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Michael Dell Says Windows 7 Will Make You Love PCs
ruphus13 writes "In a recent talk at the Churchill Club, Michael Dell addressed several topics, including the fact that Windows 7 is poised to take advantage of the upgrade cycle. Dell has always been a strong MS OEM ally and it is now hoping to cash in again from the impending upgrades. From the post: 'Dell made plain several times that he sees the installed base of technology as very old, and sees a coming "refresh cycle" for which he has high hopes. "The latest generation of chips from Intel is strong, particularly Nehalem," he said, adding, "and Windows 7 is on its way." (The operating system arrives Oct. 22nd, although Microsoft's large-volume licensees are already getting it.) He pointed out that many business are running Windows XP, which is eight years old. "I've been using Windows 7 for a long time now," he said, "and if you get the latest processor technology and Office 2010 with it, you will love your PC again. It's a dramatic improvement."'"
Will it make PC users act pretentious like the stereotypical Mac user/owner?
I don't think I've ever wanted Windows less having read that.
"Dell has always been a strong MS OEM ally and it is now hoping to cash in again from the impending upgrades." Wow, so we can expect a unbiased opinion then? PREPARE FOR SHPIEL!
"Dell made plain several times that he sees the installed base of technology as very old" which is to say, people are not fond of buying Vista packages "and sees a coming "refresh cycle," for which he has high hopes" and that Dell is planning on making plenty of money off this, after Vista's disappointment.
"The latest generation of chips from Intel is strong, particularly Nehalem," So technology advances then, yes? Took some long-term observation of the industry to determine that factoid, I'll bet.
"I've been using Windows 7 for a long time now, and if you get the latest processor technology and Office 2010 with it, you will love your PC again." So you buy Windows, but you'll need a new computer (let's face it, the majority do not know what a CPU is) and hey, whilst you're there, why not buy a new version of Office for the giggles? "It's a dramatic improvement"
Improvement over what? Being able to carry out tasks 95% of which we did 8 years ago on hardware with perhaps, oooh, 50% of the capacity of modern tech?
You'll have to excuse me if I'm not enticed into reading the article after that. I've had quite enough of reading about tech. going backwards.
Do you see what I did there?
How? For me it has crashed more than XP has done in ages. It's "Vista slow" and the interface looks like someone took a Mac and beat it with a fugly stick.
Hell, it is Vista, just a new name and a new taskbar.
Um, native 2008 server integration, stronger security model, boots faster than XP, faster file copy than XP, compatible with modern 64 bit software and upcoming releases that will not be coded for XP, faster than a fully patched XP system on the same hardware (inclusive of AV, latest browser, java, etc; a "typically" configured XP system, not an out of the box pre-SP1 config that would be unusable on the net), More secure, will actually continue to get patches going forward, will run IE9 when it comes out, DX 10 and 11 support, improved sleep/hibernate system, better battery life on modern notebooks (supports advanced power management features), You can uninstall IE completely (or at least "disable" it completely), better media center system, don't need a floppy to install non-IDE boot devices, far improved memory management systems, snadboxed memory allocation and dynamically assigned system memory space, much improved taskbar, simpler home networking, better handling of multiple audio devices, vastly improved search, oh, and with Pro or higher you can still run XP...
There is no contest in life for which the unprepared have the advantage.
Well, no; you never truly switched. By your own admission, you "didn't like it". Good for you for giving the mac a go; but the parent was talking about people who like their macs. The bar for those people switching is quite high. For me though, the difference between spending $2000 and $800 on a machine approaches the height of that bar.
But it sounds like Dell is preparing people for computers going up in price. You know they hate the $750 average this past year or two.
This is the exact kind of "joke" that rightly annoys women from getting more involved in technology.
IANAL but write like a drunk one.
So it runs great when you strip it down?
big deal.
Personally I like Aero.
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Because the apps WORK like you'd expect with the feature's you'd expect and don't look like SHIT. I used Ubuntu for three years after Vista came out, and I liked it at first. It didn't make my laptop crash when I put it to sleep. But God, open source software...it's such a crapshoot. You have gems like OOo and Gimp, but then there's so much garbage like Dia and Evolution. Windows 7 + Office 2007 + Windows Live brought me back. Things just work like how I'd expect. Granted, I wouldn't have made the switch back if I wasn't a student (I get all that stuff on the cheap), but still...the experience in Windows 7 is simply superior to what I get on Linux right now.
Don't take life so seriously. No one makes it out alive.