Windows 7 - 'best version of Windows ever'

01-08-09, 11:58 AM

Interesting article.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/08/m...mer/index.html

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"We are on track to deliver the best version of Windows ever," Ballmer told an audience of several thousand tech professionals and journalists inside a cavernous ballroom at the Venetian hotel. "We're working hard to get it right and get it ready."

01-08-09, 12:25 PM

They must be telling the truth!

**mailman2** · 01-08-09, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by methimpikehoses

They must be telling the truth!

They are.

S.I.N · 01-08-09, 12:46 PM

Watch a few years from now its reveled that Windows 7 was actually Vista with some minor tweaks.

Q · 01-08-09, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by S.I.N

Watch a few years from now its reveled that Windows 7 was actually Vista with some minor tweaks.

I think that its already been revealed, SIN. On the developer side, this is what MS is screaming. On the consumer side, they are advertising this to be a clean break from Vista.

glObalist · 01-08-09, 02:50 PM

Did he also do the monkey dance while he was at it?

DRen72 · 01-08-09, 04:43 PM

"Windows 7 - 'best version of Windows ever' "....Not with that lame taskbar they are using in Beta 1. It's terribly implemented. I hope that gets major changes before RTM.

Also, with the current beta 1, surround sound on X-Fi cards is not working.

Toss3 · 01-08-09, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DRen72

"Windows 7 - 'best version of Windows ever' "....Not with that lame taskbar they are using in Beta 1. It's terribly implemented. I hope that gets major changes before RTM.

Also, with the current beta 1, surround sound on X-Fi cards is not working.

What's wrong with the taskbar?

And wouldn't it have been weird if he had come out and said "windows 7 is going to be the crappiest windows ever!" - I mean why even release something if you've already done better in the past?

DRen72 · 01-08-09, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Toss3

What's wrong with the taskbar?

Well, thats great if you like the new taskbar, but its quite confusing to me. There are several articles on the net pointing out the same issues I have with it, namely the fact its confusing to tell which program is a pinned one and which is not. I think if they would just leave quick launch in place instead of trying to integrate it then my complaints regarding the
taskbar at least would resolve.

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Originally Posted by Toss3

And wouldn't it have been weird if he had come out and said "windows 7 is going to be the crappiest windows ever!" - I mean why even release something if you've already done better in the past?

Quite true. Crappiest Windows ever award goes to Windows Millenium IMHO. Vista overall with SP1 is actually pretty good now. XP is perhaps the overall best and Windows 2000 was the most stable. That OS never crashed.

01-08-09, 09:06 PM

I agree on the toolbar - I don't like it all that much. Maybe it will grow on me though, we'll see.

six_storm · 01-08-09, 09:21 PM

I actually like the new taskbar. But I think that there should be an option to have the new look and a classic option. It does resemble the Mac OS X dock IMO so I'm quite fond of that idea

ViN86 · 01-08-09, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by S.I.N

Watch a few years from now its reveled that Windows 7 was actually Vista with some minor tweaks.

it is

01-08-09, 12:25 PM	#2
methimpikehoses Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Windows 7 - 'best version of Windows ever' They must be telling the truth!

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S.I.N UnRegistered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: All over Posts: 1,761	Re: Windows 7 - 'best version of Windows ever' Watch a few years from now its reveled that Windows 7 was actually Vista with some minor tweaks.

01-08-09, 04:43 PM	#7
DRen72 Eastern Pipistrelle Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Cave Posts: 2,058	Re: Windows 7 - 'best version of Windows ever' "Windows 7 - 'best version of Windows ever' "....Not with that lame taskbar they are using in Beta 1. It's terribly implemented. I hope that gets major changes before RTM. Also, with the current beta 1, surround sound on X-Fi cards is not working. __________________ CPU: Intel i7 2600k Video: EVGA GTX 590 / 24" BenQ FP241WZ LCD Motherboard & RAM: ASRock P67 Extreme6 / 16GB DDR3 RAM Storage: Corsair Force Series GT 128GB SSD / Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB / Two Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB drives Optical Storage: Pioneer BDR-206DBKS Sound: Sound Blaster X-Fi / Logitech Z-5500 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) Other: Antec P183 Case / Corsair AX-1200 Power Supply / Logitech G5 (v2.0) / Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 Console: XBox 360 Elite

01-08-09, 09:06 PM	#10
Bearclaw Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Windows 7 - 'best version of Windows ever' I agree on the toolbar - I don't like it all that much. Maybe it will grow on me though, we'll see.

01-08-09, 09:21 PM	#11
six_storm Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Nashvegas Posts: 11,575	Re: Windows 7 - 'best version of Windows ever' I actually like the new taskbar. But I think that there should be an option to have the new look and a classic option. It does resemble the Mac OS X dock IMO so I'm quite fond of that idea

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