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#407813 - 01/14/09 10:15 PM Windows 7: Lipstick on the pig
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Yikes, it looks like Windows 7 isn't much an improvement over Vista, at least according to InfoWorld's coverage.

Here's a link to the last page of a 5 page article that pretty much sums it up.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/11/10/46TC-windows-7_5.html

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Bottom line: So far, Windows 7 looks and behaves almost exactly like Windows Vista. It performs almost exactly like Vista. And it breaks all sorts of things that used to work just fine under Vista. In other words, Microsoft's follow-up to its most unpopular OS release since Windows Me threatens to deliver zero measurable performance benefits while introducing new and potentially crippling compatibility issues.


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The larger question is what all those Vista refuseniks will do when their hopes for Windows 7 are crushed. Some will undoubtedly give in. After all, you can prop up Windows XP only for so long. However, for many shops, this may be the perfect opportunity to seriously explore the alternatives outside Microsoft. Ubuntu Linux gets more polished each quarter, while Apple hardware and Mac OS X continue to impress technical and nontechnical users alike.

One thing's for sure: Microsoft's once unassailable dominance of the enterprise desktop is wobbling on a precipice. Windows Vista has permanently eroded the company's reputation among IT decision makers, and from what we've seen of Windows 7 so far, Microsoft still does not "get IT."


Yikes!


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#407814 - 01/14/09 10:23 PM Re: Windows 7: Lipstick on the pig [Re: SteveS]
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Says pretty much the same thing that Win7 is just a Vista SP2 update , not worth any price
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#407855 - 01/15/09 12:47 AM Re: Windows 7: Lipstick on the pig [Re: carp]
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I've got it running in VMWare at the moment ...not sure why I downloaded it. It hasn't sparked any interest in me after playing with it for a while. How about that solitaire...
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#407869 - 01/15/09 01:43 AM Re: Windows 7: Lipstick on the pig [Re: zwei]
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I got so excited about Windows 7 I installed iTunes
and one ONE SONG !
I have not gotten into heavy gaming like solitaire in
Windows 7 yet although it gives me goosebumps thinking
about it.

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#407871 - 01/15/09 01:53 AM Re: Windows 7: Lipstick on the pig [Re: Swatcat]
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I guess since the Zune was a flop, MS has to try to come up with something new, so Windows 7 it is!
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#407872 - 01/15/09 01:59 AM Re: Windows 7: Lipstick on the pig [Re: Svend]
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Perhaps the One Tune Zune !

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#407873 - 01/15/09 02:04 AM Re: Windows 7: Lipstick on the pig [Re: Swatcat]
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Check your iTunes - supposed to have been busted in Win7
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#407875 - 01/15/09 02:16 AM Re: Windows 7: Lipstick on the pig [Re: carp]
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iTunes works great see




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#407885 - 01/15/09 04:19 AM Re: Windows 7: Lipstick on the pig [Re: SteveS]
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Lipstick on a pig and it still comes in blue when you blow it.



Why am I thinking of Papa Smurf?

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#407909 - 01/15/09 12:51 PM Re: Windows 7: Lipstick on the pig [Re: carp]
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Originally Posted By: carp

Says pretty much the same thing that Win7 is just a Vista SP2 update , not worth any price


Leopard is far, far superior to Windows 7. But hey, the beta does cost nothing for now, so why not use it... for now. That said, by time the final release comes, perhaps it will be worth a fee.*

*Not for me, though, if it is anywhere above $99.
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