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[News] [Rival] Microsoft's Pay-to-Say: Vista 7 Has No Impact

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Microsoft's Pay-to-Say: Vista 7 Has No Impact
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:22:02 +0000
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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"Well the initial impression is how much it [Windows 7] looks like Vista. 
Which I think isâuhâthe thing Iâm not supposed to say."

		--Microsoft Jack Schofield

PC shipments to finish 2009 growing 3%

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| Gartner says Windows 7, Microsoft's new 
| operating system, will have a little impact 
| on holiday PC sales, but noted that 2010 PC 
| shipments could be affected.
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http://www.purchasing.com/article/390747-PC_shipments_to_finish_2009_growing_3_.php

Report: PC shipments up, revenue down in â09

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| Gartner also forecasts a limited impact on 
| sales of the introduction of Windows 7, the 
| new PC operating system from Microsoft. 
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http://www.examiner.com/x-6470-San-Jose-Gadgets-Examiner~y2009m11d23-Report-PC-shipments-up-revenue-down-in-09

http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/697221235_AxzRa-L.jpg


Recent:

With Windows 7, Only Half of Samba Stops Working

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| This time, with Windows 7, only half of Samba
| stops working.
`----

http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/6911/1/


Windows 7: The First Blue Screen

,----[ Quote ]
| My main Windows 7 system, which has been
| rock solid since I installed the shipping
| version of the operating system in early
| August, presented me with my first Blue
| Screen of Death this morning. The system
| had been acting a bit cranky for an hour or
| so when it suddenly crashed.
`----

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/10/windows_7_the_f.html


Will the real "new" features in Windows 7 please stand up

,----[ Quote ]
| What I do dislike is the marketing coming
| out of Redmond. Why?
|
| Once again Microsoft is claiming creation
| of features that have been in other
| operating systems for a while now. This
| happens nearly every time Microsoft
| releases a new operating system. And in
| this weekâs open source blog, I thought I
| would illustrate that point with regards to
| Windows 7. It is not my intention to do a
| feature-for-feature comparison, but point
| out the features Microsoft are claiming to
| be ânewâ that have actually been in Linux
| for a while.
|
| I want to make a point, though, of saying
| this is not an article cutting down one
| operating system while supporting another.
| I am just pointing out the errors of the PR
| machine at Microsoft. With that said, here
| we go.
|
| Aero: We all know this isnât new. And we
| all know that Linux has had every feature
| displayed in Aero for some time now. This
| is one area that really burns my cheeks.
| Microsoft claims to have redesigned the
| desktop experience, when in fact they just
| took ideas from Compiz and OS X and claimed
| it as theirs.
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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1009


Is WIndows 7 still a Crossgrade? Yes.

,----[ Quote ]
| Thing is, upgrades don't actually exist in
| the Windows world. They don't. This is not
| an opinion. This is not up for an argument.
| Windows Upgrades do not exist.
|
| It is, however, possible to crossgrade
| across different versions of Windows. What
| you can do is trade the problems of one
| Windows system for the problems of another
| Windows system. In Windows 95 you traded
| the small size of the Operating System for
| increased bulk. I don't mean just amount of
| space taken up on the hard-drive, I mean
| the performance of the OS as well. Windows
| 98 didn't have high system requirements...
| but it couldn't run on some really low end
| computers that Win95 could.
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http://zerias.blogspot.com/2009/10/is-windows-7-still-crossgrade-yes.html


Feature-By-Feature: Ubuntu 9.10 Vs. Windows 7

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| Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop
| Karmic Koala's desktop should be familiar
| to Windows users. Right-click menu
| shortcuts and  personalizing the desktop
| features are similar to Windows 7. The
| desktop still isn't as "glitzy" as Windows
| 7, but users can get the eye candy of
| Windows 7 with a fast graphics card and can
| choose the "Extra" settings in Ubuntu
| 9.10's "Appearance Preferences."
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http://www.crn.com/software/220600383;jsessionid=DGQV5GNOJLAARQE1GHOSKH4ATMY32JVN


Ubuntu Karmic Koala- A perfect alternative to Windows 7

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| Before you decide to pay for a Windows 7 license, I
| would humbly urge you to first download a copy of
| Karmic Koala, give it a try for a week or two and
| then make an unbiased assessment of it yourself.
| You will see that you would not have to spend money
| whatsoever on a pile of software that crumbles at
| the least attack made on it. Do you intend using
| Windows 7? Please tell us why or why you would not
| use Ubuntu.
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http://www.ghabuntu.com/2009/10/ubuntu-karmic-koala-perfect-alternative.html
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