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[confideinme]

Another Vista Rip Off. Still rather Xp Professional over this garbage. Microsoft never listen to what the consumer wants, so why should we support this one. The GUI's are getting worse instead of being user friendly.

[phlankspeed]

Might as well go to a new OS. Going to Vista forced me to abandon several programs I really liked, and I can't afford to replace them anyway.

[chevy4513]

sorry for said this but as I see the new os is windows vista fix it and with more improvment why microsoft dont send the fix couse is no much change insted make me buy a new os, I guess almost 100% of new cumputer coming with vista and is not fair for the costumer

[GetReal]

Well Golly, Ge Whiz, Wow, Stupendiferous I'm sure! All really great thingies---if you want them.

But. Didn't see anything in this thread about how Windows-7 is going to let users control what of these & other &%#* is installed by DEFAULT with Windows-7.

[Caoimhin]

No, thank you. Vista has driven me to get a Mac next time I buy a computer.

[SLRob]

Personally I am not having much trouble with Vista and I am running the 64 bit version. I have a lot of peripherals and run a lot of applications so the worse problem is some things are not compatible with the 64 bit version.
I do not want a new operating system that supports less applications and peripherals then Vista 64 and I do not want to have to update everything. Windows 7 needs to run in 64 bit mode and allow all current Vista 32/64 and XP compatible peripherals and applications to run on it without dual booting. Come on Microsoft, you are supposed to be smart and you have a lot of my stock money just sitting there so figure out how to do this. I am tired of having to buy new stuff every time I
update my operating system (and broke too). What a waste. You should see all the perfectly good stuff I still have.
Also, Microsoft, don't make Win7 too piggy and cute and leave the menus alone (I hate the ribbons). I want Speed, Security, Compatibility, Reliability, Flexibility and minimal mouse clicking to find and do stuff!
Oh...and a few other things...

# Allow the Operating system to load multiple USB scanner drivers at the same time so I can select and use the scanner that I need without having to reboot.
# Allow the user to select the default directory that Windows Explorer starts in. Dual screen would be nice to to allow drag and drop between folders.
# If you have to include those stupid, non-intuitive, screen hogging new Ribbons, at least allow the user the option to have menus and the ability to customize the size and content of the ribbons. I can not find anything with the ribbons I usually had available by on click on my customized toolbar.

[SteveMcQwark]

Why does the new interface look almost exactly like KDE?
?:|

[cnewmanx]

I hope they do some more work under the hood performance wise because it looks like they are just bloating the code with more useless fluff.
If this is what windows 7 is going to be, it is just Vista all over again. And seriously what is up with the gadgets? They call those things widgets on OSX. MS innovation at its best.

[bellis]

All-righty-then....

1. If I had the resources that Microsoft has I'd be mad. I do not feel they are getting value for their dollars spent in trying to develope a 'better' OS.

2. According to this article (and others posted around the web) MS says they have listen to their consumer/users. Yeah, right. It's plain to see that form not substance is what they are more concerned about. and rightly so. APPLE PC's are miles ahead currently from what Microsoft is planning on offering. In all areas of personal computer useage! (and I'm a Windows user - but leaning heavily towards a MAC for my next PC purchase)

It's easy to see that Microsoft is showing signs of desperation to regain the lost market ground they incurred when VISTA was released. (Not that having world dominance in consumer based PC operating systems is enough.) So buyer beware! If Windows 7 only gives us what we didn't want with VISTA, then perhaps the CEO and the Board of Directors need a 'changing of the guard' and allow the 'real minds of tomorrow' to take the reigns of this, lacking in all areas PC OS company, and breath new life into it. For the sake of all. (and no ... I am not bitter - just a realist)

Thank you.

[lawsora]

Just another bloated Windows product. What we need is a slimmed down version of Windows for the business world where we don't need all of the fluff built into Vista/Windows 7.

[Microfedup]

How proud Microsoft must be. They have products that consistently don't work, never listen to average users, and then tell you how terrific their new bastardized software is (even though their features usually copy what Apple came out with years before). The thing that is really interesting is that every IT department in America still seems to want to do business with these guys. I guess full employment to fix problems is a wonderful thing.

So What's New in Windows 7? Probably not much over Vista except the purchase price. They should just call it Vista 2. The good news is that the new Apple advertisers will have some terrific material to work with.

[eebh2nd]

They should have added this theme to vista instead of launching a new OS. What a rip off. I'll bet all of my money that the successor to this windows 7 will be a re-badge windows 95 and call it Windows 8. And again, what a rip off!!!

[Security718]

Well....Being a first impression person, my first thoughts are hmmmm, this doesn't look to bad. Seems to be some nice improvements on Vista (since it is built off of the core technology of Vista). This might be worth looking into some more. For those that wish to complain, well, we all need something to whine about, I guess. And if nothing else, you could always go out and spend 3-4 times more that an average PC costs and buy a MAC. (But then again, that has nothing to do with MS new OS). As I was saying this new or revised OS (depends on how you see it) may warrant a further investigation as to just how stable and or useful this OS is. I for one am looking forward to giving a try before I complain, that is if I complain.

[zboner]

wow, windows 7, in pre beta code, its already getting bombed
people look at a few pictures and is already calling is bloated, slow....
you can never make the consumer happy, no matter what you do

[quark]

Thanks PC World for the overview. I don't see anything Windows XP Home SP 3 doesn't give me. After battling with XP for quite a few years, I have at last got a beautifully stable operating system which does exactly what I want it to. It's fast, boots up and shuts down quichly, and everything works on it and with it. I will not be downgrading to Windows 7 for a long, long time - if ever.
I am not a Microsoft lover, but I love XP now that it is AT LAST fixed, after I installed SP 3 from my own home-burned CD with install wizard. The automatic update SP 3 install from Microsoft was an unmitigated disaster (there was even a system bar down the left side of my desktop!) requiring a reformat and reinstall my entire OS and programs. Such is Microsoft. Thanks, but no thanks.

[prevent1984]

It looks a lot like Vista to me. I don't want Microsoft to come up with a quick fix to their Vista problem. I want them to stop Vista, put XP back on the computers they are selling, and actually take the time they need to develop Windows 7. PC users are happy with XP, they'll be okay if Microsoft needs some more time to make an OS that actually works well.

It really doesn't matter though. I hope to make the transition to a Mac laptop and a Mac desktop over the next few years.

[mynamesafad]

How can anyone say its going to be bloated if they havent even tried it?
I honestly think it looks really cool. Im running Vista. Everything works. My old hardware and everything. I cannot imagine myself going back to XP.

[intrepides96]

FINALLY!!! A person with sense!

[eebh2nd]

Dear Microsoft,
You need to change your GUI. My office mate are fat and ugly and smelly too. Please put something nice in front of me, that makes me go to work happy.
No thanks.