes over the little "net books" that are getting popular. They can't handle Vista and generally work better with some version of Linux than with XP. And they work better with Google online applications or leaner apps than Microsoft Office.
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Microsoft: Windows 7 Will Have Better Battery Life, Faster Boot Times
Vista's successor will use less memory, run nimbly on netbooks, Microsoft execs say
Eric Lai

Tackling customer complaints that the Windows Vista operating system is sluggish and power-hungry,

Microsoft Corp. today promised that Vista's successor, Windows 7, will use less memory and power than its predecessor, and will start up and shut down more quickly, among other improvements.

Windows 7 will also recognize connected devices more quickly and accurately than Vista does, and it will run nimbly on low-cost netbook PCs, said senior executives during a keynote speech kicking off Microsoft's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC).

Despite being built on the same code base as Vista, Windows 7 should be able to boot up several seconds faster than Vista does because it loads device drivers in parallel rather than one by one, and it cuts the number of services that are started when the PC is turned on, said senior vice president for Microsoft's Windows Core Operating System division, Jon DeVaan.

More here: http://www.pcworld.com/article/153395/microsoft_windows_7_will_have_better_battery_life_faster_boot_times.html

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This story has the ring of truth, and cuts to the quick.
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I can exclusively reveal that the actual performance gap between Vista and Windows 7 is… nada. Absolutely nothing. Our Office benchmarks and video encoding tests complete in precisely the same time regardless of which OS in installed.1
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It’s tempting to see this as a bit of a con. They’ve sped up the front end so it feels like you’re getting more done, but in terms of real productivity it’s no better than Vista.

But personally I think it’s an inspired move. Over the past few years, Microsoft has learnt the hard way the power of perception. Once the masses got hold of the idea that Vista was a lumbering step backwards, no Mojave Experiment could rescue its reputation.

Now, to borrow a phrase from Steve Ballmer, they’ve “woken up smarter.” They’ve recognised that perceptions of speed focus almost exclusively on interactive performance. Very few people notice or care whether a big mail-merge job takes thirty seconds or forty, but they sure as hell notice when they click a button and nothing seems to happen. That’s what wrecked Vista’s reputaton, not its disappointing benchmark scores; and that’s why we’re all hankering after Windows 7 despite its identical scores.
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Of course, it’s a disappointment to realise just how similar Microsoft’s new OS is, under the bonnet, to its current one – similar enough to explain why Windows 7 actually has an internal version number of 6.1. We all had high hopes of a lightweight “MinWin”, akin to what Apple is reportedly working on for OS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”).
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/11/10/windows-7-faster-or-just-smarter/
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Windows 7 in-depth review and video: This time Microsoft gets it right
In his hands-on review of the Windows 7 pre-beta, Preston Gralla decides that Microsoft's upcoming OS shows great promise.
By Preston Gralla
November 12, 2008

"(Computerworld)

Microsoft may call the newest version of its operating system Windows 7, but you may want to think of it as Windows 6.5. In overall look and feel, it mimics Vista, although there are enough changes to make it far more than just a juiced-up service pack.

Anyone looking for massive changes or some kind of paradigm shift will be disappointed. But those who want a better-working Vista with the kinks ironed out and some nifty new features introduced will be very pleased.

Overall, Windows 7 is a more functional, more efficiently designed operating system than Windows Vista, with far more attention paid to the user experience. From revamped a User Account Control (UAC) feature to better home networking, improved search and nice interface tweaks, the entire operating system has gotten an overall polishing. Even Windows Backup, one of the worst applications ever shipped with an operating system, has been turned into something useful. "

Details, video & screenshots: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9119378&intsrc=hm_list

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