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A Tale of Two Windows 7s
theodp writes "It was the best of operating systems, it was the worst of operating systems. When it comes to the merits of Windows 7, it looks like Slate's Farhad Manjoo and PC Magazine's John Dvorak are going to have to agree to disagree. Manjoo gives Windows 7 a big thumbs-up (a sincere one, unlike Linus!), calling it a 'crowning achievement,' while Dvorak is less than impressed, saying, 'Win 7 is really just a Vista martini. The operating system may have two olives instead of one this time out, but it's still made with the same cheap Microsoft vodka.' So, for those of you who've had a chance to check things out, are things really different this time?"
Multiple readers have also pointed out that there have been problems with the download and installation of Windows 7 upgrades obtained through the student discount offer, which Microsoft has confirmed.
Wow! I was wondering what all the fuzz was about with Windows 7. Fanboys all squirming in joy and suck-up reviews all around whilst I had no idea of what new features would actually make it worthy, but "decent"... given the Windows track record, a "decent" OS is a must-have upgrade.
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> Change an Ubuntu screen to 640x480, and then try to change it back, without using secret hidden commands. Can't be done.)
For me, System -> Preferences -> Display does the trick. But I think that is too obvious for not to spot, so you probably have some other problem. But it is not usability problem (as the UI is there), more likely your hardware is not supported properly.
Uuum, NO. How can you have completely forgotten about the vast DRM horrors that got introduced in Vista? All the other things, like slowness, compatibility problems, partially a bad architecture, were results of this one thing, and by themselves not the relevant points. They existed, because every shit and his mother now had to be encrypted and locked down.
The real problem was, still is, and will be, as long as the current architecture is in use, that it's full of TCPA, DRM, and the foundation of the stuff that made people destroy Spore on Amazon, and tag devices as "defectivebydesign". With Vista, you cease to be the boss over your computer. You give it away to Microsoft. Who give it away to the media cartels. And those can lock you out of your own system, or just block you from using your graphics card, if someone found a way, to use if to crack the DRM, or they just stop liking it for any other reason. Because with the TPM chip, they got control over what you are allowed to do on your system. And they decided, not to trust YOU. The hardware remote killswitch. You HDD encrypted with a key you don't have access to. That is the physical reality with every system with an enabled TPM.
And that is the reason I chose to end a friendship with someone, who chose to ignore that, offer his soul to the vultures, and praise Vista so much that he bought it.
How quickly people forget... I bet Microsoft and the media cartels know this exactly.
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Why are people still wasting their time on Microsoft? I gave up on them a long time ago and have not regretted it. The corporation I work for switched all developers to Macs. What a joy. Hearing you accept all the compromises that come with Windows, it's clear that you're not thinking. Anything is better than Microsoft.
So the companies that didn't adopt Vista because of a learning curve are going to adopt Linux over another version of Windows? WTF? Are you serious? That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
Users will have few problems with the control panel because they nearly never use it. But they will throw a fit over the differences in files systems which they are much more likely to use than the control panel.
Stick with your Mac. Please stop developing as it's apparent you know nothing about the user experience. We won't miss you.