Windows 7

[mthakur2006]

is quality.
discuss.

[SunnyRabbiera]

The shine can only last so long though, it will tarnish with time.

[JBAlaska]

Windows 7 aka. Vista SP3

[pwnst*r]

blah blah blah.

[Skripka]

blah blah blah.

I second this,

And add

blah blah blah blah

[OrangeCrate]

is quality.
discuss.

You'd better sit down before you read this...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/18/windows_7_heart/

(Google for other articles on similar topics)

That being said, I dual boot Windows 7 with Ubuntu, just for something to do. As they say, Win 7 is what Vista could/should have been. For a Windows OS, acknowledging the warts and all, it's pretty nice.

[Excedio]

Recurring discussion much?

[JBAlaska]

MinWin=netbook OS...I knew it, there all in Kahoots (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmLAA2r4DlA)..lol's

[LinuxFanBoi]

either you like windows or you don't... It either does what you want or it doesn't. There are a myriad of reasons you do or do not use windows, all of which are personal and all of which have already been debated. If you would like to know what other people's opinions are, please search through the forums for what has already been posted so we can stop rehashing the same crap over and over.

[forrestcupp]

You'd better sit down before you read this...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/18/windows_7_heart/

(Google for other articles on similar topics)
The Register! :lol:
Now there's a reliable source.

Recurring discussion much?
Time to thread being moved - 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1

[Johnsie]

I like Windows 7, but I still think Windows XP is the best OS ever. I'm not a big fan of admins burying active topics like this by putting them in recurring discussions. It makes it look like the community is being anti-competitive.

[OrangeCrate]

The Register! :lol:
Now there's a reliable source.


That's for sure. I bookmark the site just for the article titles. What a hoot.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/

Anyway, the author is freelance...

A freelance journalist since 1992, Tim Anderson specializes in programming and internet development topics. He has columns in Personal Computer World and IT Week, and also contributes regularly to The Register. He writes from time to time for other periodicals including Developer Network Journal Online, and Hardcopy.

[pwnst*r]

I like Windows 7, but I still think Windows XP is the best OS ever. Oh, and I'm not a big fan of admins burying active topics by putting them in recurring discussions.

why? this has been done to death before and winds up being a bashing thread anyway. snooze-fest.

[Johnsie]

If people were bored of it then it would die naturally, not die because it got cast into the forum that nobody goes to. Fact is that some people on this board are actually interested in this and every time we try to talk about it... It's gone because maybe one or two people don't like it. To me it's like a form of censorship.

[K.Mandla]

Recurring discussion much?
+1.
blah blah blah.
+1.
If people were bored of it then it would die naturally, not die because it got cast into the forum that nobody goes to. Fact is that some people on this board are actually interested in this and every time we try to talk about it... It's gone because maybe one or two people don't like it. To me it's like a form of censorship.
To me it's like a discussion that has recurred. And recurred and recurred and recurred ...

[pwnst*r]

If people were bored of it then it would die naturally, not die because it got cast into the forum that nobody goes to. Fact is that some people on this board are actually interested in this and every time we try to talk about it... It's gone because maybe one or two people don't like it. To me it's like a form of censorship.

nobody is interested in reading tired bashing threads. if you are, well...

[forrestcupp]

To me it's like a discussion that has recurred. And recurred and recurred and recurred ...

This is even too hackneyed for the Recurring Discussions area. They need to create another subforum so they'd have a place to move these threads to from the Recurring Discussions. :)

[forrestcupp]

If people were bored of it then it would die naturally, not die because it got cast into the forum that nobody goes to. Fact is that some people on this board are actually interested in this and every time we try to talk about it... It's gone because maybe one or two people don't like it. To me it's like a form of censorship.

They're not "gone". They're in the Recurring Discussions area. You can still participate in those threads; you just can't create a new thread in that area.

[OrangeCrate]

+1.
To me it's like a discussion that has recurred. And recurred and recurred and recurred ...

So what. As long as you have new members, they're going to be asking the same questions over and over. Unless you've got a suggestion on stopping that, why comment?

[madnessjack]

Recurring discussion much?
Recurring discussion much?

<helpful-edit>
if you do a search around the community, you'll be able to gauge a better view of opinion around here.

i accidentally booted up into the beta the other day and personally it's the slickest fastest thing i've ever had running on my machine. i wouldn't buy it but if it came on a new computer i'd certainly use it :)
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[ade234uk]

I'm sick of hearing about Windows 7. This is an Ubuntu forum, and if people wish to discuss this why don't they put this on a Windows 7 forum.

Would be able to discuss Ubuntu on an Official Microsoft Forum if they had one. The answer would probably be no, so why do it here.

[Excedio]

I'm sick of hearing about Windows 7. This is an Ubuntu forum, and if people wish to discuss this why don't they put this on a Windows 7 forum.

Would be able to discuss Ubuntu on an Official Microsoft Forum if they had one. The answer would probably be no, so why do it here.

Call me crazy but...maybe because they want an Ubuntu users perspective? I'm for creating a forum within the forum to allow discussion of Windows.

$.02

[Dragonbite]

I'm sick of hearing about Windows 7. This is an Ubuntu forum, and if people wish to discuss this why don't they put this on a Windows 7 forum.

Would be able to discuss Ubuntu on an Official Microsoft Forum if they had one. The answer would probably be no, so why do it here.

Like it's really any different than Arch Linux with the Arch-this and Arch-that comments?

[RochJer]

I think Windows 7 is just improved version of "Vista". I did test drive it at Best Buy yesterday and I don't see any difference, just some new interfaces and features but same command and applications. In my opinion, Windows will never have many open source applications revealed often as Ubuntu does which is easily accessible with fewer clicks and searches. I'd go with Ubuntu all the way and see how future holds.

[pookiebear]

Neighbor got a win7 laptop this weekend and called me.
First thing I did was try to install an AV product....failed. Brand new symantec for win7. Just kept saying it wanted a reboot.... had to delete a reg key to get it to work. Then IE8 would not open yahoo properly even though flash was installed. Installed firefox. I would PASS (even though there have been linux distros that have similar problems with flash). The last good product MS put out was dos-shell.

[Psumi]

Neighbor got a win7 laptop this weekend and called me.
First thing I did was try to install an AV product....failed. Brand new symantec for win7. Just kept saying it wanted a reboot.... had to delete a reg key to get it to work. Then IE8 would not open yahoo properly even though flash was installed. Installed firefox. I would PASS. The last good product MS put out was dos-shell.

I have to disagree, the last good Windows product was 2000.

[Primefalcon]

I think Windows 7 is just improved version of "Vista". I did test drive it at Best Buy yesterday and I don't see any difference, just some new interfaces and features but same command and applications. In my opinion, Windows will never have many open source applications revealed often as Ubuntu does which is easily accessible with fewer clicks and searches. I'd go with Ubuntu all the way and see how future holds.
I haven't used 7 but from my understanding it's a "fixed" vista apparently, they tend to alternate between major and minor releases, with Vista being a major release and 7 being a minor release, they have stated however that 8 (due to be released in 2012) will be a major release

[Psumi]

they have stated however that 8 (due to be released in 2012) will be a major release

I also believe that x86 support will be removed.

[megamania]

I'm sick of hearing about Windows 7. This is an Ubuntu forum, and if people wish to discuss this why don't they put this on a Windows 7 forum.

Would be able to discuss Ubuntu on an Official Microsoft Forum if they had one. The answer would probably be no, so why do it here.
I keep wondering why some people are just unable to skip threads.

We are not forced to read this - it's in the cafè and the thread title is clear enough to keep you away from it, if you're not interested.

No flame intended, really - I'm just wondering.

[zagz]

Windows 7 looks cool and that's what attracts the crowds and endless Win7 threads made by fanboys.;)

[WIN7GT]

After reading all opinions here's my few bucks.
I'm sitting on both Win7 and Ubuntu, well, I have no probs with them at all,they're both fast, stable, but 7 still more comfortable than Ubuntu. And it REALLY FAST, 3 times faster than Vista, fast as XP. And that's not subjective opinion, I'm not fan of any OS, that's my objective opinion.

OS holywars is stupid. All should be in harmony, even relationships between OS.

[Mr. Picklesworth]

I was recently blown away by their multitouch stuff. I don't know how it is underneath (it could be a lot of horrendous hacks), but, for example, you get kinetic scrolling in Explorer by clicking and dragging. (And a nice touch: when you hit the end, the scroll area doesn't wiggle, but the whole window springs up and then back. Makes sense).

The sad thing is that GTK should be able to do this, invisibly, for every existing application since it has always had a powerful scroll container widget. Unfortunately it doesn't yet and there is nothing on the roadmap to that end.

The gestures (eg: two fingers to zoom, essentially triggering a zoom button behind the scenes) stuff is cute, but rather useless.
It seems that touch screen drivers enjoy disappearing at random, probably crashing. Happened with the earlier devices running Vista, too.

They have a really well produced software package ("MS Touch Pack") that they ship. The photos demo does an impressively terrible job of scaling and rotating photos when you drag them with two fingers, unless they are really far apart. The others are quite awesome, especially the air hockey thing.

[pwnst*r]

omg linux fanboys, etc.

[forrestcupp]

I'm sick of hearing about Windows 7. This is an Ubuntu forum, and if people wish to discuss this why don't they put this on a Windows 7 forum.

Would be able to discuss Ubuntu on an Official Microsoft Forum if they had one. The answer would probably be no, so why do it here.They do have one. It's the MSDN forums. I've seen Ubuntu die hards evangelizing Ubuntu and Linux on Windows forums much more than I've seen Windows being evangelized on Linux forums.

Call me crazy but...maybe because they want an Ubuntu users perspective? I'm for creating a forum within the forum to allow discussion of Windows.

$.02
They already tried that. We used to have an 'Other OS Talks' subforum with a subforum within it specifically for Windows. They did away with the entire 'Other OS Talks' subforum because they thought it was irrelevant and not worth moderating.

[OrangeCrate]

They do have one. It's the MSDN forums. I've seen Ubuntu die hards evangelizing Ubuntu and Linux on Windows forums much more than I've seen Windows being evangelized on Linux forums.

+1, I agree completely.


They already tried that. We used to have an 'Other OS Talks' subforum with a subforum within it specifically for Windows. They did away with the entire 'Other OS Talks' subforum because they thought it was irrelevant and not worth moderating.

It was always interesting to cruise those forums. I learned mucho, about other distros, and operating systems.

Unfortunately, the powers to be here, thought resurrecting some form of "Join Discussion", and blending it with the support forums, was a priority over the "Other OS" stuff.

But hey, it's their game, and I guess one has to live with their vision of what a Ubuntu community might/should be.

[kelvin spratt]

Microsoft windows7 forum http://www.sevenforums.com/ (http://www.sevenforums.com/)
check it out use your own opinions look very much like Linux for compatibility problems
I don't use win7.

[Tipped OuT]

@ OP

This topic has been beaten to death, with lemon juice sprayed all over the wounds. Search the forums next time.

[KiwiNZ]

@ OP

This topic has been beaten to death, with lemon juice sprayed all over the wounds. Search the forums next time.


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