Windows 7

Den · Feb 12, 2009, 20:40:05

What can 7 do that Vista can't. Vista is so much nicer to use than XP so what is all the fuss about? Or is it just another bash Microsoft on the head time. People seem to forget that before windows came along computing was not as much fun (unless you were using Amiga Workbench) or is it that whatever they bring out some people will not like it. I can see some folk going to W7 and praising all the things that they turned their noses at up in Vista.

sobranie · Feb 12, 2009, 22:10:58

Quote from: Den on Feb 12, 2009, 20:40:05
What can 7 do that Vista can't. Vista is so much nicer to use than XP so what is all the fuss about? Or is it just another bash Microsoft on the head time. People seem to forget that before windows came along computing was not as much fun (unless you were using Amiga Workbench) or is it that whatever they bring out some people will not like it. I can see some folk going to W7 and praising all the things that they turned their noses at up in Vista.

As I said before, it's PRETTY, which just about sums it up in one word.
I don't believe in bashing microsoft over the head, after all, they have a living to make but not at my expense.

Sebby · Feb 12, 2009, 23:58:59

Quote from: Den on Feb 12, 2009, 20:40:05
What can 7 do that Vista can't. Vista is so much nicer to use than XP so what is all the fuss about? Or is it just another bash Microsoft on the head time. People seem to forget that before windows came along computing was not as much fun (unless you were using Amiga Workbench) or is it that whatever they bring out some people will not like it. I can see some folk going to W7 and praising all the things that they turned their noses at up in Vista.

Vista's a pain in the backside for the majority of people. The idea is right, but so much about it is wrong. And this isn't just my opinion - Vista has officially flopped. Windows 7 is basically Windows Vista how it should have been.

zappaDPJ · Feb 13, 2009, 01:28:38

I agree, Vista has a lot going for it but it's implementation is abysmal. Many of the problems go unnoticed but as soon as you hit it with a heavy workload it's virtually unusable. I do a lot of Video capture and editing. Switching between applications, something I do many times a day, causes a delay of up to 90 seconds while the screen redraws itself. I probably lose around an hour's worth of productivity a day because of this.

This never happened under XP which I ran on a for less specified PC and that's just one out of perhaps ten or twenty major faults I could pick. Fix the faults, which Windows 7 seems to have done, and you'll have a reasonable OS.

Den · Feb 13, 2009, 07:37:04

So what we are really saying is that Windows 7 is a service pack for Vista, but if Microsoft had called it that we would not have installed it as it would still have been Vista (and Microsoft could not have sold it to you therefore make money).

I use Vista in a business setting on two computers and the only problems I have had were caused by other software and once they were updated the problems went away.

uxbod · Feb 13, 2009, 08:09:33

Why pay when Linux is free

What can Windows 7 aka. a patched Vista do that Linux cannot ?

Glenn · Feb 13, 2009, 09:07:04

Run rFactor

Rik · Feb 13, 2009, 09:12:42

Picky.

uxbod · Feb 13, 2009, 09:32:31

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=10930&iTestingId=28023

Glenn · Feb 13, 2009, 10:16:07

What was not tested
Multiplayer

Sebby · Feb 13, 2009, 13:23:54

Quote from: uxbod on Feb 13, 2009, 08:09:33
Why pay when Linux is free What can Windows 7 aka. a patched Vista do that Linux cannot ?

Because Linux is even more of a pain than Vista!