Microsoft reveals launch date for Windows 7

Ade_J said on Wednesday, 03 June 2009

So where's the free upgrade for those customers that paid the extortionate price for Vista Ultimate but didn't actually get any of the promised extras..?

Silly Billy said on Wednesday, 03 June 2009

Ha they seen you coming

skidz said on Thursday, 04 June 2009

they wont be shipping it to me thats for sure !

Bob Sullivan said on Thursday, 04 June 2009

I have been looking at the Windows 7 RC1 download on my computer which I find very good. The only disappointment is Live Mail which is no where near as easy as Windows Mail in Vista. The deccision to call 'Send/Receive' by the name of Sync is stupid.

ryan s said on Thursday, 04 June 2009

and yet windows live mail is one thing i find easier than windows mail or outlook and MS don't force it on you either with 7, personally im very impressed with how 7 runs on both desktop and laptop the only problem i have at the moment is creative haven't had the brains to get their drivers working properly for the x-fi, half my games with the x-fi option in game can't find the card and activate all the extra sounds and make the game sound that little bit better, still very impressed by microsofts efforts it's good to see they have finally listened to their customers for a change.

neal guttridge said on Thursday, 04 June 2009

If widows 7 is better than vista then fantastic I still believe xp with tweaking is the best operating system windows developed

steveb said on Thursday, 04 June 2009

And now all the PC mags will start fawning over M/Soft and Windows 7 just like they did over Vista.

There's no credibility in republishing propaganda.

bob said on Thursday, 04 June 2009

I am a big fan of XP and did not upgrade to vista as I think it is a piece of crap, I have been using windows 7 for the last three weeks after downloading it from microsoft site and have to say I am very impressed with it. This one is far better than vista, it works.

Roble said on Thursday, 04 June 2009

Using the Release candidate for over a week now after upgrading from Vista SP2. So far it seems a big big improvement over Vista. Since Vista was rewally clunky hopefully the dove and olive branch on the wallpaper isn't the only gesture of peace and goodwill to be extended and upgrade price will be fair.

Anthony said on Thursday, 04 June 2009

Fair upgrade price is only for starters. Then we all have the cost of having to update software ( and possibly hardware) in order to utilise the O.S, plus the usual driver issues. This is too much like "deja vu" not long after the last dose of "deja vu". Not for me methinks!!!!!

Markybhoy said on Friday, 05 June 2009

Been running Vista for over a year now and not one problem. Think folk jump on the anti-Microsoft band wagon too easily.

Looking forward to Windows 7 from what others have been saying interests me.

I am not a person frightened of progress and although Windows XP was a brilliant O/S, let's move forward. Windows 2K was better than 98 and 98 was okay...we could all live in the past and keep telling other how bad Vista is...when it isn't !!! Windows 7 does promise to be better progress.

John Dee said on Friday, 05 June 2009

I've been using Windows 7 RC1 for a few weeks now, having clean-installed from using Windows XP Pro and I'm very impressed, my software and games run just as well as on XP, although EAX surround sound when running games is no longer available but hopefully a version of Alchemy will be available for Windows 7 to address this.
As for buying a copy - price will be the issue here and I don't see the world recession ending by October and if Windows 7 is priced the same as Vista then I'll Re-install my copy of XP and use that for the foreseable future.

bill rates said on Friday, 05 June 2009

There are far too many idiots here claiming 7 is great and vista is a piece of crap. Incase you didnt know, underneath windows 7 IS essentially just vista- its just been improved to stand out from xp alot more and given a new badge, windows 7, or whatever name they will eventually go with. If windows 7 had come out instead of vista, people would still be complaining over 7. the bottom line was vistas interface was not different enough to xp. I fear when 7 is released many will still stick with xp, and even vista. Unfortunately for xp users they may be prone to people trying to take advantage of an aging program with its vulnabilaties when connected to the net.

redstringuitar said on Friday, 05 June 2009

Of course Windows 7 is built on Vista, that's how software development works, they keep the good features, fix the bad, iron out the bugs and issues, introduce new features which may or may not be linked to hardware development, improve the UI and appearance and voila, new OS.
When the motoring industry produces a new model of car, you don't complain about it having the same number of wheels as the previous version, do you?
I've been running W7 for a number of weeks and it's a great OS...it's everything Vista should have been and then some.

Skidz said on Friday, 05 June 2009

"Of course Windows 7 is built on Vista, that's how software development works, they keep the good features, fix the bad, iron out the bugs and issues, introduce new features which may or may not be linked to hardware development, improve the UI and appearance and voila, new OS."

Sounds more like a service pack when you put it that way, but then again 7 is little more than that isnt it ?

Blip Blap said on Saturday, 06 June 2009

I'm finding that Win7 runs better than XP. My overall experience with it as been excellent.

redstringuitar said on Monday, 08 June 2009

Sounds more like a service pack when you put it that way, but then again 7 is little more than that isnt it ?

A service pack is a fix, or several thereof, offered "on the fly" in order to eradicate bugs and/or vulnerabilities in an existing OS.
Windows 7 is a leap, rather than a step, in software development...but it still contains features that were available in all previous MS releases.
The label is merely an indicator, it's what's in the tin that counts...

Clifford Davis said on Monday, 08 June 2009

To the many who think/profess that "Vista is a piece of crap". :BALONEY... I have used Vist Ultimate in my office environment (8 systems) since its release. One of the most stable platforms I have ever used on a desktop. I have recently upgrade my server to the 2008 Small Business version and it is superb. Win 7 is an improvement in many ways, not much, if any, more reliable. It is faster but all of the available AV offerings degrade its performance noticeably. I am running a test system usinv native firewall and defender and it really performs well. If you are among those that gripe about UAC...get over it. It serves a critical function.