http://windows7news.com/2009/05/11/microsoft-confirms-windows-7-on-track-for-holiday-season/
Question: Are they rushing things...?
Question: Are they rushing things...?
Microsoft confirms Windows 7 on track for Christmas 2009
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nope - the beta and rc of Windows 7 are far beyond what the Vista and XP products were like that the same time.
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Amaris
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^ Exactly. Windows 7 seems rather polished and solid already. It could be released now and do well.
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J.
The phrase "now, and do well" does not describe a Microsoft product.
Gartner has now come out and said that business should forget a migration to Vista and go straight to Windows 7 (normally they take the approach - wait for the first service pack but this time is different).
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/252955/gartner-tells-businesses-forget-about-vista.html
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/252955/gartner-tells-businesses-forget-about-vista.html
Have you tried the release candidate... it's surprisingly robust.
I would never try a release candidate of anything from Microsoft. And, to coin a new phrase, "Once you go Mac, you'll never go back."
My work machine runs MS since I am a .Net developer, but at home, it's Mac.
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I would never try a release candidate of anything from Microsoft. And, to coin a new phrase, "Once you go Mac, you'll never go back."
I'm going to Windows 7 from XP on my netbook and will be getting a Windows 7 machine around the holidays due to all of the reviews it has received so far. All without the obligatory "Apple Tax - We will sell no computer for under 1000 dollars" mantra.
^ Agreed. I have no idea why Mac seem to think their computers are worth so much.
I think you mean Apple and they don't think their computers a worth that much - they've found prices that they can sell at make a good healthy profit and they don't see themselves as a hardware company - they see themselves as a software company.
And while you're at it, why don't you ask the same of Sun Microsystems.
Oh Apple isn't unique in their thinking. There's a very large Australian ISP that works in a similar way. They sell a few pieces of internet related hardware at pretty much RRP. When asked why, Internode's response is they are Internet Service Provider. If you want to by the hardware from them it's fine, if you want to buy from the local computer shop that's fine for them too - it's selling the Internet service that's their bread and butter.
And if you think the same wouldn't be the same if Microsoft was in Apple's position you're deluded.
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I would never try a release candidate of anything from Microsoft. And, to coin a new phrase, "Once you go Mac, you'll never go back."
I am on a Mac, dear sir, running OS X Leopard on one partition, and Win 7 on the other. It is very stable, and has quite a few features that rival OS X. So don't count them out just yet.
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Anytime someone "tells me" that I can run Windows on my Mac, I always respond, "Why the hell do I want to see the Blue Screen of Death on my Mac?"
I would never try a release candidate of anything from Microsoft. And, to coin a new phrase, "Once you go Mac, you'll never go back."
I am on a Mac, dear sir, running OS X Leopard on one partition, and Win 7 on the other. It is very stable, and has quite a few features that rival OS X. So don't count them out just yet.
J.
Yes, Windows 7 is the final name.
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Anytime someone "tells me" that I can run Windows on my Mac, I always respond, "Why the hell do I want to see the Blue Screen of Death on my Mac?"I would never try a release candidate of anything from Microsoft. And, to coin a new phrase, "Once you go Mac, you'll never go back."
I am on a Mac, dear sir, running OS X Leopard on one partition, and Win 7 on the other. It is very stable, and has quite a few features that rival OS X. So don't count them out just yet.
J.
I haven't had a single crash yet under Win 7.
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Anytime someone "tells me" that I can run Windows on my Mac, I always respond, "Why the hell do I want to see the Blue Screen of Death on my Mac?"I am on a Mac, dear sir, running OS X Leopard on one partition, and Win 7 on the other. It is very stable, and has quite a few features that rival OS X. So don't count them out just yet.
J.
I haven't had a single crash yet under Win 7.
J.
That's nice, but after 15+ years of being a Microsoft Drone, I'm quite happy after having switched to a Mac. Then again, the pro-Vista people I've known said the same things you're saying about Win 7.0.
Another programmer where I work said the same things about his home machine that I've said -- when I get done coding at work, I want my home machine to be stable and seamless, not something I have to continuously fiddle with to get to operate.
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Oh, I'm happy I switched to Mac, but I have 18 years worth of accumulated software and I've paid a great deal of money for it all, so I'm not letting it go anytime soon. By the way, I'm not pro-Vista. Hell, any new Microsoft OS comes out and I usually hate it because they screw around with everything that worked before. However, I like Windows 7. I like it better than XP, and you have no idea how much that says.
OS X is very stable. As of this posting, Win 7 is very stable, and it's not even released yet. I have modified nothing in Win 7. It seems to run quite smoothly without my interference. Let's also not pretend OS X doesn't have problems, because it does. They're fewer and far between than what Vista had, but they do have problems. Hell, Steve Jobs even admitted as much, since Snow Leopard will be focusing almost solely on stability rather than features. When Win 7 is released into retail, I will be buying it for Boot Camp.
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I haven't had any issues yet either (other than the dodgy iso I got first time round).
My current machine is six years+ and will be over seven by the time Win7 is released. Think I will get around to upgrading around that time, plus make sure I get the required specs for the virtual XP Mode too.
Just in case.
My current machine is six years+ and will be over seven by the time Win7 is released. Think I will get around to upgrading around that time, plus make sure I get the required specs for the virtual XP Mode too.
Just in case.
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^ Isn't your virtual XP mode set to automatic? Mine is. I just load up any old program and it works flawlessly.
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