Comments on: Low-level MS guy says: Windows 7 is different, better

By: Max Zamorsky

Max Zamorsky — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:47:31 +0000

That’s what I thought, too. Then I installed the beta on my Slate Tablet PC which was build for XP. If you are interested read here: http://max.zamorsky.name/2009/01/13/windows7-auf-einem-motion-computing-le1600-tablet-pcwindows7-on-a-motion-computing-le1600-tablet-pc/

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Low-level MS guy says: Windows 7 is different, better - Windows 7 Forums — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:34:27 +0000

[...] same. We�ve really had the same Windows for a decade now. We want to love it, give us a reason! source i found this quite interesting, especially since i keep hearing ”W7 to be Vista RC2” SK [...]

By: CrunchGear » Archive » Asus: Expect touchscreen Eee PCs early next year; Windows 7 Eee PCs soon after

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:00:25 +0000

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By: Pinky

Pinky — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:14:36 +0000

Reminds me of the saying, “God must love stupid people; because he made so many!”

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krizdabz blogs :: Podkāsts “Pupu Mizas” #4 — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:03:14 +0000

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By: king rootantootan

king rootantootan — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:24:55 +0000

imagine a google/linux OS!

By: CrunchGear talking about Microsoft?

CrunchGear talking about Microsoft? — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:56:55 +0000

[...] an odd post over on CrunchGear. They seem to be talking about this post from the Engineering 7 blog (which we covered on Friday [...]

By: J

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:22:52 +0000

This posting illustrates the problem with tech writers who have no development experience. The same goes with end-users. What happens in WEX is the biggest news since XP. It’s not about new cool functions, it’s about Microsoft’s ability to deliver reliable software of high quality. It’s also about the people who work at MSFT. It’s not every day you hear them express such enthusiasm over their work.

By: Kai

Kai — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:13:57 +0000

Actually, what’s wrong with Windows Seven being “Windows Vista with clean-up in user interface [and] improvements in performance”?

Windows 2000 -> Windows XP was really a case of this, isn’t it? Improvements (from Wikipedia) include: User Interface changes, Hibernation, Kernel improvements and side-by-side assemblies to overcome DLL hell. Of course the major change was that XP incorporated the “designed for home use” thing from the 95/98/ME line + the NT line’s relative stability that made XP the OS we love.

So, if Windows Vista had a better UI, as well as if Microsoft improved the performance of Vista (another major Vista concern) I’d think Windows Seven would be better off than Vista.

As for drivers, it may not be good if Microsoft substantially changed the driver model, since most hardware devices already have Vista drivers today.

Oh but should I also add that I am looking forward to the (supposed) touch functionality in 7?

By: Bye Bye MS

Bye Bye MS — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:33:04 +0000

More of Vista? No thanks. This is the very reason my next computer purchase will be my fist Mac.

By: Tyler D

Tyler D — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:03:26 +0000

It’s true that Windows is hindered by the need to support so much hardware and software. Apple can afford to be on the cutting edge without alienating the rest of the industry, as they own both the software and the hardware it runs on. Steve Jobs himself has stated that Apple is a hardware company. Because Microsoft doesn’t directly control the platform it runs on, it’s in a much more complex situation (for example, PCs being labeled “Vista-capable” by retailers when they would result in a poor user experience).

I think Vista has been a reality check for Microsoft after the success they enjoyed with XP. It seems like Windows 7 will be what Vista should’ve been.

Microsoft might also do itself some favours by taking a more pluggable approach to the desktop that encourages open-source Windows software, for example, pluggable desktop effects akin to Compiz on Linux.

I’ve been following the Engineering 7 blog for a while, and it seems to me that MS has learned what didn’t work in Vista, and really wants to succeed here.

By: Workpost

Workpost — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:54:55 +0000

For the love of Bill, please let Windows 7 be awesome. Vista is not a failure but it could be better.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:23:42 +0000

Microsoft’s “Mohave” experiment was a test to see how rebranding Vista as something else would fly. Windows 7 is their mainstream attempt at the same.

By: james gentile

james gentile — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:58:34 +0000

People bad-mouthed vista because it made too many changes causing compatibility problems, now they bad-mouth W7 because it stays compatible. Anyways, we all know the routine by now, whatever MS does will be criticized by all the arm-chair CEOs and OS architects till the end of time, ad nausiem. Meanwhile, windows out-sells mac os x, 10 to 1. Man, what a bunch of idiots they are in Redmond!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:36:21 +0000

If you want a new experience every 12 months, switch operating system families every 12 months.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:35:21 +0000

So you want them to change a lot of stuff to make new things? They should make under-the-hood changes so we have to get all new drivers? Great idea…no one will complain that their hardware doesn’t work unless their craptastic manufacturers decide to write drivers. And no one will complain about user interface changes. And no one will complain about broken application compatibility.

…End Sarcasm…

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:50:34 +0000

OK…apple fan boys…if you do not like Microsoft just dont read about them. and please stop pretending that Apple rules the world.

As for Windows7, it may be similar to Vista but would be a lot faster and stabler…

http://www.livbit.com

By: Benjamin Perdomo

Benjamin Perdomo — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:09:13 +0000

I am starting to think you haven’t understand anything that was posted in the Windows 7 engineering blog.
Now, nobody said that they were changing the fundamentals at all. They said they were keeping them from the start, like the transition between Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

By: The Challenge » Microsoft doing things the Linux way?

The Challenge » Microsoft doing things the Linux way? — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:54:25 +0000

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By: WealthHack

WealthHack — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:50:10 +0000

Was Vista developed from scratch? They should overhaul that bad boy, and make a Simple OS… before Google Does.