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it neither looks nor feels like Vista[/quite]
yes it does! - apart from the usual moving of features which M$ developers can't resist. W7 to vista is XP to 2k.
Operating systems are shortly going to become background (IMO)- though I think people will always want local stuff, its obvious that delivery via browser whatever your machine/operating system will be next flavour of the month.
Windows 7 delivered quickly is M$ strategy to distance itself from vista, which hasn't been well received. But XP remains the o/s of choice for most businesses/organisations (and individuals who can). The point being that it generally works well and supports what they do. Until XP (well 2k IMO), windows o/s were trying to catch up with what was needed. Now M$ are trying to manufacture a need to upgrade - but who needs it?
Since vista came out I've been reluctantly using it because I need to support it (reluctantly because of all the problems - some documented here - I've had) - while advising customers generally to stay with XP after listening to their requirements. in the last 2 years of all the customers I've built PCs for or obtained and configured laptops for, only one has wanted vista (and that because her sister has it and is her main source of support). Main reason is compatibility and annoyance. Windows 7 won't be any better (yes it will wrt vista but not anything else) - and they're just personal customers. What about businesses government, schools, universities etc).
The point is you can't expect people to continually throw out what they've got just because M$ have a new version of windows. It would be very easy just to 'evolve' an o/s via patches and services packs, and I suspect that will happen at some point with windows - because there is a huge user base with experience and expectations. Getting them all to change on M$'s whim is no longer viable.
Back to windows 7 - it looks to be a bit better in some respects than vista - but I take issue with 'quick' - compared to XP on the same hardware. But its moot - there's no significant difference in use (just that all these functions have moved - quick launch being my particular bugbear as toolbars in the taskbar (and yes you can still create them so not too bad for someone like me) have been my main access to applications since it was introduced with ie4 - which of course was an add-on, not a move of functionality. BUT why move functionality? If users just have to cope with a browser to access all they need, why will they be concerned about the rest of the o/s as long as it runs their browser?
I will say W7 beta is a lot more stable than vista beta (but as its just tweaked vista, not surprising).
Steve Bullmer said:Windows 7 is Windows Vista with cleanup in user interface [and] improvements in performance
strongm said:Microsoft have happily reset their client OS codebase a number of times (W3x -> W9x -> XP -> Vista, or NT3.x -> NT4 -> W2K -> XP -> Vista)
After how well does your USB device work on 95?
Smokie1 said:Interestingly, I have a multitrack audio recording program for my audio work (Audition 3.0) that will not run properly in Vista, but runs fine in Windows 7!