Posted on 10/04/2009 5:41:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows 7 computer operating system hopes to pull off a major trick with memory.
Not computer memory, but ours.
It's supposed to make us forget Vista.
The Vista operating system, which Windows 7 will officially replace later this month, had a terrible reputation almost from the time it debuted in 2007.
Because of Vista's technical foibles, sluggish operation and inability to play nicely with some other programs, consumers and professionals shunned it in droves, refusing to update from Microsoft's old, reliable XP operating system.
Apple Inc. made fun of Vista in a set of hilarious TV commercials, and Microsoft struck back meekly with ads that proclaimed Vista wasn't as bad as you thought.
The Windows 7 upgrade, which will sell for $119 for the Home Premium consumer version, is a chance at redemption. But it's also a campaign to head off the first real competition Windows has ever had in the PC field.
Next year, Web giant Google Inc. will introduce its first operating system, Chrome OS. Because it will be a so-called cloud computing system -- with many of its operations living on the Internet -- it's already hyped to be extremely fast, with the ability to constantly evolve.
Like Windows, Chrome OS will work on PCs. But unlike Windows, it will be free.
At first, Chrome OS will be just for the small laptops known as netbooks. But if it is successful and is expanded to full-size laptops and desktop computers, it could be a formidable challenger.
Which is perhaps why, although there is nothing revolutionary about Windows 7, Microsoft has striven mightily -- and in some ways successfully -- to at least catch up with and foresee the competition when it comes to user friendliness.
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LOL!
Microsoft got me to buy Vista Ultimate on my new dell laptop...
The whole shittery cost me 1800 smackers!
The freakin’ thing ate it’s motherboard after two years...
Bought a Mac!
FU windows and Dell!
Microsoft owes me a FREE Windows 7 update for my xp system on my XPS M140!!!
Me too...
Which one are you thinking about getting?
I like some suggestions.
My current laptop is a 6 yr old Dell.
It’s biggest problem is heat.
When it gets hot, it does erratic things.
I’ve pulled it apart, cleaned everthing up, and put fresh thermoconductive grease between the heat sink and processor.
It helped for a few weeks, but it’s time for a new machine.
All I’m looking for is basic functions.
Honestly I am hesitating to upgrade from xp pro. It would just be more headaches waiting for a year and a half for microsoft and all vendors to squash all the bugs. I did try w7 with a VM and I cant say I was all that impressed. It still looks like vista, acts like vista, and runs like vista. Granted I couldnt try directx, but since everything is fine in xp, whats the point?
Now if dx11 comes along and is greeted with sufficient upgrades (textures, lighting effects, raytracing) then maybe I’ll give it another whirl.
And legacy programs dont work?
Forgot to ask..what is with dreamscene not being included in w7 ultimate?
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