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."'"

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Re:Can somebody tell me why?

[Sandbags]

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...

And then we say that IT people are not sexist.

[jotaeleemeese]

This is the exact kind of "joke" that rightly annoys women from getting more involved in technology.