Comments on: Can Windows 7 evade the Vista curse?

By: Unknown Soldier

Unknown Soldier — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:04:01 +0000

LONG LIVE XP!

By: Windows 7 Preview: Less of the Same | YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:31:56 +0000

[...] 7’s introduction to the public was made in good timing and I believe it can evade the curse that plagued Vista for years. I think Microsoft has a winner [...]

By: Ja

Ja — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:47:49 +0000

It still can’t beat the reliability and beauty of OS X.

By: yuga

yuga — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:54:29 +0000

@Patrick, it needs to if it wants to be the leading OS for future netbooks.

By: entrepreneur opportunity

entrepreneur opportunity — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:19:52 +0000

Windows 7 looks better and hoping that it will be a lean and mean OS.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:50:09 +0000

I don’t think Windows 7 can evade the Vista curse. Microsoft overpromised and underdelivered with Vista which has left a bad taste in people’s mouth. People are aware and they are now very cautious.

No matter how much people say that Linux is an alternative OS in the form of the ever popular Ubuntu, it’s never going to go mainstream.

And no, it can’t do everything Windows or OS X can do. If it was able to do EVERYTHING and even more/better, people would have switched a long time ago.

By: Kuya Kevin

Kuya Kevin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:41:24 +0000

Vista turned me into a Mac User.

By: Jam

Jam — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:32:53 +0000

I saw a video of Microsoft Windows 7 and the interface is pretty awesome. Not sure if it will have more bugs though similar to what happened to Windows Vista. I would want this OS to my laptop.

By: JC John SESE-Cuneta

JC John SESE-Cuneta — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:46:49 +0000

The screenshot provided above looks like KDE.
Windows 7 beta screenshots, looks like GNOME.

If you need an OS that will run on 512kb, go get GNU/Linux, preferably the Ubuntu flavor of the Debian distribution. You can do almost all of what “Vista” and “Windows 7″ can do, and more.

By: WEBMASTER

WEBMASTER — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:11:44 +0000

The marketing tactics behind the success of the previous windows OS was it is simple, older type of machines,it is not the complex the ease of use.

I hope they can return to what they are before.

http://corel-lifestyle.blogspot.com/

By: jhay

jhay — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:09:06 +0000

If Windows 7 does inherit the Vista curse, would Apple go mass-market with the OS X? Or will Linux finally capitalize on this? Or will Google fulfill the prophecies and complete its domination of the world via Chrome and Android? I’m just glad I’m alive to experience these things.

By: Lix Tetrax

Lix Tetrax — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:27:50 +0000

There’s an article on engadget that shows a netbook with 1 GHz CPU and 1 GB ram running the W7.

By: deuts

deuts — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:17:29 +0000

Yep, Vista is definitely bloated with features one may not even bother using. As such, the performance suffers. MS should do away with this with the new OS.

The sooner this new OS goes out, the better!

By: Jarod

Jarod — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:12:17 +0000

I think being able to make Win7 run in 512 RAM or less is the way to go. With so much hype of Vista being bloated(according to a Ghertz personnel from SM) & a resource hog this would clean up the mess they’re into right now.This would make people reconsider by trying it in their existing and quite doing well XP box and give MS a much bigger market and not just rely on OEM to force their way into the end users hand.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:42:27 +0000

I don’t quite agree that Microsoft should make Windows 7 “work” in systems with 512MB of RAM or less. That’s a step backward. Memory is so cheap nowadays it’s unforgivable to have less than 1 GB. Besides, it’s not just the eyecandy which uses up all those RAM.

I use Vista and I seriously think it’s far better than XP. But I’m still excited with the changes in 7 like the new taskbar and the more manageable system tray. I also like what I’ve read of the upcoming WMP 12.

By: Techie

Techie — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:40:18 +0000

Windows 7 beta versions are already floating in the net and it looks very similar to vista.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:36:16 +0000

I have been using Vista for my two laptops and got no problem with it except for the familiarity of the features since I mostly use my desktop which operates in XP.

Windows 7 looks better and more simple and easy to use. Yes, it reminds me of the Windows 95 way back then.

By: Eizan

Eizan — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:06:56 +0000

Oh thanks! I thought it was since the topic was about Windows 7.

By: Jayjay Montalbo

Jayjay Montalbo — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:30:34 +0000

Paul Thurrott has a compilation of screenshots of a pre-beta Windows 7 build on his Web site:

http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_m3_screens.asp
http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_m3_screens_02.asp

By: Jayjay Montalbo

Jayjay Montalbo — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:27:59 +0000

@Eizan:

That is NOT a screenshot of Windows 7, but of what I assume to be an early prototype of Longhorn (which ultimately became Windows Vista). That one was from before “the reset.”

By: Eizan

Eizan — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:57:59 +0000

That’s a screenshot of Windows 7, I presume. Vista was too heavy on system resources that’s why people did not want to embrace it. Why go the trouble of upgrading when you already have a workable OS? (e.g. XP)

By: parenghilton

parenghilton — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:54:56 +0000

windows 7 looks good. im going to start saving money so when the windows 7 powered netbook comes out, i can buy it… but if I become a millionaire, I’ll go for a macbook.