Well at the core, Windows 7 really is an improved Vista. It s different enough to where I don t think it could have been done with a simple service pack, but they are pretty similar. But this is a good thing, it s completely compatible with Vista programs and even drivers. The biggest problems Vista had when it was released were with drivers and compatibility. Companies had to write new drivers and update some of their software since Vista was a lot different than XP. A lot of the drivers were really buggy and caused all kinds of problems. But since 7 is so similar to Vista and companies won t have to rewrite drivers or software, I don t think it will have any of these problems It s much faster than Vista, the interface is much improved, some features have been added, some things have been updated (The new mspaint is awesome), but they are still pretty similar at the core. Even though it s only in BETA, I d use 7 over XP or Vista anyday
The bottom line is ms employed Linux programmers it was them that put their in put into windows 7, after some found out things they quit their jobs. MS know they have a job on their hands competing with Linux, beside some of the stuff in 7 has got to come out because of copyright, ms is copying some of the ideas from Mac, but the main problem is ms will force 7 on everybody like they have with vista, whether it is stable or not, When one follows the progress and changes that goes into Linux kernel, MS will never be able to keep up to the fast changes Linux is making every month to their kernel, which is a sorry state for MS, by the time 7 comes out it will be out dated and superseded once more with Linux Open Source Software.
My Experience with 7 has been brilliant so far, i personally love the superbar as for why it is more stable than vista, is the fact that they have learned from vista and also, i remember from the vista betas, they were stable, the microsoft tried to add too much new stuff to vista without extensive testing. the other thing with vista was the fact that there was meant to be lots of things that were meant to be in it but didnt appear in the vista final version
The bottom line is this: Vista was created to satisfy the hardware monkey on Gates s back -- it was sold in the business press as hey, it s gonna force everybody to upgrade hardware and be great for the OEMs. Windows 7 is a response to the design philosphy which produced OLPC and netbooks -- in other words they are literally and finally trying to face UNIX/GNU Linux directly rather than through their quot;Get the FUDquot; campaigns. While I m not as charitable as Stephen Vaughan Nichols, they don t do a lot of things wrong. That desktop is still -- to me -- a nerd s attempt to copy Apple s consistently hard-edged interface designs without the real understanding of design disciplines which makes Cupertino products so beautiful even when you don t want to like them. At least with X-Windows everything is DIY enough so I don t have to bother with it (my current wallpaper is from JPL.nasa.gov). But Vista was created for the latest and greatest hardware. Windows 7 is for the hardware that is out there. That s what is different about it. They HAVE lots of money. Occasionally they don t waste it.
Slacker and Platt both have excellent responses to this. I am not so sure that I m ready to let MS off the hook yet. There is STILL a window ( pun....) where they can drop the ball. Not that anybody is watching this coming rollout. Just PLEASE don t let it be the disaster Vista was. Vista, (I admit at last...) is a fine system, considering a lot of potential was thrown out with the bathwater! Window users deserve something that can wean em off of Xp- Now if they will only upgrade those 1.6 Celerons....
@ LUG: You said quot;jtc883 Windows 7 is nothing like Vista being an entirely different operating system.quot; well it s really not. A glorified vista fix with server tools and a multitouch IO trap. And a fancy new boot animation.
It s because they learned from Vista. FYI, I still love Vista and think it s a great OS. Windows 7 is just going to be another leap forward :)
Simple Windows 7 is basically Vista with all the fixes and tweaks that should have been there since the begining of Vista
It is possible that Windows 7 is more stable and safer then any os.
I don t know, but they have outdone themselves.
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