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- JonesJohnson, on 10/28/2008, -17/+214Windows 7 looks, dare I say, kinda cool?
*runs back to ancient Apple PowerBook G4 and ignores anything he just saw* - BugMeNot2, on 10/29/2008, -1/+187Awesome, they upgraded Paint.
- tehroflmaoer, on 10/28/2008, -10/+164developers, developers, developers, developers.
- mbraynard, on 10/29/2008, -6/+1127 hour long orientation......?
I would sooner nail my penis to a tree. - michelsonmorley, on 10/29/2008, -7/+101That actually looks.. dare I say.. cool.
Being able to run on less RAM.. A lightweight media player.. More user options.. Fewer windows pop ups if you don't want them.. Easier networking.. Smaller software that does little pointless stuff - like playing music from a Mac, without having to get other software.. Records of where you actually play music from, regardless of where the directory is..
I may actually finally upgrade from XP. - Aurabolt, on 10/29/2008, -4/+72It looks like changing settings will actually be simple to figure out. Better GUI and features, especially the drag-to-side splitscreen window thing. Overall it looks great.. people bash Vista so much but look what XP did to 98
- sputza, on 10/29/2008, -8/+68Looks like Windows Mojave to me...
- mockupscaledown, on 10/29/2008, -11/+71But it still has the Registry, I assume. If they want to do something for the users, they can start with one-folder app installs, where the uninstall process involves dragging that folder into the trash. At that point the computer should be, bit-for-bit, exactly as it was before that app was installed.
- poxonyou, on 10/29/2008, -14/+61I think it's a bit fishy anyone commenting on the glaringly obvious, that Windows 7 looks identical to Vista aside from a few tiny changes and "tricks", is getting dugg down, and anyone who says it looks amazing, is getting dugg up.
I'll try to save myself by stating this is an early build and perhaps there will be many changes and it won't look like a slightly tweaked Vista by the final build. It doesn't change the fact it looks identical to Vista right now, hardly a reason for anyone to get so excited. Are you willing to pay $400 (assuming normal retail price as most pay, not NewEgg developer/OEM prices) for a decent version of this as it is now? - ani625, on 10/29/2008, -3/+40Still waiting for the Minesweeper upgrade..
- kelchm, on 10/29/2008, -7/+43This isn't even a new feature. You can already disable the sidebar and move gadgets to the desktop in vista.
- joeyjoejoe99, on 10/29/2008, -10/+43Boy, 64bit standard would have been nice. :-
- edelay, on 10/29/2008, -26/+59It looks almost identical to Vista.
- inactive, on 10/29/2008, -25/+56And OS X 10.5.6.7.8.9 looks like OS X 10.5.6.8.8.9
and Ubuntu Horny Heron looks like Ubuntu Insignificant Ibex
What's your point? - Billistic, on 10/29/2008, -14/+39Does your marketing team write all your posts for you?
- kelchm, on 10/29/2008, -2/+23It has a 'dockbar'
- kelchm, on 10/29/2008, -1/+22The registry is one of the biggest downfalls of windows. Unfortunately its a requirement in the name of backwards compatibility. It is going to be a long time before we see windows without a registry.
Also, installation and uninstallation re not that simple in OS X. Sure you remove the app but the prefs file and anything in the application support folder will still be there. - mentalfoto, on 10/29/2008, -2/+21What kelchm doesn't know is we've secretly replaced his Windows Mojave with a rabid badger. Let's see if he can tell the difference.
- inactive, on 10/29/2008, -0/+18Microsoft doesn't care if you buy Windows 7 or not; they make their money through bundling their OS with desktop computers and selling packages to big business.
- MacSuxWindozSux, on 10/29/2008, -4/+22Here we go again...
- aussieNickuss, on 10/29/2008, -1/+19mushroom mushroom
- Joudoki, on 10/29/2008, -6/+24It's more the responsibility of the software programmers to not be reliant upon the registry than of windows to not have it, the way I see it.
- burnttoast11, on 10/29/2008, -1/+18badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger
- TiKoZ, on 10/29/2008, -1/+17Why would you want a tabbed media player?
- forceuser, on 10/29/2008, -3/+18Desu desu desu desu desu desu desu desu desu desu desu desu desu desu desu
- travisdoerr, on 10/28/2008, -12/+26No more sidebar!
- johanrocks, on 10/29/2008, -0/+14Done!
Err...yeah. I'd totally sit through it though. - raydeen, on 10/29/2008, -1/+12It's kinda sad that the only feature that looks remotely useful to me is the smart window sizing. I often will have a webpage up along side an IDE and it will be nice to just drag the windows and have them auto size (bit of a nice time saver). I hope it's also that fast booting up by the time MS releases it. It looks pretty much on par with my Ubuntu load time for Hardy. Shutdown was a bit slow but that's not a big deal. Keep it lean MS. Keep it lean.
- JonLatane, on 10/29/2008, -2/+13The Windows registry probably ranks as one of the most piss-poor developer decisions of all time.
"Alright guys. Our software and third-party applications will need some way to store user preferences. We need to be able to store them in a hierarchical fashion, to make it easier for developers."
"Well boss, it sounds like it would be easiest to just let the filesystem handle it. That way, if there are extra preference files leftover from deleted applications, they'll take up a little space on disk but even FAT16 can prevent any performance penalties from the leftover files."
"But that's what they do in UNIX! ***** it, let's just all put it all in one big file for ALL THE PREFERENCES ON THE SYSTEM. That way developers will just have to be *extra certain* to use it right. Since developers care so much about the users who uninstall their software, we'll avoid wasted disk space since they wouldn't want these users to see performance penalties. There's no way it could backfire!" - OstrakonX, on 10/29/2008, -3/+14I agree that it's too early to truly tell, but it looks so far so good. Keep in mind that most of Vista's problems weren't with look/feel issues, they were with performance problems. 7 seems like it could be a fantastic improvement upon Vista in that department.
Also, 400 bucks? Probably not, at least in my case. I will certainly pay less than that for an OEM version 200, though? Yeah, I'll be paying for that. Especially since I need a new gaming rig anyway, and I'm sure MS will pull the whole "You need 7 for DX 11" thing again. - kelchm, on 10/29/2008, -2/+13Indeed. Everyone chalks this up as a new feature when all they did was remove the ability to have a sidebar.
- Elranzer, on 10/29/2008, -0/+10XP was an upgrade to 2000, not 98.
- cheesejaguar, on 10/29/2008, -3/+13The math in that one picture is wrong. c = +/- sqrt(a^2 + b^2)
- OrangeSoda31, on 10/29/2008, -0/+10Dugg for your name.
- Wang, on 10/29/2008, -3/+12world at large isn't ready for it yet - but it's close, and hey..you can always make 64bit your own standard :)
- robthom, on 10/29/2008, -1/+10"... but look what XP did to 98"
? - archer75, on 10/29/2008, -1/+10quite a bit. Did you not read? There are all sorts of previews out there.
Do people really expect each release of an OS to have a radically different GUI that must be relearned? Just because it looks like Vista doesn't mean nothing has changed. - ligyron, on 10/29/2008, -2/+11No, in Vista the sidebar application is still there, which hosts the gadgets when you "disable" it. And the gadgets aren't being "moved to the desktop"--they're just separating from the sidebar
The difference in Windows 7, is that all this stuff now actually becomes part of the desktop. So when you press "Show desktop," the sidebar and gadgets will now come with, instead of the desktop covering that stuff - eatporktoo, on 10/29/2008, -1/+10I see nothing that windows can't do there except a couple of effects that are completely useless. I'm sorry, but you can't tell me that you honestly think that fire and water effects and the ability to spin a box of multiple desktops around really helps you that much. The only thing I will grant you is that there are multiple desktops, everything else (again, with the exception of those effects) can be achieved with 3rd party software.
Note: I also believe that I heard that WIndows 7 will have multiple desktops, but don't quote me on that. - diskopo, on 10/28/2008, -37/+46Great walkthrough of some of Windows 7's upcoming features!
- cougar618, on 10/29/2008, -0/+9Try again.
That's the distance formula for right triangles. - orthodoxDrew, on 10/29/2008, -2/+10i think it looks great.
- TheMightyDane, on 10/29/2008, -0/+8Paint > Photoshop/Illustrator/Gimp
- Seann7656, on 10/29/2008, -7/+15Awesome! But I don't understand how the free roaming gadgets are anything new. You can already do that in Vista...
- Robustica, on 10/29/2008, -1/+9Minesweeper upgrade = Mineswiffer?
- OrangeSoda31, on 10/29/2008, -1/+9About time!
- subbzzz, on 10/29/2008, -2/+10Didn't they already 'upgrade' that in Vista?
- pentalive, on 10/29/2008, -0/+7But, I -like- my sidebar.
Keeps my gadgets out of the way and the windows seem to know where it is...
Please mr Windows, leave an option somewhere to allow the sidebar to be
enabled for those of us who still want it. - roxgod666, on 10/29/2008, -5/+12Wow so far it's a lot better than what i expected. Already faster than Vista and hasn't even reached beta stage. I didn't expect them to change the taskbar and the new resizing feature will come in handy. Keep it up Microsoft, i guess Bill Gates retiring really did put some fresh minds into Redmond
- championchap, on 10/29/2008, -0/+7I'm a part of this moment too.
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