Windows 7 is not worth talking about

I was so disappointed after hearing so much talk about windows 7 and then experiencing it myself and finding out that it is xp + vista + some changes.

Windows 7 is looking ok. For me it is still to cluttered, the user experience is still not easy enough. The programs and even media center look like 2003. The ribbon for wordpad is 2007.

In the keynote of teched 2009 they said they cannot change to much or you won't be able to recognize and use it. Maybe it should be completely different and mind boggling.

Office 2007 was a nice enjoyable user interface upgrade. I liked most of it and was happy that it was kind of a breakthrough. But Vista and Windows 7, forget it. Stick to windows xp and install the ui extensions and youre all set for the next 4 years!!!!

Don't invest into Windows 7. Use it if you get it for free. Me, I would always love to work with the newest technology and I used Vista since mid november 2007 (after the beta etc.). I appreciate the group policy things, I  appreciate a bit a modernization but it should be a revolution now.


Mac OS X is the much better end user experience. It lacks a ton of things but what you get it what you can use (60% functionality there). With Windows I get 85% functionality but I have to install or use 15 additional programs and they don't reall interoperate that well.

So to hell with Windows 7 for now. Let's see if they have something else in petto.


I use now a new MacBook with 10.5.7 and VMWARE Fusion with XP, Vista and Windows 7 in unity mode and I'll love it. I get 90% functionality out of this and Apple and Microsoft is happy or should be since I have to have all licenses from both.

MSI Wind U120 mac os x

It was almost to good to be true but running osx on that little machine is the best thing ever.

Cost of Hardware SFr. 440.00, cost of Software SFr. 180.00. And I have complete OSX Netbook!

Nice.