Windows 7 review
10-08-2009, 10:34 AM
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Walt Mossberg's review of Windows 7 is in today's Wall St Journal. Walt is generally a big Apple guy, but he likes Windows 7 and says that the gap he saw between Mac OS X and Windows is essentially closed.
"In recent years, I, like many other reviewers, have argued that Apple?s Mac OS X operating system is much better than Windows. That?s no longer true. I still give the Mac OS a slight edge because it has a much easier and cheaper upgrade path; more built-in software programs; and far less vulnerability to viruses and other malicious software, which are overwhelmingly built to run on Windows.
Now, however, it?s much more of a toss-up between the two rivals. Windows 7 beats the Mac OS in some areas, such as better previews and navigation right from the taskbar, easier organization of open windows on the desktop and touch-screen capabilities. So Apple will have to scramble now that the gift of a flawed Vista has been replaced with a reliable, elegant version of Windows."
http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20091007/a-win...elp-you-forget/
"In recent years, I, like many other reviewers, have argued that Apple?s Mac OS X operating system is much better than Windows. That?s no longer true. I still give the Mac OS a slight edge because it has a much easier and cheaper upgrade path; more built-in software programs; and far less vulnerability to viruses and other malicious software, which are overwhelmingly built to run on Windows.
Now, however, it?s much more of a toss-up between the two rivals. Windows 7 beats the Mac OS in some areas, such as better previews and navigation right from the taskbar, easier organization of open windows on the desktop and touch-screen capabilities. So Apple will have to scramble now that the gift of a flawed Vista has been replaced with a reliable, elegant version of Windows."
http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20091007/a-win...elp-you-forget/
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nice! well competiton, when you feel there's competition, is usually a good thing that drives innovation, so perhaps this will nudge Apple to take that next big step that Mr windows cant even imagine today. 
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Originally Posted by m630' post='1027892' date='Oct 8 2009, 12:24 PM
nice! well competiton, when you feel there's competition, is usually a good thing that drives innovation, so perhaps this will nudge Apple to take that next big step that Mr windows cant even imagine today.
Like what? Direct connection from the Macbook to your cerebellum?
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Originally Posted by pjinca' post='1027898' date='Oct 8 2009, 03:31 PM
Like what? Direct connection from the Macbook to your cerebellum?
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='1027980' date='Oct 8 2009, 02:02 PM
Don't they already have that feature?
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wait and u shall see...that being said no OS is perfect
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Originally Posted by fabolous531' post='1028018' date='Oct 8 2009, 05:55 PM
wait and u shall see...that being said no OS is perfect
MS did away with some features that many people found annoying with Vista and third party vendors have had plenty of time to write good code for their apps and drivers. I deal with alot of OS "specialists" and they all say the same thing - Windows 7 is just a re-badged Vista SP2.
Just have to wait and see......
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Originally Posted by pukka' post='1028074' date='Oct 8 2009, 07:37 PM
+1
MS did away with some features that many people found annoying with Vista and third party vendors have had plenty of time to write good code for their apps and drivers. I deal with alot of OS "specialists" and they all say the same thing - Windows 7 is just a re-badged Vista SP2.
Just have to wait and see......
MS did away with some features that many people found annoying with Vista and third party vendors have had plenty of time to write good code for their apps and drivers. I deal with alot of OS "specialists" and they all say the same thing - Windows 7 is just a re-badged Vista SP2.
Just have to wait and see......
Again, 6+ months using Windows 7.
Again, no issues... and that's with 64 bit OS and drivers.
Again, wonderful OS.
The Windows 7 RC builds pre-dated Vista SP2. SP2 is nice, but it's missing a lot of what makes Windows 7 so special.