Microsoft previews Windows 7 UI (Vista 2.0)

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ssj12 said:

ymeaga1n said:

ssj12 said:
thank you M$ for another OS no one will give a damn about because it looks like crap and probably works like crap too.

Care to elaborate on your OPINION. Or should we just take it as a opinion of a bitter anti-"m$" lunatic? I frankly do give a damn about it. As are the 90% of people in the future that are likely to be using the OS.

It looks better than any previous windows. And if you had actually done some research on it rather than just judging it from the pictures you would know the new taskbar is way more useful.

 

 

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1. This OS will obviously be a resource hog like Vista. This will make it so that most general PC buyers wont get proper performance off a PC purchased at WalMart or any other supplier for under $500.

  1a. This was also an issue for businesses with Vista due to the fact they had to buy new PCs.

2. Just like Vista the PC users who have an understanding will only upgrade if there is an obvious need to move up or if software available for the platform is good like XP's.

3. Will it have as many issues as Vista. While this remains to be seen, Vista was well known to have hardware and software compatibility issues due to Microsoft's inability to push out proper programming SKUs for developers even after launch.

4. Visually the GUI is not appealing as say XP is. Looking at it you see many shape edges and boxes that makes things look uninviting to use.

5. While Microsoft is adding new features, stolen yet again from Apple, the general PC users from both XP and Vista will have to relearn the operating system's features due to the fact that the OS's friendliness is lowered another notch for each new feature added.

 

I have to disagree with you at least partly on this one though... The MSR for W7 is understood to be at best lower and at worst on par with Vista which makes it decent Min Sys Req when it is released June 09+ (depending on delays).

As for the appealing factor, this is still an early build. I remember Longhorn looking very different in pre-release versions compared to post release. More over, I like the use of ribbons and it is an appealing feature for me. :) If it stays this way, I agree that the new designs are not much better than vista and I'll be sticking with XP for a while longer but in all likelyhood, things points to much more improvements to the system prior to release.

Win7 might convince me to migrate to it both at home and office.