ferris209 said:
vbangle said:
Darth Chaltab said:
They're leaving the basic architecture the same as Vista, but I think they're going to target the issues a lot of people had with it.

Which is why this release is *******. Instead of a new $300 OS this should of been SP2 or SP3...regardless it's a complete bend over and take it in the **** moment from Uncle Bill again.....no thanks.

That's my main point, I didn't see anything wrong with making all these improvements to Vista as SP3, even if they wanted to get away from the whole tainted "Vista" name they could have easily had SP3 re-title Vista to Windows 7 and even make the whole SP3 a big marketing campaign, but it all comes down to the almighty dollar.

so, you don't think apple charges for every single 0.1 upgrade to 0sx???

and you think that since service packs are free, that this major upgrade should be free???

how is that supposed to work??????

there's no way this could even remotely be considered a service pack..

don't you think in 2 years or so (when it really gets finished), that all the

work they do on it, will include major revisions, and fixes?????

how you think this can be a service pack is beyond me..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7

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Windows 7 includes a number of new features, such as advancements in touch, speech, and handwriting recognition, support for virtual hard disks, improved performance on multi-core processors, improved boot performance, and kernel improvements.

According to reports sent to TG Daily, the Milestone 1 build of Windows 7 adds support for systems using multiple heterogeneous graphics cards from different vendors and a new version of Windows Media Center. New features in Milestone 1 also reportedly include Gadgets being integrated into Windows Explorer, a Gadget for Windows Media Center, the ability to visually pin and unpin items from the Start Menu and Recycle Bin, improved media features, the XPS Essentials Pack being integrated, and a multiline Calculator featuring Programmer and Statistics modes along with unit conversion.

Reports indicate that a feedback tool included in Milestone 1 lists some coming features: the ability to store Internet Explorer settings on a Windows Live account, updated versions of Paint and WordPad, and a 10-minute install process.In addition, improved network connection tools might be included.

Many new items have been added to Control Panel including: Accelerators, ClearType Text Tuner, Display Color Calibration Wizard, Gadgets, Infrared, Recovery, Troubleshooting, Workspaces Center, Location and Other Sensors, Credential Manager, Biometric Devices, System Icons, Windows Solution Center, and Display. Windows Security Center has been renamed the Windows Solution Center (Windows Health Center in earlier builds) which encompass both security and maintenance of the computer.

and more: http://news.digitaltrends.com/talk-back/270/windows-7-kicking-mac-os-butt

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However, Windows 7 has been reworked to address the core problems that made Vista slower and has been enhanced to make better use of current hardware and scream on the PC hardware that will be coming next year. An example of the XP problem is that in Vista, open windows consume more memory for each window that is open until memory runs out. With Windows 7, each Window you open consumes no more memory, and memory utilization simply doesn’t increase appreciably regardless of the windows you open which speeds up the platform substantially.

An example of the latter problem is that, during boot sequences, all previous versions of Windows loaded things linearly. A slow-loading driver or application could cause the boot time to extend to painful lengths. In Windows 7 though, these same things load in parallel, so if something is loading slowly other things will continue to load in the background. It doesn’t fix the application or driver that is slow to load, but it does make it much less of a bottleneck.

Finally, Windows 7 was designed with Solid State drives and multi-core processors in mind, because they are a big part of the ecosystem while the product is being developed. Vista didn’t work that well with SD drives in particular, and Windows 7 should be much better as a result.

like i said, they'll charge you for an upgrade, and that's it..

if you want it, fine...

if you don't , stick with XP/VISTA

later

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