Walt Mossberg giving Windows 7 'thumbs up'

[fpbecker]

Walt Mossberg giving Windows 7 'thumbs up' in a review. I expect to see pigs flying by my window any time now...

 

[MadGoat]

I still will fart in the general direction of windows and piss on it at any chance I get.

 

[Maccin475]

I thought it was a pretty objective review, Mossberg is rarely biased. Still, I have yet to see the results with my own eyes. Getting an upgrade eventually.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

It's a very worthy successor to XP, and runs like a camp.

 

[aristobrat]

I just switched my work admin machine from XP to Win 7 and I like it a lot. I found myself agreeing with most of the points in his review.

Hopefully this ups the ante and we'll see cooler stuff more quickly from Apple!

 

[mkrishnan]

It's a very worthy successor to XP, and runs like a camp.

What kind of camp exactly? I've seen well-run camps and poorly run ones. 😉

I however am in the camp that if Microsoft can make a better OS than prior iterations of Windows, more power to them.

 

[balamw]

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It's a very worthy successor to XP, and runs like a camp.

What kind of camp exactly?

Boot camp of course!



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[Consultant]

You forgot something...

"I still give the Mac OS a slight edge because it has a much easier
and cheaper upgrade path; more built-in software programs; and far less
vulnerability to viruses and other malicious software, which are
overwhelmingly built to run on Windows."

- Walt Mossberg

 

[Eidorian]

Windows Media Center is addicting. ;_;

 

[Voidness]

Windows 7 is nice. However, if you take into consideration all the bloatware installed by OEMs, Windows 7 won't seem all that good. Unfortunately, a bloatware-ridden Windows 7 is what most users are going to experience.

 

[Eidorian]

Windows 7 is nice. However, if you take into consideration all the bloatware installed by OEMs, Windows 7 won't seem all that good. Unfortunately, a bloatware-ridden Windows 7 is what most users are going to experience.

When was the last time you bought a Windows based computer?

 

[Voidness]

When was the last time you bought a Windows based computer?

Less than a year ago, a fairly decent HP notebook. It just had too much bloatware on it to the point where it was barely useable. A clean install of Windows Vista solved everything.

 

[Eidorian]

Less than a year ago, a fairly decent HP notebook. It just had too much bloatware on it to the point where it was barely useable. A clean install of Windows Vista solved everything.

I've stuck to Dells lately. HP still likes to pile on the bloatware for some reason.

The last lot of Dells I ordered only came with Adobe Acrobat Reader and the Dell Dock installed.

 

[Voidness]

I've stuck to Dells lately. HP still likes to pile on the bloatware for some reason.

The last lot of Dells I ordered only came with Adobe Acrobat Reader and the Dell Dock installed.

That's good to hear. 🙂 I wish more manufacturers would follow this trend, because I really think a lot of the bad Vista reputation is due to having too much bloatware on less than capable PCs.

 

[Eidorian]

That's good to hear. 🙂 I wish more manufacturers would follow this trend, because I really think a lot of the bad Vista reputation is due to having too much bloatware on less than capable PCs.

Yeah they were the really cheap Inspiron 546 models as well. 😱

Under $300 a pop since we had monitors. They were replacing Pentium 4 machines from 2003.