Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 27th May 2008 13:08 UTC, submitted by stonyandcher
Windows In spite of (or, thanks to?) Windows Vista, a recent release and all, Windows 7 has been getting a lot attention all over the web - even in the non-tech mainstream and print media. Since Microsoft is holding its cards close, people try to get by on little droplets of information, side remarks by Microsoft employees, slip-of-the-tongues, and, of course, plain-old forgery. PC World thinks these screenshots come from a scheduled May 2008 Windows 7 build, but if you look at them with a little more attention to detail, you will easily spot they are - at best - random mockups from Microsoft, or, - most likely - fake.
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RE: Not ready for the desktop.
by gonzo on Tue 27th May 2008 21:15 UTC in reply to "Not ready for the desktop."
gonzo
Member since:
2005-11-10

Windows is not ready for the desktop.

LOL That must be the funniest comment ever.

Look pal, Windows is on the desktop.

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WereCatf Member since:
2006-02-15

LOL That must be the funniest comment ever.

Look pal, Windows is on the desktop.


It's just the same kind of pointless argument people say about Linux not being ready for the desktop either. Truth is, it is already on the desktop.

Although XP is ready for my desktop...Vista sure ain't :3

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sbergman27 Member since:
2005-07-24

Although XP is ready for my desktop...Vista sure ain't :3

I was watching a panel session from the collaboration summit the other day, and one of the PC vendors actually made a relative comparison of the percentage of units returned by the customer for various OSes which they offered. May have been Dell... but I can't remember for sure. Interestingly, the return rate for Linux units was in between that of XP and Vista. More people return PCs loaded with Microsoft's latest OS than return Linux units. Five years ago, I would have been shocked by such a statement. Today, I believe it and am not even particularly surprised. :-)

Edited 2008-05-27 21:44 UTC

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