Gizmodo goes through a walkthrough of a beta build of the next Windows OS, Windows 7.
http://gizmodo.com/5069661/windows-7-wal...mpressions
Basically, performance and usability are the things they concentrated on. There are pictures and videos of the improved UI, as well as comparisons of the boot-up and shutdown times of Windows 7 and Vista.
I'm happy that there are improvements and all, but I was a bit disappointed that it doesn't look different at all from Vista (I was expecting something like when we jumped from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95). I don't think that was entirely wise. MS is trying to move on from the bad taste Vista left in a lot of people's mouths, and marketing a new product which essentially looks the same might get confusing. I guess they poured too much money into the Aero look to flush it down the toilet.
But as always, time will tell. I plan to upgrade to 7 and just skip Vista entirely. Hopefully, this iteration of Windows will be better-supported and better-liked. Microsoft still has time to either screw this up or make it better.
http://gizmodo.com/5069661/windows-7-wal...mpressions
Basically, performance and usability are the things they concentrated on. There are pictures and videos of the improved UI, as well as comparisons of the boot-up and shutdown times of Windows 7 and Vista.
I'm happy that there are improvements and all, but I was a bit disappointed that it doesn't look different at all from Vista (I was expecting something like when we jumped from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95). I don't think that was entirely wise. MS is trying to move on from the bad taste Vista left in a lot of people's mouths, and marketing a new product which essentially looks the same might get confusing. I guess they poured too much money into the Aero look to flush it down the toilet.
But as always, time will tell. I plan to upgrade to 7 and just skip Vista entirely. Hopefully, this iteration of Windows will be better-supported and better-liked. Microsoft still has time to either screw this up or make it better.
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