Windows 7 is going to be a disappointment. Not because it will be a bad OS, quite the opposite itll be a gr8 one. but unfortunately there are some problem. Windows Vista was supposed to be huge. Problems arose and they rebooted the project. So even tho the gap between XP and Vista is 5 yrs, the vista we have has been worked on for abt 2yrs. And because of this Vista is buggy. Windows 7 is based on the Vista code. So Windows 7 is going to be Vista done right. People expect Windows 7 to be some revolutionary OS, but it will just be a minor upgrade from Vista. Not much will be new but it'll be stable. Microsoft is working on another interesting OS based on Singularity called Microsoft Midori. Its still a top-secret project, but it'll be different from the current windows code. So we can hope for innovation there.

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Before they gave it a GUI, the core was just 25MB.

Windows 7 looks pretty clean, hope it has good compatibility, not some piece of poop that doesn't support anything.

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I think they should definately streamline some of the the software - lots of people were dissapointed about the way it used up so much of the computers resources without even running other software. Also, beter security, and user managementsoftware would be good- you can download free stuff, but it would be beter built in.

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I just hope Windows 7 has alot more potish then Vista does. Some Vista's features are better then Xp's such as the increased program compatibility with old games before XP and easier to manage the desktop and other small things like that. But if it is an update rather then an entirly new OS, it should have tons of fixs and tweaks for all the annoying errors and problems that Vista is filled with.
I am personally hoping for:

Less emphasis on the "prettyness" of the desktop
Less Crapware that come preloaded on new computers packing it
Better Web Browser, IE sucks compared to FireFox and Safari
And better file management software

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Sure, having a great-looking desktop is a great way to present your computer to friends or at conventions and stuff... But I prefer just a basic GUI...

Not the Windows 95 GUI but more like Windows XP Media Centre Edition (MCE) with the official "Royal Theme" on it... That was a great theme...

But anyway... The GUI doesn't have to be the most important part of an operating system... I mean take a look at command-line Unix as an example, probably THE most basic GUI ever, and so many web servers still use it these days!

All I need for a GUI is a "Start Button" with the "My Documents", "My Music", "My Videos", "My Pictures", etc, and then with the "Control Panel" and "Search" and that, and with a Recently opened Programs and a "All Programs" thing... With it, all the default stuff... Then moving on, the "Quick-Launch" Panel (Not sure if it is actually called that, its the place right of the start button)... With cftmon.exe and the Language button, then the windows tray...

Command Prompt is a must and maybe the Ultimate/Business/Enterprise versions should also have the Windows SDK and DirectX SDK...

DirectX10 is a must and should (like Windows Vista) scale its RAM usage and stuff like that to match your computer, and it should not have a huge amount of processes running, just one for the Kernel, one for GUI, one for Aero, one for Sidebar, and stuff, and that should be it! There is not need having maybe six or seven "svhost.exe"'s when they can probably make it into one file for easier management and take all the unecessary stuff out of it...

They need to work on security issues FIRST, and then onto how fast it is going to be and that and last of all GUI and other luxuries and eye-candy...

 

 

 

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I dont agree with Windows 7. Bill gates has made a monopoly and windows just plainly sucks. I would laugh if microsoft goes down and Mac came up. Think about it Bill Gates runs all of the Name Brand Computers. EXp. Acer, HP, Compaq, ect. He runs every thing and there are some people like me that cant stand windows for its un stability. I haven't seen Microsoft Windows Stable ever. Now Linux that operation system can handle about anything which is including MAC. Linux is the bases of MAC and what i've read in PCMagazine. Microsoft is trying to get people to stop dreaming about OS X and Linux. Well last time i looked its more stable than windows will ever be. Think about it MAC has to build their own operating system. Has to make special hardware to fit their operating system, managed to keep it stable and run excessivly more programs at the same time with the same amout of ram, hardrive space, and processor as Microsoft and is still a better way more stable OS than Windows. So i think Microsoft is a little behind.

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Vista is full of bugs and microsoft is losing many customers to mac coze of that.. So, they are tryin to bring up wit sumthin which can compete with mac.. Thats wat i heard..

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I bet it's going to suck. Why can't they just stay with Windows XP and work on that? XP is the only Windows version I don't have complaints about (at least not major like in previous versions). It's stable, fast and has a large community of users. XP does the job for me so I don't see a reason to switch to Vista and Windows 7 in few years. Like they say, if it's not broken, don't fix it.

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Windows seven eh? sounds interesting, the images look pretty much exactly like vista to me, so It will probably be an update is my guess. Does anyone else think that vista was designed to be a "pretty" operating system, will all the pretty bells and whistles? I think most people would prefer XP over vista. Does anyone one prefer vista over XP?

I know this is going off topic a bit, but I don't see the problems with macs, I was a windows user and have since moved to mac. They have got the right idea. Because they make hardware and OS it works smoothly. Microsoft has to lift its game.

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