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Windows 7: Finally an End to the Ordeal of Vista

It's even better than aging fallback Windows XP

By Caroline Miller,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 8, 2009 7:51 AM CDT
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(Newser) – PC users who've suffered the agonies of Vista are finally about to get a reprieve, Walt Mossberg says: Windows 7, to be released Oct. 22, is "a faster and much better operating system than the little-loved Windows Vista, which did a lot to harm both the company's reputation, and the productivity and blood pressure of its users." It's not only better than Vista, it's the better than the venerable Windows XP, he declares, and "a pleasure to use."

Mossberg finds Windows 7 eliminates the main Vista flaws—"sluggishness; incompatibility with third-party software and hardware; heavy hardware requirements; and constant, annoying security warnings"—and is packed with new features that help organize your programs and files, and launch pages or documents quickly. "It also has cool built-in touch-screen features," he writes in the Wall Street Journal.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, right, and Windows president Steven Sinofsky announce the anticipated release of Windows 7 to PC makers on Wednesday, July 22, 2009, in Atlanta.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, right, and Windows president Steven Sinofsky announce the anticipated release of Windows 7 to PC makers on Wednesday, July 22, 2009, in Atlanta.   (AP Photo/Microsoft, Erik S. Lesser)
Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, gestures during a news conference in Munich, Germany, Wednesday Oct. 7, 2009. Ballmer talked about the upcoming launch of the new Windows 7 computer operating system.
Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, gestures during a news conference in Munich, Germany, Wednesday Oct. 7, 2009. Ballmer talked about the upcoming launch of the new Windows 7 computer operating system.   (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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RossR
Oct 10, 2009 1:44 AM CDT
The problem is the "packed with new features" concept. I don't want new features I just want a computer that will boot up fast, let me surf the internet quickly, and run a couple of programs like Word and Excel. That's it. They should have a "stripped-down" boot option that will not load all the other crap during start-up.
wwwonderer
Oct 8, 2009 10:11 AM CDT
If anyone remembers the old Ford slogan "Quality is job 1" the old MS joke was "quality is job 1.5.1". Lol. With that said. I'm looking forward to 64-bit Windows7, and 32GB of RAM! I skipped Vista, and XP is closing in on 10 years.
Jeebus
Oct 8, 2009 8:00 AM CDT
F*ck windows, After Vista crashed my previous hard drive, I have switched to Linux with no problems.

 
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