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A Neowin forum member wrote a post outlining features for what is supposedly Windows 7 (build 6.1.6519). Almost as quick as he wrote the post he also deleted it, but not before a Neowin administrator grabbed a cached version. As expected people are questioning the integrity of the review because no photos or anything substantial was included. Here’s an overview of what was said:
- Couldn’t get Aero working because of driver issues
- Uses barely 480MB of memory after startup
- Gadgets are now integrated into Explorer
- New Gadget called Windows Media Center that shows information of what’s playing in Media Center
- Start menu has a pin next to each item to toggle pinning status
- The feedback tool hints at future Windows 7 expectations:
- Improved network connectivity that can detect what network your on and switch settings accordingly
- New Calculator, Paint, and Wordpad use WPF
- Installation takes just 10 minutes with 1 reboot
- Better battery life
- New boot screen and redesigned Vista login screen
Unfortunately we can’t disprove anything that was said because there were no pictures provided to backup the theory. I did see a Microsoft Windows employee post in the forum on that particular thread (I won’t point him out), but it wasn’t in regards to the authenticity to the Windows 7 claims.
The image above is supposedly of Windows 7 that was posted by another Neowin member, but there are a lot of things that tip it off as a fake:
- Both MSN Messenger and Internet Explorer are branded as version 12 and 11 respectively. Yeah, like they will release 4 versions of Internet Explorer by the time Windows 7 is released.
- The last time I checked MSN Messenger is now known as Windows Live Messenger.
- Windows Media Player has an old icon, and Internet Explorer’s icon is lacking the gold ring around it.
- The date says it’s Sunday, December 15th. That’s interesting because the last time December 15th landed on a Sunday was back in 2002. But you know this had to be created within the last year or two because it uses some icons that were just introduced in Vista.
Oh, and about the title of the article. I just wanted to second the motion of a Neowin member who said “Windows 7 sucks, I’ll stick with Vista! Just wanted to be the first one to say it!” 
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Isn’t it a Longhorn, and the “Windows code name 7″ is just fake text? The blue color of the window resembles the Longhorn gui design.
Windows 7 fails at life I hope it fails cuz it sucks so bad…I can’t do crap on my computer with it……I’d rather use fucking Windows XP!
Everything about it sucks. I received a free upgrade, because I bought a new computer. So I went through 3 hours upgrade process. Now video is choppy ( yes I downloaded the new drivers) and several of of programs don’t respond. Boot up time is the same or maybe longer. The promises made to us are all false. My only grace is I didn’t pay for it and I can recover my computer back to vista.
I’ve been using Windows 7 for a while now and I must say I’m thrilled! I’m what you might refer to as a heavy user and despite this have had no problems at all. No hardware problems; no hassles at all. Way way better than Vista, I’ve now installed it on all five of my machines and so far so good.
Wow, that title was really misleading!
I just want Windows 7 to be 64-bit only. It’s time to move on already!
PhoenixP3K, you are absolutely right about that, exactly what i think of!!
at 2009 or whenever they release it 4GB memory is already mainstream .. so there is already no need for 32-bit version.. and another thing is to unify software and drivers development to only one version.
The GUI looks intersting
It’s time for MS to just make the existing Windows actually work well, streamlined and dump all the legacy crap, like Windows 3.11 icons and Font managers. Oh, and my biggest grip about Microsoft? Release the damn thing under ONE version next time…..not 37 different versions.
All this premium ultimate home crap makes me start thinking Apple/Linux.
And one more thing: If you can’t release an OS (Vista) that copies files faster or the same as its previous version, what the ^$%#%$%#@ hell are you doing trying to develop some new fangled thing? Huh?
rant over
I second that motion, it actually looks much better than the current on in Vista and of course better than the on in Win XP.
WRONG! That looks stupid. The Vista start menu and task bar both look awesome! The Windows 7 task bar sucks, it doesn’t have an easily “enableable” Quick Launch and it takes up too much of the screen. Not to mention the visual controls on XP and Vista are way better than the stupid “theme” settings of 7.
I thought that too, but there are too many Vista icons that weren’t available until some of the public Beta builds. So it has to be from within the last two years or so.
I’m hoping for the same thing, because that’s the only way developers and manufacturers will be pushed to support it.
I don’t think that we’ll see just one version, but I would hope that they could at least get it back down to two like there initially was with XP. There should be one available for businesses, and another for the mainstream consumer. As long as consumers have just one version that they need to look at then I’ll be happy.
So how was that made?
You can do anything in Photoshop.
Windows 8 sucks, I’ll stick with 7.
windows 7 looks horrible and its touchscreen is never going to work and probably has alot of bugs
I agree COMPLETELY!
HAHAHA This is Windows xp or vista with a theme!!!
I HAVE WINDOWS SEVEN, activated.
Ask me for one of my own screenshot at daniel_in_flames@hotmail.com
BTW, Google images windows 7 and you will see that there are 100000 different ones. DONT TRUST these pictures
Window 7 (build 7000) is slow just like vista, i give up with windows, now i’m downloading ubuntu, what is M$ doing
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well your WRONG vista is very fast compared to many computers i used i own a trucking company and we took a poll on who wanted windows 7 no one wanted it they said they would quit cause it sucked so bad hahahaha it does VISTA all the way
yeah I installed 7 and my computer hates it slow as hell no sound
all kinda problems,so 7 sucks I wont buy that crap stick to xp.
I agree. I have the same problems w/ w7 stick to xp or vista ppl. Hate the gui. The new taskbar is awful to watch and use.
Wtf?
This isn’t windows 7 … This looks like cheap ( pretty ugly 
) skin who is set on XP. But w7 in beata version disapoints a lot of users.. slow, unstable, and not compactable with lot of programs like skype, daemon tools.. 
(even on vista they runned perfectly)
i have windows 7 and it sucks. i tried to use my game controller on it for oblivion and it doesnt work. also my south bridge driver doesnt work, eather does hydra vision. it already locked down once. i know its only beta 64 bit by the way. but i will stick with xp
i tried windows 7 beta it sucks soo much the start up is amazing but it just plain out uses to much cpu to run right and it just looks like updated vista with knock off mac interface
so when is windows going to live up to its name since windows 7 beta is just like vista and its very power hungry and it looks like windows is just trying to copy mac osx
Good lord… People try an early beta and judge everything out from that. But I know, it’s the same every damn time. I’m no Windows/MS fan myself, but sometimes I got to do a /facepalm…
Microsoft seems to suffer from the great derangement as many console game developers. They find a spot which doesn’t look nice enough and they have to put an animation there too. Clutter clutter clutter.
After windows 7 is released there are NO WAY going back to xp.
besides it SO much better then vista for sure.
Been testing 7 a few days now and although it is a bit better then Vista it still is annoying to navigate and difficult to configure to your personal preferences.
IMO 7 is still a down grade from XP. Microsoft has blown it again.
agreed
i hate windows7 i cant run hardley any games with disc images its blocked alcahol 120% wtf is the point of havn a computer if you cant do what you want to do on if you want to install programs microsoft shouldnt stop fuck windows im geting a mac
I tried windows 7 for about three weeks. It had some really bad video issues (big bocks of missing areas on screen)with call of duty 5 and even mahjongg. It also screwed up my master boot record. For now I will stick with XP Pro although it appears I will have to reinstall my Ubuntu because of the MBR problem. (whats up with the typing problems on this post site, thought I needed a pile driver to get all the text to appear. Is it run by Microsoft?)
You’re completely reinstalling Ubuntu to fix a problem with the MBR?
/facepalm
Just reinstall GRUB…
i agree with bobby windows 7 suuuuucks.
. you guys will not be dissappointed.
i’ll definitely buy a mac.
microsoft should stop producing computers and leave it to the pro’s 8). i would buy windows 7 but it doesn’t live up to it’s name. So i would advise everyone to swith to mac it’s muuuuch better i’ll guaruntee that
i was very very very dissappointed in mac they dont have the programs vista has and vista is fast for me if all you lazy F****** would stay off the porn sites you would be ok
Bryant, it is only a beta. It still has yet to be completed.
I don’t think anyone should be complaining until the OS is completed.
nice spelling, pardon me if I don’t follow your “intelligent” advice. Live in your little Mac boxed world, see if we care.
I’ve been running 7(b7000)x64 for about a month now. I haven’t had one problem with the OS. You guys say that it blows because nothing runs on it, like alcohol, and DTools. You’re right! But that isn’t because Microsoft messed up. It’s the software developers from companies like DTools who haven’t added Build 6.1 to their compatability lists. Open up the -I think the .inf file- on most programs and add windows 6.1 to the list. If you don’t know how to do it, use MagicDisc.
Well idk about the fake poster, but I’m running Windows 7 Beta, and it does, indeed, suck. I chose not to start the sidebar at startup- now when I try to start it manually, it won’t start. Windows Firewall will not let me configure settings, though I am admin. My NVIDIA driver stops responding when using WMP. It automatically keeps a backup of your previous OS which takes up half the disk space- had to search around and delete it. Same with restore points, and even though I turned restore off, it keeps making restore points. Updates always fail. I could go on and on, but why bother? I’m too busy installing Linux.
I own MS stock from time to time as the market swings.
It is interesting that MS continues to dumb down it’s products more and more and actually cripples its software. The consumer outgrows the basic system then finds themselves wanting something more powerful. They may upgrade to another MS product or they just may become fed up and use something else like I did.
Me personally I turned to virtualization software. Guess what MS has a screw policy that it does not allow virtualization. That is ridiculous on their part and as an investor I feel they are shooting themselves in the foot. I’m not a fanboy of any system since they all have their quirks.
My children attend a charter school and guess what, the board decided to go with more expensive apple computers because of the flexibility and not have to deal with ridiculous software licensing requirements as well as flexibility and the ability to virtualize other systems.
As a new generation of computer users are coming on line, folks will find themselves wanting to tweak their systems more and more.
IBM is focusing on Virtualization products, which IMHO is the wave of the future that is already here for governments and corporations.
MS continues to turn up their noses at playing in the sandpit with everyone else nicely and want sto control the playground. MS’ virtualization software is weak and only runs other MS products.
Unfortunately, from an investor point of view, MS will begin losing market share within the next 10 years as more and more Linux flavors and Mac systems creep into the mainstream with the general consumer. On top of that they are not ahead of the curve on virtualization products that are going to be the mainstay of the corporate world.
For a company that started out thinking outside of the box they seem to box themselves in. That’s what happens when companies become fat and rich. They become lazy and loose their vision.
MS continues this trend with Windows 7.
i think because some systems are older, with less than 4GB of RAM, and they are 32-bit systems, there will be versions of windows in 32-bit. Atleast until everybody have bought a new computer.
That wasn’t real… But I tried the real windows 7 preview just for fun and think it’s awesome. It loaded all stuff and I used all week without any problems. I also left it running without rebooting. Not that I’m one of those silly purists that say you can never reboot, but it did a fine job. Very rock solid and all. It’s like a some cross between vista and xp, yet seems more thought out. To be honest I don’t really have any problems with vista or xp, but prefer xp.. Vista is a litte more rock solid.. I still can see my self liking windows 7 over both xp and vista. We’ll see.
Yeah that wasnt true, windows 7 was actually available for anyone to download and test a while ago. It’ll just crush any other OS thats out there atm. Really.
Windows 7 looks great! I’ll be the first one to buy it when it comes out. Come on guys! Linux is for suckers with small penises. We’ve got to encourage Microsoft because Vista didn’t cut the mustard. Have a good day
I want to update my whole system / install software the easy way, namely using a package manager. Microsoft doesn’t have this kind of an approach so I’ll stick with Ubuntu until they have fixed that
If anyone is interested, the Windows 7 Release Candidate is out.
I will attempt to download it once or twice but I will not try all week long like I did with the beta.
It took me several attempts to DL Win 7 beta using my home DSL, all turning up corrupt. This has very rarely happend to me before, and I have downloaded several Terabytes of large files.
Finally I was able to get the beta using my laptop aircard of all things. Guess it is safe to say Microsoft’s download manager is total JUNK !
The main thing I really hate about Windows 7 is that it looks / feels too much like Vista and is nothing more than a way to shaft current Vista users insted of resolving their issues.
I have mainly been a MS user sense Win 3.0 and also feel that churning out Win7 barely 2 years sense the last OS is an enormous mistake for MS. For their greed and incompetence; I HOPE MICROSOFT FAILS MISERABLY.
Honestly, I am not a fan of Apple / Mac and their highly overpriced sheeple computers / electronics. However, this move by MS will have me seriously considering a high end MAC as my next computer.
For the average user, Windows 7 will be just as bad as Vista from a hardware compatibility standpoint. Sure, if all you want to do is write Word docs, surf the internet (even though Flash is quirky at best), and check your email, it works great…..then again, if that’s all you want to do, Linux is great too.
However, if you have a high-end Epson scanner then you can’t use the Epson scanning utility, you have to use Windows Fax and scan….which SUCKS!
If you have a firewire printer, you better hope it has a USB option, or you’re SOL there too.
Anybody that has any hardware that is even slightly unique (i.e., personal) on their personal computer that works great with XP, will be a crap shoot with Windows 7.
Moving a user from XP to Windows 7 is bad enough just getting them to accept the new interface and “learn” it, but when you have to tell them that half thier hardware won’t work at all, or as well as it did in XP, then that is a deal breaker.
Microsoft had better get their act together and allow hardware and applications that work in Windows XP to work just as well in Windows 7, or it will suffer the same fate as Vista!
The Windows XP virtual machine is a start, but that does not address all issues, especially where hardware access is needed, such as with scanning utilities!
I am currently using the RC1 beta of windows 7 x64 on a 1.6ghz dual core laptop with 3gb of ram, and I can honeslty say that it is amazing for a product still in beta!
For me, there were no hardware issues (including my HP laserjet printer) and all of my software from windows XP is working brilliantly (to my suprise all nativly supported)!
For the issue with vista, I think that microsoft should offer users a free upgrade to 7, or at least heavily discount the price of an upgrade. Some people liked vista, but personally I found it almost unusably slow (and on the same laptop)
Upgrade to a Mac. You won’t go back.
This is true, windows 7 sucks i have installed it over vista and i find that its to slow , many effects (Aero peek, Aero Shake …etc)
And it takes alots of memory and ram
But i think it will work on 12 gb of ram and 8 procsess
Mac is for computer dummies that need a controlled environment that prevents them from making newbie mistakes. Sooner or later users get educated and want to spread their wings and the freedom to do anything. You can’t do that behind the Iron Curtian of Mac. The software selection is horribly limited. The OS has Nazi like user control.
Am I the only one that remembers the IBM days before the clones? Remember how bad we all wanted to break out? MAC is a step backwards. It’s based on customer control that was already rejected a long time ago. If not for the clone days we wouldn’t have the technology and hardware options we have today.
Oh and Mac is not as reliable as they claim. I’m here in Iraq and a guy in my unit has a MAC. He’s had to reinstall from scratch three times in the past 7 months. When a MAC crashes, it crashes hard. There’s little choice but to reinstall. So much for reliability. Even when it’s working he’s constantly disappointed when he can’t do all the same things I can do with a PC. If you’re a gamer MAC is pointless too.
Ya, with a PC you have to use your brain or you run into trouble. However I can do anything I friggin want with a PC. Is it so bad that a computer user be educated about using his/her computer and OS? Isn’t MAC just creating more computer dummies?
Linux is a great OS for busy body number crunching and it’s plagued by unfocused development and standardization. Plus it refuses to unchain itself from the terminal which users HATE. Can you say vintage? There are hundreds of distros all heading in different directions. It’s chaos. It’s also worthless for gaming because it lacks a unified foundation like directx.
We’re stuck with MS as the OS that offers a middle ground. The problem with Windows is that MS can’t stay focused on a single concept. It keeps throwing major changes at users and disrupting the entire market. They need to stop fixing what isn’t broken and concentrate on tweaking a single OS that is popular with the market. Tweaking XP would have been a better option than creating Vista. However I’m sure we all understand by now that MS’s main motivation for creating new OS’s is not advancement of the OS but putting a new product on the shelves every few years.
PEOPLE…
Are you actually so stupid to beieve this shit?
I installed windows 7 once…
Less then 10 minutes;
And my computer is an fffing rocket!!!
Vista slows ur pc down ppl???
I own a pc store i am an pc technician.
Why u think they release windows 7 so fast after vista?
BECAUSE VISTA IS A FAIL.
Its proven in more then 200 diffrent benchmarks that windows 7 is nearly the fastest operating system in the world(fastes under microsoft).
so think twice before u go talk crap about win 7…Gues u ppl arent it.
Just to remind everyone, the there is some sarcasm in the title of the article. I am using Windows 7, and am enjoying it. Heck, I was one of the people who actually thought Vista was pretty good.
I love this. It is hilarious how the morons of the world are so repulsed at the idea of having a working computer with a more stable version of windows supporting more hardware than ever before, and even easier to use.
History proves this time and time again. “I hate XXX new version of windows, but love it’s predecessor”….
When 3.1 came out, everyone was like I hate windows 3.1, but I love 3.0. Then came along Windows 95, everyone hated it, but loved windows 3.1. Then came along Windows 98, everyone hated it, but loved Windows 95. Then 98SE, then XP, then Vista, and now Windows 7. It’s not wonder Microsoft decided that they will be releasing windows 8 on a very close schedule with Windows 7 — So that you ^&#@*&^ing morons will adopt something.
Do you not realize that if you are running 64bit Windows 7, you are a LOT less prone to the garbage that ^&#@-holes create (viruses, trojans, etc), and it is also essentially rootkit proofed.
Adopt this OS so that your computer doesn’t become part of a botnet and thus slowing down the Internet for the rest of us cuz your too stupid to realize your computer is spamming everyone.
Thank you.
GOD IM SO #^&@ing tired of this!!! I wish Microsoft made it so deprecated systems can’t connect to the internet until they are updated, and patched properly. Update your computer, no reason not to… THE OS IS PRACTICALLY FREE!!! AND CHEAPER THAN YOUR OH SO BELOVED LINUX — [redhat.com] — which used to actually be free
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So… long story short, upgrade or toss your computer out the window as you don’t even deserve to own one.
PS :: Windows Vista was the result of PR at Microsoft listening to every tom dick and harry as to what they want to see in the operating system. Windows 7, they undid all that BS and almost completely re-wrote the base code including apps like calculator, paint, etc. For the reasons of Driver compatability (those of you are stupid enough to own generic non-brand hardware, who never bothered to write drivers beyond Windows XP (2002)), certain aspects need to remain the same otherwise those crappy devices wont install. — and some name brands do this as well.. so this applies to crappy brand names, and crappy no-name junk.
“So… long story short, upgrade or toss your computer out the window as you don’t even deserve to own one.”
Yeah, because our landfill sites are almost empty, you must fill them!
“THE OS IS PRACTICALLY FREE!!! AND CHEAPER THAN YOUR OH SO BELOVED LINUX”
What are you talking about? In which dimension is “PRACTICALLY FREE” cheaper than actually free?
and bob…lol. You told him.
you ‘obviously’ aren’t understanding the concept of free.
Linux is so free it costs!!!1OMGZ
After trying Win7 aka Vista SP2 & found it another failure the toolbar is ridiculous once again it is trying to be way to cartoony / “Fischer Price” Once again another disappointment from Little Billy Gates. I told a friend shortly after Vista came out & I had that on a laptop for a while & was grossly dissapointed & got XP working on it & I was totally happy. I said that when the day comes that I cant put XP on something is the day I go to linux & by next summer Google is coming out with a linux based os & I think Google will have a better grip on this then microsoft does & if your worried that you cant run you win programs linux allows you to install an app called wine that will allow you to run your windows software & if you can or know someone who can slip steam a copy of Mac Os 10 you can run that on a PC So stop wasting money on Winblows
there are alot of cooler options coming to the front of the pack.
windows 7? vista? xP? I’m Living in the Linux world since 1999 to even notice that!!!
Windows 7 does suck! I want to go back to vista but the 7 beta upgrade won’t reverse! Ever since about two weeks after the installation my internet has been giving me s**t along with programs not launching after about 35 minutes of use until I restart my computer which I have to do manually now!!!
Learn how to use a pc before you speak
Win 7 and win vista SUCK get win xp the best and doesnt lag
they dont suck dude.. stop living in the 90’s and uprage your low end crap and get up with the world.. xp will not live forever.. it is for the ppl who cannot afford better though
Quote: EricAugust 18, 2009 at 9:14 pm
they dont suck dude.. stop living in the 90’s and uprage your low end crap and get up with the world.. xp will not live forever.. it is for the ppl who cannot afford better though
My comment:
In this economy, a LOT of ‘ppl cannot afford better’ and my rage IS up from the ’90s
I have 7 ON MY COMPUTER NOW AND IT SUCKS!!!! you cant open 2 different windows like in vista and Alt Tab between them insted they put this crap on the bottom of the screen that you have to point at to change windows. And the new start key and M big deal. Show desktop worked fine. it is a bit faster I guess. I have a fast computer so no big deal. I am putting Vista back on my computer.
I installed windows 7 64bit official volume license release…here are some issues that royally suck on it: First off the icons by the time are just plain white ones that look so stupid and dont resemble anything! Next there is no clasic start menu, nor icons (ex. my computer)for your desktop either! Let the users choose the start menus they want MS!!! Give us a variety!!! And the biggest thing that ticked me off was that you will run in the highest video res possible and every thing looks the same as if it were in a lower res! Try to turn it to a res you like and 7 wont like it! And again everything looks the same! So you will run your video card hard and hot at the highest res all the time! So ill stick to Vista till something is better out! Atleast vista is rich in presentation and give you choices! And performace is there with the right hardware!
First off Joe your a dumb ass… Macs prevent the basic users from going in a messing up their computers. The average mac user can figure out how to get into every file, folder, and setting on there computer.. And I even mean those hidden files that your dumb ass couldn’t find… LOL As for everybody else on here, why in the hell are you going to stick with a system that is trying to be like mac (Search menu, doc bar, half as trying to be more user friendly, Etc…) Just switch to a mac and you will be way more happy.. I have a Macbook Pro. I’ve had it for 3 years. It’s still faster than any of my friends laptops. I’ve never had a virus or a virus scanner (Never get slowdowns from it scanning) And when I have to use a Microsoft based application because the designer of the software is lazy or like most of you, just “Mac haters” I have Parallels witch runs xp on the mac… Don’t get me wrong I love Microsoft… It’s one reason I will always have a steady job being in The technical support field… LMFAO!!!
VISTA RUNS PERFECT IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN 2GB RAM AND USE 4GB FLASH DRIVE FOR POWER BOOST, 32 BIT OS ON A DELL STUDIO HYBRID, SUPERB…HDMI OUTLET AS WELL, 42“ WIDESCREEN MONITOR ANYONE?…..PLUG N PLAY BABY…NO PROBLEM
i second that. i have the last compaq ever made (i think). only cost me $300 and even then vista is perfect. just because some nostalgia loving tard wants to keep their 2002 CRAPputer doesn’t mean we need a new version right now. wtf is wrong with you fools? just get a cheap 3gig and REPLACEABLE computer, don’t load stupid rapidshare/limewire downloads onto it and you’ll do fine.
good f-ing night.
Windows Vista is hands-down the best operating system on the market today. I have been using it for 3 years without any issues whatsoever. As a web developer working in .NET & MSSQL, as well as PHP & mySQL, I have found Vista to be not only MUCH faster than XP when it comes to serious code debugging, project build times etc. but also WAY more stable than XP. Example: In XP, when clicking to view workgroup computers, the screen lags something rediculous and when closing the screen, you are prompted with the infamous “(Not Responding)” message. This is only one of hundreds of examples. Vista never does this, my Vista has NEVER crashed except for a virus infection last year. If your vista is giving you trouble, just get compatible versions of your software for it! I would NEVER go the mac route except for one thing: Sound and Video Engineering. Windows 7 is going to hit the world by storm and push Microsoft back to the top of the OS game (or at least, until Google unveils their OS, marking Microsoft’s downfall)
Ubuntu, Linux Mint anybody? Are people still shelling out money for m$ crap?
Its a bloated virus breeding hardrive hogging piece of crap built on a shoddy foundation.
I guess we should all throw a windows 7 launch party.
This is what happens when win7 party gets out of hand
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Yeah, I hate my new proprietary cookie cutter operating system, and say it sucks.. So I will go back to an older proprietary operating system that sucks. My advice to you is go get a real kernel and not some Microsoft babble. I am not talking about Apple either.. I would rather use Windows7, but thankfully I do not have to use either.
Hahaha Windows Vista, hands down the best? The best at what? Lagging and having security vulnerabilities? Not to mention the hard disk churning associated with the NT kernel. Still not fixed that eh?
Windows 7 is rap nthing works it keeps making my internet conection slug slow im sick of it it has nothing but problems it keeps freezng,had to restat it like over 5 times this sucks im switching back to vista
I’m going back to XP.. 7 is VISTA with more glut and pretty wallpaper. Its slowed down my machine even tho I have more RAM & Memory then alot of gameers, My internet conection SUCKS. I cant play some games. And Microsoft STILL doesent have a work around for the FING.. Internet Explorer has stopped working error BS.
Oh plus theres one FING huge hole that will let a person DOS you..they STILL havent fix that and Microsft has known about this hole and a few other bugs for MONTHS.
Why did M$ create Windows 7 in the first place? Wasnt it because all these people said VISTA sucks? So then M$ said they’ll create Windows 7 using Windows XP features etc. Well, if you have seen Windows 7, it looks and runs nothing like Windows XP… This to me was a simple excuse for another Microsoft revenue raiser. Would this have been the main reason not many images were out there? As usual, M$ is just feeding you rubbish information to benefit themselves. Move to Mac or Linux is my best advice. The public gave microsoft the power, we can easily remove it too ! Plenty of free / open source software out there that does a lot better than M$ software. Remember that.
Cheers.
Oh, another thing i will mention. Vista was released (they said it sucked). Mind you more than half that said that had not even experienced it. Same crap again, just a different day.
Cheers.
vista proved to the world it sucked. 7 will do the same…. just give it time. microsoft has lost touch with what people want and need. screw them. linux is so much better, but most windows users are afraid to try it… they might like it. the very best os out there is OS X.
I tried LINUX in its various flavors. There just isn’t any usable software for it that someone who is not well versed in the INS & OUTS of the OS can install and run. (Lindows , RedHat, Debian, Umbuntu, . . .)
Drivers for the various Linux variants were difficult to use if they weren’t in the original install package.
Windows biggest draw is the apps. And to use them all you do is put in a disk, and it installs for you. (Some better than others.) No RAR, GZIP, whatever files to unpack. No recompiling the kernel, etc. I just go to the store (or online), buy it, use it. If you can get LINUX to do that nad make the driver support easier, you’ll have a MUCH better chance.
I tried the Umbuntu DVR package that I found on the web, it (the OS) would not work at all. No way to figure out why not. No idea what to try to fix it. I assume the kernel was compiled for different hardware that what I was using.
Windows 7 Sucks balls you can not change the Aero to all black like Vista
and if you turn off all those gay colors it looks like windows 95 I also hate the new task bar now that Vista is fix I say I will use that or just use linux os seeing how windows is going what a rip off fuck I am so piss at Microsoft in 4 years you could not even just fix all of vista you had to come out with this baby os for little 4 years old that does not even work at all shame on you what a joke
duh wtf !!
i cannot install Adobe CS3 in windows 7 !!!
Vista work fine …
Windows 7 = Vista in “Retro” Mode! lol
I’ll stay with Linux. Its better, and free.
I have Win 7. I just downgraded from Windows Vista To Win 7. All the custom and administration options are hidden. The show desktop is on the right hand side so one plays ping pong between the start menu and the “Show Desktop” ability. I don’t know what drunks MS gets to beta test this junk. They could have changed a few things up without sacrificing standard usability. I might as well switch to linux all the hunting and pecking I’m doing.
I’ve seen some of the better Win7 upgrades show up in my Vista upgrades. Why do I need 7,8,9 etc.
I wish MS would look at OS/2. It was a quality OS that WORKED. It did not try to be an app unto itself. Small, Quick, Secure, RELIABLE. A True Object Oriented OS, instead of the Object Based approach MS uses.
The Kernel of the OS should ONLY support the apps running on it. (Security & Resource Management) The GUI and all the other crap should not be a part of the OS, but an optional module that runs on top.
LESS IS MORE! Stop with the BLOAT-WARE already.
The upgrade from Vista is definately not foolproof. It didn’t link my Vista documents into the new library, didn’t capture my Explorer 7 favorites, and trying to get from Windows Mail to Live Mail is a showstopper. And worst of all, the help functions are no improvement at all. I keep getting refered to the user forum, which requires you to surf through 8000 topics being beaten to death by nerds. There is no support for people who look at a computer as a tool rather than a way of life. I got the family pack but doubt that I’ll use the other licenses.
I agree with a lot of the points about Windows 7 mentioned here. It is no faster than Vista, it is not any more backwards compatible than Vista either. This was the major complaint about Vista, and Windows 7 was suppose to be the solution for this. Software is expensive and nobody wants to have to keep rebuying their software collection every time a new version of Windows comes out.
The lack of an email client really bites. I don’t want to use a web based email. I like my email on MY computer, not some server, and you can’t import with a web based email.
I am also good at troubleshooting computer problems, or I was, up until I upgraded to Windows 7, and now it seems like Windows 7 crashes over half the time that I try to use it, and it’s always a different problem.
The comment about the touch screen not going to work is another thing. Even if it does work, for most applications, using your finger is more, not less awkward, and don’t even get me started on how much a touch screen monitor is.
There are also too many other problems that I have discovered with Windows 7 and I have only been using it for 2 weeks now. All other versions of Windows, good or bad, took me at least about 6 months of use to uncover the number of problems that I have already discoverd in Windows 7.
The real kicker here is that I would never have guessed that I would ever go back to Vista again once I got the chance to ditch it, but just when you things can’t get any worse, it does, especially with Microsoft.
In fact, I will be reinstalling Vista soon after I finish this reply. Now does that say something about how crappy Windows 7 is or what? ;D
I just upgraded to a quad-core with 8 gigs of ram and installed windows 7. That should run that new taskbar and those control panel icons.
Holy crap. People started hating Windows 7 even before it was released? Anyway… First off: What POS PC are you running if you can’t get Windows to work properly? Actually, based on the spelling and grammar used in the comments, it comes as no surprise that you can’t get anything working… I’m not a particular fan of any OS, but the points I raise are valid enough:
1. Installation: I installed Windows 7 in under 30 minutes, and everything just worked. No need to install any drivers, no need to configure anything except usernames, no need to do anything. Just install and run. Linux is slightly more complex, but still sufficiently easy.
2. Stability: My machine runs 24/7, and it has been running for almost two weeks now with Windows 7. Stable as hell, idling at around 1GB memory usage. Fine: The memory usage is more than it was running XP, but it doesn’t bother me. I still have more than enough memory to run any application and/or game that I want without any concerns.
3. Devices: I have hardware in my PC that not even the (claimed) manufacturers know of. (Probably some imported shit or something) They work without a single problem. In addition, I couldn’t get this hardware to work in either XP or, obviously, Linux.
4. Performance: Holy shit. My machine starts up in less than 20 seconds and shuts down in less than 15 seconds. I can burn a DVD using Nero while listening to music in Media Center while also doing graphic design in Adobe Photoshop CS 2 without the machine even noticing it. I can run Crysis, Prototype, Dead Space, Mass Effect or even NFS Shift with max’ed out settings without any problems at all.
FFS, who cares that the icons are bigger? Just don’t have any fucking icons. God… how do you people expect new things to be built if you constantly want the old shit like the “classic start bar”? And why fucking complain about Windows Media Player at all? It’s not even part of the OS! Uninstall the fucker and install something else if you don’t like it! Don’t be a moron! If you can install Firefox, why can’t you install WinAmp or some shit like that!?
And just in case you’re wondering: No, I don’t have a monster PC. A simple 3GHz Core2Duo (E8400) with 4GB Ram, which is actually pointless as I have the 32 bit version, but anyway… If you’re telling me you can’t run Windows 7 on a quad-core machine, then I’ll tell you to pack the thing back into the box it came in, take it back to the store, and tell them you’re too fuckin retarded to use a computer. They might take pity on you…
Judging by the number of profanities you have to use to make a comment, I would say you are not too far from retarted youself.
Windows 7 stable, lol. Explorer crashed installing MS Office. lol, just because you can play some recent games and actually keep that POS Windows box powered on doesn’t mean it’s stable. And just because you can mulitask, don’t give it up to the OS, you’re running maxed out RAM for a 32 bit OS and a higher end Dual-Core Processor dumbass.
no sir, windows 7 sucks !! by majority, just because it runs on the latest hardware doesnt make it any better , the ONLY good thing about windows was to have packed the damn drivers, in fact windows IS a garbage truck full of drivers with an expensive price tag. for the 90% of us who deal with different and older versions of hardware win 7 SUCKS !! i rather assemble drivers in Linux and make them work 1000% faster than in this POS. unfortunately i have to have an os which is compatible with the rest of my family so im going back to XP the ONLY decent os microsoft could release after DOS 6.2 m yeah not even 98 gets my stars. sorry dude win 7 sucks, im thinking to moving to java programming altogheter, i dont think MS has more life left.
Windows 7 does suck. I backed up my files as suggested by the great and powerful oz and when it finished rewriting over it’s other abomination Vista it proceeded to tell me it couldn’t restore my files because it couldn’t work with the software that I used to backup up the files. Next stop MAC
* You don’t know how to download proper drivers.
* Isn’t that a good thing.
* So get rid of them if you don’t like them.
* What’s wrong with that.
* So? If you don’t like it don’t click on it.
* The following is all true …? :
o Improved network connectivity that can detect what network your on and switch settings accordingly
o New Calculator, Paint, and Wordpad use WPF
o Installation takes just 10 minutes with 1 reboot
o Better battery life
* New boot screen and redesigned Vista login screen
i never even got into vista since it sucks soooo much, since i had to delete and conquer my XP from getting an virus i had the good idea of installing windows 7 …. WROOOOONG !!!
turns out windows 7 suuuuuuuuuuuuuuckkkss sooo much its unreal, i mean please give me Win-ME back, i take that over this POS, it doesnt even recognize my raid HARDWARE, not even USB, i mean BASIC fucking drivers that my old motorola phone or even my damn refrigerator would understand, noooo freaking windows 7 wont.
im soo pissed off im even thinking about moving to java programming, i mean if microsoft wants some support from the community, try creating a god damn piece of software that works ! this crap is worth shit !!
so too bad microsoft , youre back on black list.
Refrigerator ? LOl ahahahah i wet my self lol ahahahahahaa
LOL this shit is so fucking FUNNY.
Seriously i agree. I used Windows 7 for a few weeks now.
At first i thought i would never like it but i needed to code few programs that require me to learn vista or windows 7 environment so i gave it a shot.
After about 3-4 weeks i went back to XP just to see how it feels adn i have to admin that XP felt so good, so fast worry free drivers issues free but full of viruses and HDD failures.
Because XP (just recently) started to mess with my hard-drives telling me that my data is corrupted i had to switch to Windows 7 because i didnt want to loose my data.
For those who worry about upgrade, just do fresh install but save your program settings/files or what ever u need to resume its work.
I have few small scripts written in CMD and autoit posted on my website at [adrenalineparty.com] under savers/fixers. Those files help me to automatically save any data that one or another program needs to run and if you reinstall windows, those files automatically restored to original places and your program or game is activated and registered and ready to use as if you never reinstalled windows.
I used to reinstall XP daily for testing those programs and they work like a charm
They are also free to download, there is no registration or any crap. Also all of them come with source code so you can see for your self that those saver fixers are harmless and 100% safe to use.
I dont have saver fixer made for each program in the world but only few most popular once. If requested on my forum, saverfixer can make one and ill post it there ASAP.
YOU GUYS ARE FUCKING DOUCHE BAGS MAN..7 IS LIKE AWESOMESZIES LALALALALALALALALALAL SEVEN SEVEN SIETE
EL SIETE ES MAS AWESOME QUE LIFE (=
well i used windows 7 ever since rc came out everything was going fine except for the video driver would crash from time to time no big deal,so i went ahead and droped 139.00 dollars on it when it was released BIG MISTAKE hardly anything works now
Well, what can I say, it is very difficult to change your personal preferences in 7, well atleast it was for me when i got my hands on one for the first time. I dont see the big deal in this OS. Honestly I have to say that for me my Vista runs very smooth, I prefer it over 7, it is just so much simpler to use. The taskbar in 7 looks cool, but the vista one looks cool too. I have a windows 7 theme on my laptop just for looks, but thats it. I stick with vista, besides the updates fix ALOT of bugs in vista OS. One thing does suck on vista, too many security warnings, that does bother me. Vista with dual core procesors and 3 gb of ram runs very smoothly. I recomend Vista. Xp too old and overunned, Vista quite heavy, but packs a punch, Windows 7 not SO heavy, but lacks power.