Vista is not one MS' greatest OS', but it's no ME, either. It's not
THAT bad.

Re: "We won't know till 4Q09 or 1Q10 if W7 will be a success."

I have to disagree on that, I think we know the answer to this now. The
experience with the beta versions of W7 has been so overwhelmingly
positive ... and I mean across the board, by pretty much all reviewers
in pretty much all regards ... that it's safe to conclude that W7 will
be a success. As to compatibility issues, there will always be some of
those, but I think that more things will install under W7 than under
Vista, and that is "natively", but for W7 Business & Ultimate, the
option of "XP Mode" also exists.


Clay Abrams wrote:
> ggwillikers wrote:
>> AJL wrote:
>>> ggwillikers <noone@youknow.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> running [W7] beta rock solid for 4 months not a hitch, how bout that.
>>> That's a good sign. I was going to buy my new 17" laptop early with
>>> Vista installed and then get the free W7 upgrade. But after thinking
>>> about it awhile I believe I will wait and get it with W7 installed. It
>>> may save me a few upgrade headaches. Course if any fantastic laptop
>>> deals come along before then I may opt for the headaches... ;)
>> I get the impression that Microsoft is going to try to get Vista out of
>> the loop rather quickly. Hopefully the UPGRADE experience is an aesy
>> process.
> I look at Vista as another Windows ME. MSC made a huge mistake way back
> when with ME and did the same with Vista.
>
> We won't know till 4Q09 or 1Q10 if W7 will be a success.
>
> I played with a W7 Beta and some of my old favorite applications would
> not install. If this is the norm on GA code MSC may be creating another
> ME/Vista once again.
>
> It's bad enough customers have to buy the same old Windows OS over and
> over again, but if they have to do the same with application software
> they will not be happy.
>
> This is why I run Linux 99% of the time on all my hardware.