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____/ High Plains Thumper on Tuesday 13 Oct 2009 11:44 : \____
> nessuno wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Windows 7 - It's Vista All Over Again
>>>
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>>>> "There you go again". The Gipper said it in 1982, and I'm
>>>> saying it today - but about Windows 7, not Jimmy Carter.
>>>>
>>>> Because the more I play with Windows 7, the more I see the
>>>> Vista debacle unfolding all over again. The commonly
>>>> accepted wisdom is that Windows 7 is oh-so-much-better
>>>> than Vista. Well, based on my own extensive testing, it's
>>>> not. Not at all.
>>>>
>>>> First a bit of history. Back in 2006 I was editor-in-chief
>>>> of PC Magazine. Vista was coming out and we were pretty
>>>> darn laudatory. Microsoft provided us with new hardware,
>>>> we tested beta versions of Vista, and we loved it. Shortly
>>>> after it shipped, alas, the Wow was less Now than Ow.
>>>> Vista sucked upon release to the world for a wide range of
>>>> reasons - not least because the networking and audio
>>>> driver models were completely rebuilt in the six months
>>>> prior to release. That led to driver problems, along with
>>>> general instability. When I left PC Magazine in 2007, my
>>>> parting column was a bit of an apology - we'd been too
>>>> easy on what turned out to be one of Microsoft's more
>>>> uneven efforts.
>>>>
>>>> [...]
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://louderback.com/2009/windows-7-its-vista-all-over-again/
>>
>> He's not just a CEO, he's the former editor-in-chief of PC
>> magazine. Interesting what he says about the Microsoft
>> propaganda machine and what it does to promote good reviews.
>
> A large issue was software purchased to run on XP would not
> necessarily work in Vista. Windows 7 adds a compatibility mode
> to run older software, but at a premium: The user must purchase
> the higher end premium versions. The entry level and standard do
> not have this feature available. One would be better off moving
> to Linux and running one of the Linux Windows "emulator"
> environments (Wine, Cedega, etc.).
Microsoft knows it's in trouble with GNU/Linux. I don't think it ever bribed
so many people to write good things about Vista 7 (or just to write about it).
- --
~~ Best of wishes
Roy S. Schestowitz | Play Othello: http://othellomaster.com
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