Good to hear of Windows 7, thank you for keeping us informed.
Question: what if MS finally launched an OS that WORKS WELL immediately ? I mean, an OS that starts every morning, that copes well with USB, is fast and reliable, and does NOT oblige ordinary users to change habits every time they change computers?
THAT would draw a sigh of relief from all those who have nothing to do with transparent windows and other useless stuff.
Yours sincerely
J-P Auffrand (Dijon, France)

I hope that there are many changes in store for windows live, I personaly would like it to be removed and we could chose to use diffrent parts of it or none. As I find it over bearing in many ways.

> Here’s hoping they get rid of UAC with all the other annoying nag boxes

You can get rid of that in Vista – just turn it off.

> the new interface has a more than passing resemblance to the Gnome/Fedora desktop…

Not very surprising, since Gnome took it’s design from Windows in the first place (hence the start button, system tray, task bar clock etc etc etc).

Yawn. Microsoft’s stuff once again is a bundle of prior art. Yep, those guys sure know how to “innovate”.

Ten years of not using Microsoft products and loving every minute.

Jimmy, not all of them. Infact many of the ones which come with vista are just boring and static as can be- a complete waste of resources and screen space. If they’re bundling something with that can actually work, then I may even keep it turned on.

Oh and finally, if I see one more box screaming for attention I think I’m reposition my screen so I can’t see the taskbar anymore. It’s as annoying as Leopard’s “bouncing” icons.

Not too sure about the entirely glass look, might be a bit too open for me. But hey, I guess I’ll find out when beta one comes out .

Looks like the M$ people are desperately trying to catch up with simple features available on OS X and X windows for quite a while. How about focusing on creating a solid OS, one that does not make people wonder if it will work right out of the box? It would be a nice thing to do for the people who probably do not even get their hopes up anymore when installiing a new M$ OS.

Cheers,
M$ -> Linux -> OS X Convert.

Wow. I mean, completely and totally wow.

Gotta hand it to Microsoft on this one – they’ve got a great business plan: let Apple pay for the R&D, and all they have to do is sit back and duplicate (oh sorry, I meant “innovate”) the OS X UI and featureset.

So really, their behaviour hasn’t changed since the original version of Windows.

all4nothing: > the new interface has a more than passing resemblance to the Gnome/Fedora desktop…

Nick G: >Not very surprising, since Gnome took it’s design from Windows in the first place (hence the start button, system tray, task bar clock etc etc etc).

I was actually thinking that the “window snap” and “all windows translucent” features reminded me VERY much of Compiz or Beryl. My Ubuntu laptop with Compiz Fusion does this RIGHT NOW. No need to wait for Win7. Of course, Compiz fusion does all sorts of other cool stuff, like window bending, multiple min-max effects, Oh, and the cube desktop that Windows will likely NEVER have, as it can’t support multiple desktops simultaneously like Linux can NATIVELY .

Oh, and Nick, You’re an idiot who has NEVER seen the Gnome interface, apparently. Gnome doesn’t HAVE a “start” button by default, it uses a Twin-taskbar, triple menu layout similar to mac 9. You show your ignorance in claiming that Gnome, which looks nothing like Windows, somehow took it’s design cues from it.

Indeed, Windows originally took many of it’s design cues from Mac, and just pushed the task bar down to the bottom instead of floating it up top. The “system tray” concept was a XEROX invention from the 1980’s, and all the fancy “3D” effects are from OSX and Beryl. There is a REASON that Microsoft uses the expression “Embrace and Extend”. They don’t HAVE original ideas, they just cherry-pick the ones they like and re-paint them to look “original”. Once again, Windows is about 2-3 years behind OSX and the Open Source community. About the only they they ARE original with… Is marketing.

But go ahead and swallow that Microsoft load like a good little fanboy Nick G. Just don’t forget to wipe your chin. Winjizz gets sticky.

bmimatt, you regurgitate the same crap everyone’s been hearing forever now.

the hard fact of the computer world is your Strategic Advantage does not last very long. (i.e. how long you can have a cool idea before others copy it)

Just because Apple innovates in some areas, does not mean everything they do is somehow spectacular. The .Net frameowork is just one example where Microsoft shines above everyone else. If you knew anything about development you would know that. Java is the closest competitor to .Net, and they are decades behind.

Microsoft is what spawned millions and millions of tech jobs throughout the WORLD, it created an entire Industry on paying Developers well.

Open source can lick my ass, Closed Source for life.

I have got to say, I am quite surprised to see a few features from Compiz and a few from the Linux mockups that they have been posting for years, not quite as far, but there really does look like some cross pollonation has taken place.

the main problem is no matter how microsoft make “windoze” look like OSX, it will always be Windows and along with that goes all the usual windows problems.

Windows has been sloppy since its inception and it will still be sloppy in this release, its a new face on old technology.

In the meantime OSX goes from strength to strength, with OSX 10.6 shaping up to be even better.

I thought we were never supposed to call it the “system tray”:

http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2003/09/10/54831.aspx

I do not see why Windows 7 is relevant. They are not offering anything better than what is already available in OSX and Linux. In fact, they are offering my current desktop design right down to the fancy network app in the system tray, snapping windows, window previews, desktop gadgets, etc; and those are only the options I have chosen to run. By the time this gem of an OS becomes available both OSX and Linux desktops will have even better user interfaces and system tools.

I am quite happy paying nothing for my fancy Linux desktop. To think that people are still paying for an OS like Windows is astounding. Epic fail…

WAW.. this KDE MOCK-UP IS GREAT, WHERE CAN I GET THIS SKIN?

Hoo WAIT IS NOT A MOCK-UP. ITS A WINDOWS…

When they will allow WE look the kernel code lines like linux kernel at startup?

GOD, microsoft is in the end of life ….

“inspiration from the Mac OS X Dock, but it goes further than the Apple concept.”

~ Further that the Apple concept, you mean, in that it copies the release version of the Dock almost completely. Oh, and then there are the Widgets, oops I mean Gadgets. And the gesture-based touch pad. And yet the MS codemonglers can’t get the thing to boot in less than 40 seconds on a 3Ghz machine. Awesome!

Ok, MAC and Linux fanboys, move along now…go back to your little corner and stay there please. This is for those Windows users that appreciate a new updated OS.
All you mac and linux fanboys…please go away and die a slow death…Thank you!

Yeah and oh my god you can use a mouse in it too and you can play a CD through it just like OS X and Linux. I can’t believe they copied them on that. Oh no wait. That’s what all computers do isn’t it. This is why MacBoys get such a bad name. Any story about Microsoft and they have to attack it. You’re not really fooling anyone are you. If you were so happy about yours you’d just sit content and not worry what Microsoft is doing. The truth is Microsoft is running on 95% of the computers in the world. Yes I know the Mac has 8% penetration but we all know that a lot just run Windows anyway on them. It’s fine. You can all have your Macs but most of us want and need to run software, not just the bundled stuff you get when you buy a Mac.

Steve, since I DO know something about development, I find your assertion that the .Net framework is an example of Microsoft shining above everyone else laughable at best.

If you want to write something once, and have it run on practically any platform currently in use, I would say that Java is decades ahead, not behind.

I will concede that Microsoft “spawned millions and millions of tech jobs”, I myself was for quite some time employed in the effort to keep their software functioning.

I don’t want to get into your Open Source/Analingus fixation.

I’m with you, Bob…I’m with you.

Sure as hell looks like my KDE4 desktop to me, but to be fair, its look and feel borrows heavily from Vista.

Well, let me just say I think it’s terrible that people have to berate one another on here like kids in a schoolyard …. or pull out their resumes like they mean something… why can’t people have civilized conversations anymore?

That said, I’ll weigh in a little. I believe we should all be honest here, no matter what OS you prefer – none of them are perfect. I just happen to be in a shop where I get a good amount of exposure to Mac, Linux, and Windows – both desktop and server – and I can tell you all this with complete certainty – they all have significant problems. Debating superiority is a waste of time and energy.

Windows bashing is so old. Get over it already.

Rob,

I completely agree with you. I have used Linux and had it bite me in the @#$. I have also had issues with Leopard and had Apple support not know how to deal with them. I don’t believe that Apple’s solution is perfect and I don’t see them taking over the corporate world. If nothing else, MS continues to provide me with job security as the issues they have keep guys like me in demand. My comments were made as an end user. I go to MS conferences regularly and I hear the promises. That’s why I was so discouraged with Vista. They didn’t live up to their promises. I am hopeful that Windows 7 evolves into a good product. I just don’t have a lot of postive recent history to go on.

From http://www.thefreedictionary.com/problem :

Problem, def.: A question to be considered, solved, or answered.

You don’t consider Windows’ unstability; it’s given. You don’t solve it either – think Redmond boys will really re-write *everything* from scratch? As for the answer… well, it’s fancy and sells, right?

Actually I think both Edward and Bishounen are right. I mean.. since it’s not a problem, leave it for the pigs, or take it as a condition (as in “life is great, BUT there is this Windows thing”) – but let it be. Don’t ask regular Windows users to absorb all of the geekness and suddenly start using Linux/Mac – diversity of people, diversity of minds. Lil’sis thinks Vista transparent windows ftw and uses no more than MSN/IE/Word and I can see nothing wrong with that (this may look offensive, but I see no reason why a Medicine graduate should know about kernels and stuff). There’re also lots of people out there making great stuff with .Net, and also lots of people buying it and using it, and the world keeps spinning – so it’s not that bad, uh? My beowulf cluster runs over regular machines, but I still have a job with a desk with a Windows box on it, and hell, ok, so sad, work goes on. All the marketing in the world won’t make Wndows better than *nix or Mac (gonna convince A LOT of people tough); so leave MS guys with their MS forums and regards to their wives. They’ll talk about the fancy stuff, they’ll call upon .Net vs Java battle, they’ll claim Jesus died in Redmond if they want to – and so will you – so ok, great, go for it boys, I don’t care. Coffe is hot, got Debian, all right with the world.

Unless you want a(nother) flame war. Then I’ll happily watch it from my desk.

Cheers,

Arthur

I couldn’t give a crap about the flashy UI.
The OS should not get in your face when you just want to get something done quickly without fighting against ‘nanny’.

Do you really want to change that setting? It might be dangerous! F**K OFF!

turn it off ffs. It’s not that hard to say don’t run UAC. People on here are meant to be techies and they can’t click a bloody hyperlink!!!!!

Good to see Microsoft going forward with the Mojave plan. Rebrand Vista, adjust the UI a bit, and people are happy. Good thing they’re so adept at not informing people about (or dealing with, for that matter) underlying problems.

Ok, Muck. Let’s get something straight here. I am an MCITP: Enterprise Administrator. I am only mentioning that as you seem to want to question my experience. As I said earlier, I have been around and been supporting Windows for a long time. I do not run “crappy freeware”. In fact, I have group policies set for my users (which I adhere to) which prevents them from intstalling unapproved software. Vista still has performance issues. BTW: How about a Vista notebook? Tried running Vista with a 5400rpm hard disk which most manufacturers use due to heat issues? Now that sucks!

Noting special to add, but…

Quoting: “The Taskbar has been completely redesigned, with the text descriptions of open windows replaced with large icons of the open applications”

Nothing new unseen before. Compiz also have all those fancy features and doesn’t need a monster system or a sci-fi computer to run. And it’s for free.

Looks like the best OS in the market! Can’t wait!

Is it me, or does the Taskbar look like kicker from KDE? Granted with the expanded feature of giving a preview like Compiz Fusion is installed, and the title feature disabled … (damn, that may have taken minutes to prototype / implement)

Wow, I just realized that means MS has finally reached … what … February 2007 for the OS they are releasing in 2010 / 2011? Nice … real innovative, and to their way of thinking it is … no one uses thus if we copy it it’s new New NEW!!!

**sigh**

When Novell and MS snuck off to bed together a co-worker prophesied that Windows 7 would be MSuSE … looks like he was right … I wonder if MS has been helping the Wine folk out to get backward compatibility happening…

I do have to give some credit to Redmond – they may just pull themselves out of that Vista hole they dug yet – but with DRM still at Kernel Level – I’m still going to give a pass – maybe my little sister will like it – maybe even my girlfriend. GUI – looks good – under the hood – not quite sold yet. Get me something that won’t hold me back, offer better security, and remove that DRM from the Kernel and we’ll talk.

I do have to give some credit to Mac OS X – thanks to Leopard and Intel based platforms I’ve seen a hell of a lot more intellegent UNIX users – and that makes me feel good. Even though I hate your GUI set up with the Windows in that upper bar area, but that’s my only major complant on that end.

I have to give a deal of credit to Linux (and it’s flavors) – Linux, gents don’t lie to yourselves – we got a lot of problems to fix – yeah we can fix them sure – but for the average end-user like my sister – it’s not going to happen. We are on some of the most cutting edges of software design and implementation from desktop flexibility (KDE 4.x) to something that just feels pleasant (GNOME and XCFE) to even the most minimalist of modes (E17, Midnight Commander, straight Terminal) mean while were crafting open software for every system to use.

My Home has: XP Desktop and Laptop, and a Linux Desktop and Laptop (with a Mac coming this Christmas for my little sister)

Half the things mentioned are already in place in VISTA but all MS r doing are just making them more acsessable

calm down lol can i have a bit of your chocolate?

Michael,

Windows users who excuse problems (especially with Vista) as not perfect are funny! What hardware configuration are you looking for?

Hey Muck,

I have to agree with you completely. Either people are very biased (anti-MS) or they are plain ignorant and have no idea how to maintain and use a computer properly. I ran XP Pro and XP Home from 2002 till earlier this year and they were both EXCEPTIONALLY reliable. I never had a crash in XP that required a reboot- not ever! I started using Vista Home Premium this year on a basic Celeron D 2.53ghz computer with 2gb RAM and it has never crashed once to this day. It is a slow computer, but runs Vista flawlessly. People really need to forget they personal opion crap and learn to use computers properly.
I am a software freak and have far more software than most users (and I use it too!). I put my computer under more load than most and still have no issues. I am both amused and rather bored from all the complainers who simply don’t like MS and so rubbish its software, without legitimate cause.

Cooloox, I hope you aren’t lumping me into that category. As stated earlier, my credentials speak for themselves. I am fully certified by Microsoft to BS about Vista. That doesn’t mean I am going to sit here and do that on a board like this. One interesting point. I have a software developer who has been at my company for a little over a year. He is brilliant and worked in software development for Microsoft. On the first day he started at my company, he walked in with a MacBook Pro and asked where to plug in. He keeps in contact with many of his collegues and claims that a number of them use Macs at home. Maybe that’s part of the problem. Maybe MS employees themselves are bailing on the OS they are developing. Nah. Seriously though, I am not anti Microsoft. I am anti BS and have have had to go through a lot of BS in the past couple of years with MS products including Vista, Windows Server 2008, Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007, Data Protection Manager 2007, Exchange 2007, Hyper-V, System Center Virtual Machine Manger 2008, and a number of other products. We are a Microsoft house and I can tell you it’s no surprise to MS that they are not doing a good job of releasing products these days. I have had conversations with a number of product managers from MS at tradeshows and they acknowledge the problems. I would like to be optimistic about Windows 7 but again, history tells me that MS is having a hard time. I can show you the support case history from MS and $$$ in outside consulting that we have had to pay out to fix the issues as I just don’t have the bandwidth to be able to handle all of them internally. I also purchased a Vista Media Center from Dell this year with 2 cablecard tuners and then found out 3 weeks after deployments that the DRM scheme was getting corrupted every few days which stopped all recordings until a reboot happened. I troubleshot the issue using the event logs and then opened a case with MS support through our company partner account. I had the case escalated and eventually spoke with a senior member on the research team that works with the developers. Turns out they know about my issue and claim they might have it resolved in a couple of months. Tell me how I am supposed to explain this to my wife – that my $2000 media center can’t reliably record content? That’s didn’t fly. So, I chose a solution from Apple for media content and went back to my Tivo and life is good.

Brian

Windows 7 previews…

So we can now see what Microsoft have lined up for us in Windows 7. The new desktop OS from the Redmond Megalith promises a new look (building on the Aero feel of Vista), built in support for touch controls with a nod to the new Surface system.

The ma…

Whatever Microsoft do with Windows, the Linux/Mac fanboys will never be pleased. At least with Windows 7 they’ve been reduced to sniping at the GUI for lack of anything else to whine about.

Oh, and as for Microsoft pinching UI ideas from OSX, they’re only continuing the tradition set by Apple themselves. Google
“Xerox Palo Alto Research Center” and see where Apple gained their “inspiration” to produce the GUI (graphical user interface)
WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) text editing, the mouse, a desktop environment that contained icons, documents and folders which were manipulated by a mouse.

Sound familiar?

I’m going to try and be neutral here (tall order I know). But I don’t really understand why people keep going on about MS copying Apple. Everyone copies everyone else, Apple have copied MS as well (and let’s not even mention Xerox!), hardware manufacturers copy each other, car manufacturers copy each other.

If someone comes up with a good idea, then the competition would be mad not to copy them. It’s just logical, it doesn’t mean that their copy is inferior (often it can be superior). (Not saying Windows is superior – calm down Apple fan boys – just trying to make a point).

In the end an OS is a tool just like the computer it runs on. I couldn’t give a monkey’s where the feature originated from, if it helps me, I’ll be happy.

First, I’d like to remind you I’m a cynic.

Look, who has heard of co-existence? You must adapt. As someone who has a thought in this area a little bit, I realise that everything depends on your needs. I’m sure everyone does. And that’s where I focus.

Microsoft works on a new OS. Genius. Then what? Does it matter that it is similar to a superior product? Before you argue, admit that nobody copies their underdog. That’s just retarded.

Why chase hostile opinions out the window? Surely you realise there is no point having an argument with only one side heard? Go tell that to some judicial authority or the like. Well?

Shortcomings are everywhere. People claim Mac users hardly play games. Say what you like, but I don’t exactly care. Use what you want, don’t bother other people unnecessarily.

Don’t do stupid things, and you’ll be fine, no annoying computer afflictions. So long as all your friends around your computer are the same.

I accept that Linux isn’t for everyone. Which is why I remove stupid viruses from people’s flash drives on request. Or pathogens. That works too. Configuration hasn’t killed me yet, neither has selective reformatting. Certain partitions are set aside for testing, and I wipe them every few weeks. Whereas others are for staying. Guess which I do work on?

I don’t ask for a common standard. Just relative peace and a healthy debate.

This is a community, one as open as ours ought to realise by now that criticism goes nowhere. Indeed, a hypocrite I am.

Windows7 should by default include some VM functionality that enables to run Windows XP programs. This might alleviate the need to update all your purchased software for XP for an Windows7 compatible version. So the customer can have his own migration path and is not forced to update everything in one go. This often causes major headaches and it stopped me from moving to Vista (thank got/imshallah)

Did we not had something in the early days to keep on running old ms-dos programs on Windows 3.11 all the way up to Windows 95/98/ME?

You’re off topic but I want to add a few corrections:

“the fact it still the dominant OS on the desktop.”

You’re right, it is a fact and this is the only truth in your post.

“build a new PC and install UBUNTU (the current ‘darling’ of linux users) and see if it will detect ALL the components correctly (it never will) and it manages the drivers correctly and then boot up ms vista & then see how it should be done.”

I just did this, although I’m a Debian user. It did recognize all of my hardware without any extra effort. I installed the Nvidia drivers optionally afterwards. Vista, reinstalled after partitioning, did not recognize my wifi card and printer. I had to plug my laptop into the cable modem and download the wifi and Nvidia drivers. It was a quite a pain actually and my printer didn’t have a vista driver until a few months later. Don’t compare booting a pc that comes with windows installed and preconfigured to a pc with a self-install of Ubuntu. I admit from experience that it does depend on the hardware but the linux kernel has better built-in hardware support than windows.

“To be honest linux users, i do not wish to have command prompt in my face which is so 1980’s and have to type in mystical commands just to launch an application!”

The only time one really has to use the CLI in desktop linux is for compiling something. It really is completely optional for typical users. It is an advantage to learn it though. I have found the CLI to be much faster for many tasks compared to GUI’s and the CLI is scriptable so repeative actions can be automated. If it was “so 1980’s” then why did microsoft develop Powershell?

“Apple is still (only) selling a few million macs a year , this is a drop in the ocean compared to the PC’s that are sold with a ms vista licence”

I confess that I haven’t used macs much recently but my impression is that Apple’s marketshare has always been held back by simple economics. You can buy a generic windows notebook for about half the starting price of a macbook. The hardware configurations are more limited but Apple makes high quality stuff, at least in the PC sector.

It sucks as usual. The ONLY two real OSs MS ever had were MSDOS and Windows 2000, which had no sissy bells and whistles that contributed zero to GETTING WORK DONE. All the fancy icons, flipping windows, auto this, auto that, is all BS to sell, sell, sell a OS that is basically still BASIC. Come on MS, write a KISS Principal OPEN OS that we workers, designers, image processors, and bookies, can use without feeling we are working for Dizzy Land!
BB

Looks more and more like Linux to me although it still lacks the requisite security!

funny how all the non windows user found the urge to need to post… all these child like comments its like sayin “oh ford had alloy wheels b4 audi” wtf is wrong with u people? or is it that ur just envious of windows very large gaming catalogue? whens the last time sum1 with an apple or linux system mentioned playin crysis? oh wait they didnt cos they cant! but then apples are for people who dont know how to play games or do anything other then draw pictures or make movies which can also be done in windows! and linux thats like sum geeky snob factor “i use gnome so im gonna look down my nose at u simple windows users” it doesnt make u cool it makes u look like u have no life other then coding open source bullshit!

windows 7 looks good but i would really like to know what kinda power i need to run it.. the touch thing seems more at home on a tablet then a desktop so that probably a feature i wont car about unless i decide to run it on my car pc (thats if a car pc is capable of it).

I program .Net. I like programming .Net. It’s (for me) much better than the alternatives for what I do. I’ve been using Microsoft OS’s for ~18years I think. They’ve served a very good purpose and done wonders for getting people to use computers. There has always been something or other to winge and moan about, but until recently most of the other operating systems have really sucked too. Sometimes much worse than windows.

Each operating system steals the good bits of all the other operating systems. If they didn’t, then they wouldn’t be any good. Until recently, I’ve only ever had windows, but Vista has kind of pulled the rug out from under me really. It’s really expensive (compared to the competition), doesn’t really offer much (functionally) that wasn’t already there, it just looks different. Like many of the others posting here, us power users just turn most of the visual junk off because it kills the machine and serves no real purpose. For this reason, I’m still on XP and have no intention of upgrading.

I now own a Mac and run WinXP as a virtual PC. Runs a treat and I have no problems. When windows crashes or goes tits I can easily reboot it (which seems quicker inside the VPC) and continue emailing, surfing or whatever in OSX whilst it’s messing about.

I’m not going to sing the songs of any of the operating systems out there these days because … they’re all pretty much the same. They’ve all got good bits and all have disapointments too. Why some of you are getting so heated about it all is beyond me. Like bolinboy says, there are more important things going on than a new OS regardless of who’s created it.

OS’s are going to get relegated to what there good for soon anyway and pave a way for the user (or someone a little smarter) to skin up a front end to utilise the API’s that they allow.

These large companies should concentrate on getting the nuts and bolts working shit hot and stop wasting everyones time with fades, swipes, swooshes and rubbish transparency.

At the moment I’m giving OSX a try because I’m just bored of windows. Apple have there own issues though like the hardware is crazy prices, but the OS is pretty good and seems generally more stable in a lot of areas that I’m interested in at the moment (video editing, high end graphics, photography etc).

I thought that it was quite amusing the guy who was touting windows as number 1 because you can play games on it. I gave up playing games on my PC about 10 years ago because it just got so rediculous to a) install the damned game(s) b) keep your hardware up to date so you could even play them. I’m now an avid console owner and won’t ever look back. There are certain games that I like which don’t work that well on a console, but 80-90% of the games are available and are comparable to a PC if not better.

So basically, I could probably own a Mac and a PS3 and still have change compared with someone who bought a hot enough windows computer running Vista to play highend PC games on.

Who actually cares which O/S is used as long as people can get their work done? Maybe you should all go back to using pen and paper so we can have a great arguement about who is better BIC or Parker.

I really don’t know what many of these posters are talking about. I use my laptop with Vista on it every day for Network Administration, Email, Web Design, Photo editing, Video ripping, etc..And i only reboot when i install an update that requires it, and sometimes i dont do that for days.

Rarely i have an application that needs a restart, but my Vista has never locked up on me or been unstable enough for me to have to reboot.

I DO agree that M$ needs to catch up on new features that *nix and OSX have had for years, and that they need to be innovators and not followers if they want to keep thier edge.

Until i can find an OS that will allow me to do my daily job and my entertainment items, without having to have a virtual machine, a second pc, or shell out to another OS using an emulator, I’ll stick with Vista.

OMG Mac OS X Dock anyone……

I just wanted to add something too: For enterprise, Linux beats Windows hands down on Virtualisation. I’ve done a lot of work in that area for research and trust me, Windows Virtualisation is many moons behind.

P.S back to home users, Microsoft will surely try and rip off Compiz at some point, they must surely be jealous of it , I mean come on, Aero doesn’t come close

Couldn’t they just introduce these aesthetic features into Vista? hello? And patch Vista so it’s muuuuch more memory friendly by default? I don’t see the purpose of W7 other than charging for new licenses and to make WinXP users to migrate to W7 (and make them pay, just once more time). PR and money all along, while it could be introduced perfectly into WinXP. I hate their business model.

Ooooo!
First, they copy compiz fusion’s “cube”, then they copy Apple. I smell a lawsuit somewhere!
; )