Windows 7 Nonsense Heating Up
I expect Microsoft to spread FUDge everywhere about Windows 7, for all their typical reasons. Microsoft wants people to believe the fix for Vista is right around the corner, so there's no reason to start looking at other operating systems, such as Macintosh or Linux or even stick with XP. After all, is there any chance in the world the system requirements for Windows 7 (whenever it arrives, probably early 2011) will be less than those for Vista?
Might as well spend the money to upgrade your hardware today to run Vista so you won't blame another hardware upgrade cost on Windows 7. OK, we will blame Windows 7 no matter what, because it will also require a huge hardware upgrade.
I don't blame Microsoft for playing this game, because it's their operating system and their historic model of business. I do blame companies starting to mention they “work with Windows 7” already (names changed to protect the stupid).
No company can claim to “work with Windows 7” because there's no Windows 7 to work with. Any company that claims that blows more hot air than Microsoft.
If you're in a small or medium business, ignore Windows 7 for the next five years. If you can keep ignoring Vista for another year, that's even better, but you won't be able to, especially when you buy new laptops. Certainly ignore companies trying to jump on the smoke and mirrors that is Windows 7 today.
As I was writing this first paragraph with Jango's music Web site playing in the background, GoldFinger sang “Open your eyes to the billions of lies they tell you everyday.” Hmm, is the universe telling us something?
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this post has one thing
this post has one thing going for it: Bias.You say microsoft "wants people to believe the fix for Vista is right around the corner", If that's the case, why did they bother spending $200m on a Vista advertising campaign?
You say "After all, is there any chance in the world the system requirements for Windows 7 (whenever it arrives, probably early 2011) will be less than those for Vista?", and yet Microsoft has publicly stated that Windows 7 will have the same requirements as vista, since its basically an optimised, incremental release of the vista kernel. This gives them the support for all of vista's drivers, which plagued vista at release but nowadays there are vista drivers for almost everything.
You also say that windows 7 will need a huge hardware upgrade - if they pull off what they are aiming for, and so far it actually looks good that they'll manage it - then that wont be an issue. It's named Windows 7 at the moment to instill a sense that it's completely new, shedding any doubt in the consumer mind that its as bad as vista. Despite that, its an incremental update on the vista kernel. Much like XP was on the 2000 codebase - And who is criticising that move?
I'm biased? How many times
I'm biased? How many times has Microsoft released a new Windows version that shipped on time? How mane times has the new OS had the same minimum requirements as the previous OS? How many new OS versions shipped on the date Microsoft promised in their early PR floods?If Microsoft ships Windows 7 by 2009 that runs on the same minimum platform as Vista, I'll put that story in ALL CAPS. Until then, I stand by the idea that the best way to predict the future is to look at the past (thanks, Mollie Ivins, RIP).
James
Microsoft's official release
Microsoft's official release date is January 2010. That instantly puts a hole through your credibility - you don't even know whan it's supposed to come out, and yet you're already bashing microsoft for failing.You may be right about microsoft never releasing an OS on time, but when has microsoft had such a huge mess to recover from? That's more than reason enough for microsoft to ship Windows 7 within schedule, to at least claim back their credibility. And don't bring up the Windows ME argument here - windows 2000 was already in beta stage when ME was released, so it's not like Microsoft had a lot to do to recover from it.