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Windows 7: Oops! Microsoft did it again!
infoWorld ^ | October 28, 2008 | by Randall Kennedy

Posted on 10/29/2008 11:59:13 PM PDT by Swordmaker

My initial evaluation of Windows 7 shows that it's really just Vista with a fresh coat of paint

I have seen the future, and it is bleak. Windows 7, the next big version, the one that was supposed to fix everything that was wrong with Vista, is here (at least in pre-beta form), and I can now say -- with some confidence -- that Microsoft has once again dropped the ball.

Based on what I saw in today's keynote speech, and on what I discovered while testing the Windows 7 M3 build during some down time this afternoon, Windows 7 is:

Overall, I'm extremely disappointed with Windows 7. Far from atoning for Vista's sins, Windows 7 simply carries them forward, visiting them upon yet another generation. All of which makes me even more convinced that I was really on to something last summer when I posed the question: Is it finally time to cut and run?

Maybe. Maybe not. But one thing's for sure: Windows 7 is no panacea. Rather, it's just more of the same: slow, bloated, and frustrating as hell.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: lowqualitycrap; microsoft; vista; windows; windows7
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1 posted on 10/29/2008 11:59:13 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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To: Swordmaker

http://blimptv.net/mostpopularV1.html


2 posted on 10/30/2008 12:01:20 AM PDT by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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To: Swordmaker

I spent a few days this week trying to actually work on a Vista box. (As opposed to what could have been, at the time, fairly described as the knee-jerk, ripthatpieceofcrudoutandinstallsomethingelsebeforeIpuke reactions I’ve had after brief exposures to Vista in the past.) I really did try to give it a fair shake this time.

What a pile of junk!

It crippled a nice, fast, 64-bit computer. More resource sucking eye-candy isn’t going to fix the problem, but that seems to be where MSFT is headed.


3 posted on 10/30/2008 12:06:25 AM PDT by Redcloak (How come old-fashioned, '60s liberalism gets called "change" by the media?)
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To: Swordmaker

Well that’s just great. NOT. How can a company with so many highly paid people put out such garbage? One Vista is bad enough. How could they possibly repeat that error??? Unbelievable!


4 posted on 10/30/2008 12:07:21 AM PDT by GLDNGUN
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To: Prole

Funny vid. I’m using Linux Mint but I’m a home user with no enterprise whatever. Tried to download PowerPoint viewer for a friend tonight on Vista and the sucker blue screened on me. It blamed the anti-virus.


5 posted on 10/30/2008 12:10:35 AM PDT by Stentor (Obama is Bill Ayers' Renfield.)
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To: Swordmaker

When I need to use Windows for a specific application, I just turn on Parallels and run Vista simultaneously on my Mac, then I turn Windows off again and live in peace. The great thing about doing it this way is that both operating systems run at full speed (no emulation) and can run simultaneously and transparently. Only the application interface gives away whether it is a Windows or Macintosh application, and switching between them is seamless. The best thing is that it never crashes, unlike typical windows hardware. I have had this computer running 24/7 for almost two years without a single operating system-related hardware crash.


6 posted on 10/30/2008 12:11:22 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/)
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To: Swordmaker

http://www.ubuntu.com/


7 posted on 10/30/2008 12:13:38 AM PDT by joseph20 (...to ourselves and our Posterity...)
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To: Stentor
I really hate Vista, and I am sorry to hear of your blue screen of death.

The damn system is one giant defect.

I am aiming toward Linux of Mac for my next computer purchase.


8 posted on 10/30/2008 12:20:28 AM PDT by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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To: Prole

of = or


9 posted on 10/30/2008 12:23:12 AM PDT by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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To: Swordmaker

Best line in the whole article:

“I was looking for a “mea culpa” and some solid integration tools and compatibility features. What I got was a prettier GUI and new ways to share music with my dog. Ugh!”


10 posted on 10/30/2008 12:39:18 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: joseph20

Yep, Ubuntu FTW. I blew away Windows with my Ubuntu install and never looked back.


11 posted on 10/30/2008 2:01:26 AM PDT by thecabal (I AM JOE)
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To: thecabal

I wish Ubuntu was more user friendly for adding applications.

Outside of that, it ROCKS


12 posted on 10/30/2008 2:15:09 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: lefty-lie-spy

I have only had 2 bluescreens, both due to harddrive failures. fugging westerndigital


13 posted on 10/30/2008 2:31:40 AM PDT by 09Patriot (I am a MILITANT Conservative, compassionate conservativism got us NOWHERE)
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To: Swordmaker

http://www.ecomstation.com/


14 posted on 10/30/2008 3:19:26 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim
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To: Swordmaker

It’s hardly the most original thing to say but until MS eliminates or at least begins to phase out the registry every subsequent version of Windows will be more of the same.

Memo to MS: can you issue the next edition with at least two flavors?

Flavor A: Windows 7 for the half-simple. Panders like a Dem politician. Lots of fuzzy-wuzzy dialogs with rubbish like “I want to listen to music”....”I want to send e-mail.” I want I want I want!

Flavor B: Give the interface dialog writers the day off. I don’t need dialogs that imply that I’m an idiot. Autoplay nothing. If I want to launch something I’ll click on it, thank you very much.


15 posted on 10/30/2008 3:32:27 AM PDT by relictele
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To: Swordmaker

Microsoft has written themselves into a corner from which they cannot escape. It is simply not possible for them to do what needs to be done, which is prune about 95% of the code and become lean and fast.

Not gonna happen. Eventually, something will replace them. There will be a whole lot of suffering between now and then.


16 posted on 10/30/2008 3:41:44 AM PDT by gridlock (18 Million Democrats voted for Hillary in the primaries. Are they all racists?)
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To: Prole

OMG That was so damned funny. Thanks


17 posted on 10/30/2008 5:07:50 AM PDT by Brainhose (Pelosi:A Heartbeat & An Aneurysm away from Presidency)
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18 posted on 10/30/2008 5:25:45 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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Oh my. Another Microsoft bashing thread. Just be glad you’re in a free country where you have choices (well at least until January 20,2009).


19 posted on 10/30/2008 5:29:51 AM PDT by McGruff (Vote for your local House Republican. Even if he's a RINO.)
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To: 09Patriot

westerndigital...

Hmmm... anecdotal, but my WD drive at the office took a dump just last Friday. This AM, I finally have all my apps reloaded on the new drive - a Seagate (fwiw, I’ve always had good luck w/ Seagate).

It’s not my files that were the issue - as those are backed up daily. But all the apps (software/DB development), what a pain to reload! So from now on I’m Ghosting this drive regularly.

On the bright side, I’m on an upgraded box (with a minimally loaded registry ;^) - so she runs pretty good now (WinXP of course...)


20 posted on 10/30/2008 5:36:33 AM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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