Linked by Adam S on Thu 10th Jul 2008 16:58 UTC
Gadgetzone.com has an interesting artcile on 20 things Windows 7 MUST include (their emphasis, not mine). They begin "Despite its enhanced security, improved CPU scheduler and excellent stability, it's still the flawed gem in many critics' eyes. But can Microsoft win back the XP crowd with its upcoming Windows 7 offering? The fact is, they have to." My Take: Not sure I agree with them all -- do home users really care about WinFS? -- but some, like home user licensing and simpler management of startup items would be really compelling features for upgraders.
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RE: How about 20 thing NOT to include
by ebasconp on Thu 10th Jul 2008 21:17
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3) Aero
Why not Aero? It is a nice UI, if the users want to have all the eye-candy Aero provides... good for them... [you can disable it if you do not like it]...
7) .NET Framework
Why not .NET framework? It is a good development/application platform and Microsoft promotes it.
RE[2]: How about 20 thing NOT to include
by tuaris on Thu 10th Jul 2008 21:21
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3) Aero
Why not Aero? It is a nice UI, if the users want to have all the eye-candy Aero provides... good for them... [you can disable it if you do not like it]...
Why not Aero? It is a nice UI, if the users want to have all the eye-candy Aero provides... good for them... [you can disable it if you do not like it]...
OK, I can understand liking Aero. I'm a minimalist, i like simple GUI's that don't eat up CPU.
But...
7) .NET Framework
Why not .NET framework? It is a good development/application platform and Microsoft promotes it.
Why not .NET framework? It is a good development/application platform and Microsoft promotes it.
Your being sarcastic? right?
Edited 2008-07-10 21:23 UTC
RE: How about 20 thing NOT to include
by Adam S on Thu 10th Jul 2008 22:29
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1) Product Activation
2) Windows genuine advantage
2) Windows genuine advantage
Right. Sounds good.
3) Aero
Why? You can turn it off. It's gotta have some sort of UI. Anyway, if you actually used Vista, it's really much nicer than Luna.
4) UAC
Definitely.
5) WMP
No problems here, if the DRM is actually gone. There has to be some media player out of the box. As much as I personally dislike WMP, what do you propose, they write a whole new tool? Isn't that what WMP11 basically is?
6) IE
Good, so 95% of the world won't have a way to download Firefox? Trust me, IE8 is shaping up to suck with CSS again, so IE is going to kill itself before anyone else kills it.
7) .NET Framework
Perfect! Now if I want to install any of the dozens of very useful Microsoft apps written in C#, I need 150 MB of .NET 1.1, 250MB of .NET 2, and 125 MB of .NET 3. All because I can't spare the half-gig of space on my 250GB hard drive.
8) DRM
I agree in general, but what part of DRM has actually had any effect on you while using Windows? For me, after 6 months on Vista, I haven't hit any limitations.
9) HDCP Support
10) Windows media center
11) Windows Deskbar
10) Windows media center
11) Windows Deskbar
Fine.
12) Windows Mail
Windows Mail is orders of magnitude better than OE if your mailbox has fewer than 25000 messages.
13) Windows Messenger
Is that even still included?
14) Silverlight
I don't install or run it, but everything I've seen and reviewed suggests Silverlight is easier to program, faster, and friendlier than Flash. I dont see how it's any worse than Flash, which is running on something like 97% of all PCs.
15) Windows Live
What is that? A generic name for nothing in particular? What IS included?
16) Windows Desktop Search
Disable-able.
17) Windows marketplace
Totally agree, but is that an app or just a link?
18) Windows Movie maker
Bill Gates agrees with you, but I don't know why it needs to go.
19) Windows Calendar
By that logic, Apple should remove iCal.
20) Windows Photo Gallery
That app is perfectly fine. It sucks compared to Picasa, but it still does as intended.
A lot more, but I did say only 20 for now.
You need "a lot more" to convince me. And trust me, I'm a Mac only guy outside of work.
RE: How about 20 thing NOT to include
by angelochoa on Thu 10th Jul 2008 22:35
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RE[2]: How about 20 thing NOT to include
by Phloptical on Thu 10th Jul 2008 23:13
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RE: How about 20 thing NOT to include
by godlkwrth on Sun 13th Jul 2008 17:30
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RE: How about 20 thing NOT to include
by Alleister on Sun 13th Jul 2008 22:55
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20 things not to include in Windows 7
1) Product Activation
2) Windows genuine advantage
3) Aero
4) UAC
5) WMP
6) IE
7) .NET Framework
8) DRM
9) HDCP Support
10) Windows media center
11) Windows Deskbar
12) Windows Mail
13) Windows Messenger
14) Silverlight
15) Windows Live
16) Windows Desktop Search
17) Windows marketplace
18) Windows Movie maker
19) Windows Calendar
20) Windows Photo Gallery
A lot more, but I did say only 20 for now.