Comments on: Will Windows 7 be finalized next week?

Microsoft has said that work on the OS should be done by the end of the month, but some enthusiast sites think it could happen as early as July 13.

[darkxeno]

Wow what a story so this took you all of five minutes to write post and now what do you do with the rest of your day?

[empirestatebuddy]

Why? Are you going to ask her out on a date?

[Saltiva]

LOL- You should ask her out on a date seeing as how she is employeed. She could treat you to lunch with the economy being so bad, didn't you read the article about PS3 Bundles-> see the comments below that.

[Mr. Dee]

This definitely a well tested release. I just hope the IHV's, ISV's and the OEM's are fully on board. Windows 7 RC has been running exceptionally well on all three of my systems, the performance, the new effects like interactive Thumbnail Previews, Aero Peek, Aero Snaps, enhanced Search, Libraries, HomeGroups make it a great upgrade.

[JonRey43]

I agree, it's a worthy upgrade for an Windows user. I can get to run it on my 4 year old laptop with little problems and it's pretty low end computer with today's basic computers.

[system001]

Upgrade, I think not. Try Vista Service Pack.

[jase1125]

A service pack is Snow Leopard

[jake3373]

@system001:
You sound like a Mac user. I will be one of the first to say that Windows 7 is what Vista should have been (meaning they should have just skipped Vista and gone straight to Windows 7), but you will never hear me say that Windows 7 is Vista SP3. Many people will say that about Windows 7, and here is my advice: Try the RC, and you will be eating your own words.

[Perry_Clease]

"A service pack is Snow Leopard"

No it is an upgrade, but it doesn't matter what you call it Snow Leopard will be well worth the $29

[Jsmith018]

@Perry
Snow Leopard is more or less a service pack. It is simply adding new features to leaopard. Will it be worth the 29 dollars, from what Ive seen yes it will. Even with Snow Leopard, I'm going to choose Windows 7 for my next Computer.

[ckh1272]

"by system001 July 6, 2009 1:05 PM PDT
Upgrade, I think not. Try Vista Service Pack."

@system001--I am an Apple user and even I find that statement pretty retarded. Without these companies pushing out updates, upgrades, or whatever you want to call them, we would just be stuck with a lame OS. Microsoft, Linux Distros, and Apple competing so fiercely is a benefit to all consumers, so stop with flaming comments. They are utterly pointless.

[Darthfett]

ckh1272: Agreed.

Trolls: You are being brainwashed. The "My Operating System's manufacturer can beat up your operating system's manufacturer" argument will never have an answer, so please get on with your lives and stop trolling for favored companies.

[bluemist9999]

I wonder how much the sales of Windows 7 will decrease when the special pricing of Windows 7 ends, and Windows 7 reverts to the usual prices---$99 for Home Premium, $199 for Professional.

[jessiethe3rd]

I think Windows 7 is going to be extremely popular. Microsoft this time has done a very good job of getting the message out, giving the beta out, and even releasing RC code to testers. The feedback has been extremely positive... much more positive then Windows Vista was in the past. This is undoubtedly going to lead to people spreading the word and picking up the OS. Versus Windows XP, Windows 7 represents quite a jump in overall functionality - XP seems to be the OS Windows 7 is firmly targeted for. Lower resource use on start-up, faster startup, and the wide varity in UI changes will no doubt capture the hearts of even the coldest Windows Vista hater.

Microsoft is not stupid... they'll ensure Windows 7 sells and sells well by offering a wide assortment of promotions to acquire the software. There is much more at stake here than just Windows... there's it continued market dominance and it's erroding marketshare.

[Renegade Knight]

Quite a bit I imagine. Vista taught us what happens when you try to upgrade old computers. Even the ones that were Vista ready were a problem. I don't hear a lot about "7 Ready".

MS isn't giving anyone a reason to upgrade other than to fix a broken Vista install.

[AuldAne]

Probably by a lot. I hardly know anyone who buys Windows "off the shelf", and yet most people I know run Windows. That's because it's easier to just buy a new machine. Like Snow Leopard's upgrade pricing, this sale is mostly PR. Not that there's anything wrong with that in either case.

Just had a thought -- I wonder if part of the reason MS doesn't sell box versions for cheaper is because it would erode PC sales?

[sharmajunior]

@ AuldAne

Your thought is right now target. Just think about it, if you built a pc yourself with high quality parts off of the market and then bought a retail Windows version and put it on there, it would still be less expensive as compared to what you get from an OEM.

Its like a cycle where the software companies keep making spec demanding code and the OEM's happily provide the hardware and make money off of it.

[The_happy_switcher]

Just in time for the new Window's viruses.

[monkeyfun14]

Name one vista virus that spread with no user interaction or required idiocy of not patching before the virus even came out.

[Vegaman_Dan]

Windows users don't need any new viruses when they have such happy and warm well meaning thoughts from you, The_Happy_Switcher. :)

By the way, have you checked your Mac for the botnet you belong to yet? Or do you even know how to look for that? You may be compromised this very moment and not even know it, allowing criminals to watch every single step you make online, documenting all your logins, your banking information, etc. And you don't even know it.

[The_happy_switcher]

@vega: Why would I bother? I don't go around downloading illegal software from bittorrent. But if it makes you happen, yes, I've heard of Macscan. With all the online banking I do I'm sure I would have seen the results by now in your unlikely scenario.

[CrashPad63]

Happy Switcher, you have no clue.10% of all Leopard users right now have been compromised, and most of them dont kow it. They see you now and you have know idea who they are. Goodluck in your happy denial. Continue to cuddle up to Jobsy, Lord knows he doesnt give a s h i t about you or your security. He just wants to grab your money.

[jake3373]

@The_happy_switcher (2nd comment):
I don't go around downloading illegal software from bittorrent, either. And I'm on Windows, and I have never gotten a virus. Viruses usually only go to people who click "Free Smileys" or, as you said, go around downloading illegal software from bittorrent.

[Vegaman_Dan]

@The_happy_switcher:

You appear to have completely missed my point- that being while you are conveying a very smug and elitist holier than thou attitude typical of most rather vocal Macintosh fans, you acknowledge there are security risks out there for the Mac, however you are sure you don't have any compromised systems.... even though you have no way to check and in actual fact do not know if you are compromised or not.

My original point stands- your data could be compromised right now, your keystrokes logged, and the criminals are simply waiting for you to get enough money in your bank account before they act. Or they have just made your machine a bot without your knowledge as well.

It's akin to a doctor coughing and hacking up a lung telling you that they are feeling fine. :)

[The_happy_switcher]

@Vega: SInce you persist, ok, here goes: I have assets well north of 6 figures in one bank--not that it's really any of your business. Hypothetically let's say that my accounts were compromised. The bank would essentially be responsible--not me, so I don't lose any sleep over it. Same thing with credit card. As long as you notify them of potential fraud you have very limited liability. Also, again, none of your business, but I have Equifax credit monitoring so on one can do anything in my name without my first learning of it well in advance of any permanent $$ damage. The fact is these events happen OVERWHELMINGLY on Windows machines. I don't know anyone who has ever had their info stolen because of keylogger on their Mac.

[topgunb2]

the happy ditcher, the reason you don't hear these things on mac is because no one uses it, it hardly has a market share, if you hate windows so much what the hell are you doing on this story?

[The_happy_switcher]

@topnut: no market share, really? Been to a college campus lately?--half of the laptops are Macs. But you can go and keep your head in the sand and deny the trend.

[ckh1272]

@The_happy_switcher--Please refer to my comment to "system001". Both sides just need to take a chill with useless flaming mess. Let the Windows discuss their upcoming product and the same goes for letting MacOS users discuss the Mac OS without the flaming!!

[sanjayb]

That would be amazing if MS releases the code to MSDN members well before the launch date. I would love to blow away Vista sooner than later.

Can't wait to have Snow Leopard and Windows 7 running on my Macbook Pro.

[CrashPad63]

This is just so stupid. Why buy an overpriced, overhyped laptop when there are much better configurable laptops out there. Then to run 2 OS one being so full of holes right now that the Swiss are suing for name recognition violation. (hint its not Windows)

[sanjayb]

@CrashPad63

Get lost troll. I bought the MBP last year and it has been the best computer I have ever purchased. Why don't u actually try out an Apple computer before you post your stupid, ill informed comments.

My MBP gives me the best of both worlds - Snow Leopard and Win 7.

[Vegaman_Dan]

I'm not sure it really matters what date it's released. A week or two this way or that isn't really anything to get excited about. It'll be out when it is out. No rush.

[NWLB]

Has Vegas opened odds on when the Windows 7 SP 1 release date will be?

[kojacked]

No but it's already claimed its first loser.

[jake3373]

Windows 7 RC is a very stable and functional OS, especially for a pre-release. The only reason there was a Vista service pack so early was to fix Vista problems that it had at its launch. Windows 7 doesn't have any of the problems that Vista had.

[gadgetclicks]

at least we know that sp1 will be free.

[hassan_bin_sober]

Vista is NOT a has been. .Ya can't be a has been if your a never was!

[exactlyy]

so the Mac users need anti-viruse now ?? lol i thaught it was a secure OS..they didnt even want to belive that its the easiest to be hacked, but since they are few ,noone cares about u , inshort, **** and get iLife lol

[geraudulrich]

I hope that this new OS can very change microsoft oder OS, because we're very need.
Vista was a very disaster, XP.... so, i want to know, how it'll be.

[The_happy_switcher]

Windows 7, 8, 9 10, 11, 12...whatever, it doesn't matter. This version will suffer from Windows Rot just like all the previous versions because Microsoft insists on keeping the registry around for each version. My Mac runs the same way now as it did three years--fast. I could never say the same thing with XP because it needed constant tweaking, registry enemas to keep it the same.

Microsoft has all these resources and yet they still can't get the OS right and the lemmings keep coming back to a new cliff to jump off of.

[monkeyfun14]

Its been proven that the registry has no negative effects on performance.

[Vegaman_Dan]

I kept XP installations going for five years or more without any performance issues. It's not hard, the_happy_switcher... it just requires competence.

If you are trying to switch people to OS X with your rantings, you're actually hurting your own cause with these sorts of uninformed illogical comments. You make OS X sound like the choice for droolling fans without any sense of responsibility, security, or independant thought. I'm not sure that was your intent, but it is the result. Perhaps you may want to rethink your tactics?

[The_happy_switcher]

"... it just requires competence. " Yeah, and I did the same thing with all the various flavors of Windows for 15 years until I decided that it should be Microsoft's job to keep the performance from degrading--not me.

[The_happy_switcher]

@Vega: I don't know why you and other Windows users can admit a simple fact: Over 90 percent of computer users would be far better suited for a Mac than Windows. Half of all people in this country wouldn't be able to name the Vice President of the U.S. much less be able to run regclean on their PCS on even have a clue what a registry does. Have you ever seen the Jay Walking segments on Leno where he asks people basic questions and how stupid these people are? One guy--a recent college grad--did not who George Washington was. I kid you not.

[LearnNow2009]

I think is a worthy upgrade for a Windows user. but I can get to run it on my 8 years old PC.:)

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[LearnNow2009]

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[Inconnux]

This will be one of the best sellers for Microsoft ever... just think of all the unhappy Vista users that will rush to get the Vista Malware off their system... People will be upgrading faster than they did with Win ME. I can't see many XP users upgrading... why bother, XP works just fine.

[shellcodes_coder]

viruses love xp so that's why you should continue to use XP. On the other hand, both hackers and viruses hate Vista and 7 because it's tough, damn tough to break

[Inconnux]

Virus's love all Microsoft product. As long as they tie IE so closely to the OS their will be problems with Microsoft OS's

[sosowhat]

I thought this was about a Windows OS and nothing more but what appears to be the usual flame war of other Operating Systems. Good thing this forum is here so everyone can show how smart they are.

[ckh1272]

I agree. This has become nothing more than an OS monkey zoo with lots of pooh flinging!

[TimMyers]

*** is wrong with Vista?! Seriously, I think a lot of you are people that only deal with XP and have done so for too many years. Put on your big boy pants and actually try using Vista and 7. I've been using Vista with no problems. Let's hear some specifics people. Stop just saying "it's buggy." Like it or not, it's here. Deal with it and soon enough, you'll forget why you hated it.

And to add my two cents in about Snow Leopard - Service Pack! Why do we have to pay for version releases within 10.0? I don't understand that...

[Inconnux]

Vista is too damn slow. Even on modern hardware. My brand new laptop under Vista was benchmarked at half the speed of a 2yr old XP machine with lesser hardware (Fritz 10 benchmark). Sure it doesn't crash, but it is a DOG when it comes to performance.

1 = 1ghz P3

XP system = 7.9
Vista (unmodified after purchasing) = 3.4
Vista (8hr of tweaking and deleting crapware) = 3.9
Ubuntu 9.04 under wine (windows emulator) = 4.7

[TimMyers]

I can't type Double-U Tee Eff? Really CBS?

[ckh1272]

My nomination for the two most ignorant posters on here are "CrashPad63" and "The_Happy_Switcher". What in the (you know what) is holding you two back from participating in a meaningful discussion? I actually kind of look forward to playing around with Win7 myself in addition to my MacOS.

[lotty1234]

Windows vista is actually buggy, Trust me I tried It. Some software Doesnt work on vista this is why there doing windows 7 because they are starting fresh with no viruses and better security, Also Windows vista was actually a way for them to make money, They actually didnt take that long to make windows vista thats why its buggy, Im sure they will update it for better performance and use up less Ram And CPU, I wander why it uses more Ram and CPU then windows 7.