Comments on: Moving to Windows 7 will be just as bad as moving to Vista, says Microsoft http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/06/05/moving-to-windows-7-will-be-just-as-bad-as-moving-to-vista-says-microsoft/ Blogging in the real world Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:44:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: HH http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/06/05/moving-to-windows-7-will-be-just-as-bad-as-moving-to-vista-says-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-16881 HH Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:54:07 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=1635#comment-16881 "Let me guess ?most secure Windows ever!? and the usual rubbish. Now, if they sort out the cluttered UI, cut the install image down to around, ohh, 500mb and get rid of all the fluff and nonsense that gets in the way of doing work, it might be usable." "Cluttered UI"? Methinks you're mistaking OS X with Windows. “Let me guess ?most secure Windows ever!? and the usual rubbish. Now, if they sort out the cluttered UI, cut the install image down to around, ohh, 500mb and get rid of all the fluff and nonsense that gets in the way of doing work, it might be usable.”

“Cluttered UI”? Methinks you’re mistaking OS X with Windows.

]]> By: David W http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/06/05/moving-to-windows-7-will-be-just-as-bad-as-moving-to-vista-says-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-1047 David W Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:30:06 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=1635#comment-1047 Microsoft have a good point, to go forward, you always need to leave some baggage behind. Windows problem, until recently, is that they have been very bad at dropping off the dross that is cluttering up the system. They bring something new to the OS, which could push Windows forwards, but in the name of backwards compatibility, they cripple part of the new implementation, which means it doesn't work like it should, but still cripples poorly written applications from previous generations... Every new generation of Windows will cause slightly more compatibility problems than the previous generation. There is no way round it, so upgrading now will cause, theoretically, fewer headaches than waiting for the next version. Those who are holding off of going to Vista for v7, because "Vista is a dog", when it comes to software and device compatibility are going to even more disappointed. I've got 10 XP and 10 Vista licences. Apart from my old laptop, which, with 512MB RAM, is just not up to running Vista, the rest of my machines have all been migrated. Yes, it isn't as spritely as Windows 95, but it isn't a complete dog either. My Audigy sound card doesn't work properly, which is annoying, but it plays music and stereo sound, which is all I require from it these days, BUT, that isn't Microsoft's fault, CL used Vista as an opportunity to try and generate more sales (as have a lot of manufacturers), but it has backfired, for the most part. Microsoft have a good point, to go forward, you always need to leave some baggage behind. Windows problem, until recently, is that they have been very bad at dropping off the dross that is cluttering up the system. They bring something new to the OS, which could push Windows forwards, but in the name of backwards compatibility, they cripple part of the new implementation, which means it doesn’t work like it should, but still cripples poorly written applications from previous generations…

Every new generation of Windows will cause slightly more compatibility problems than the previous generation. There is no way round it, so upgrading now will cause, theoretically, fewer headaches than waiting for the next version. Those who are holding off of going to Vista for v7, because “Vista is a dog”, when it comes to software and device compatibility are going to even more disappointed.

I’ve got 10 XP and 10 Vista licences. Apart from my old laptop, which, with 512MB RAM, is just not up to running Vista, the rest of my machines have all been migrated. Yes, it isn’t as spritely as Windows 95, but it isn’t a complete dog either. My Audigy sound card doesn’t work properly, which is annoying, but it plays music and stereo sound, which is all I require from it these days, BUT, that isn’t Microsoft’s fault, CL used Vista as an opportunity to try and generate more sales (as have a lot of manufacturers), but it has backfired, for the most part.

]]> By: Nick Kirby http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/06/05/moving-to-windows-7-will-be-just-as-bad-as-moving-to-vista-says-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-903 Nick Kirby Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:15:05 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=1635#comment-903 Let me guess "most secure Windows ever!" and the usual rubbish. Now, if they sort out the cluttered UI, cut the install image down to around, ohh, 500mb and get rid of all the fluff and nonsense that gets in the way of doing work, it might be usable. Let me guess “most secure Windows ever!” and the usual rubbish. Now, if they sort out the cluttered UI, cut the install image down to around, ohh, 500mb and get rid of all the fluff and nonsense that gets in the way of doing work, it might be usable.

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