Windows 7's Media Hype Having the Opposite Effect As Vista's 864
Death Metal Maniac tips an Ars Technica piece suggesting that the media's coverage of Vista's flaws portrayed the operating system as worse than it was, and, if early reports on Windows 7 are any indication, positive hype will create the opposite reaction this time around. Quoting: "... the problem is exaggeration; ... bloggers and journalists alike use their personal experiences to prove their point in their writing. The blame doesn't solely lie with us, as Vista was by no means perfect, but we did manage to amplify the problems beyond reason. And if the beta is anything to go by, Windows 7 is going to fly. This is, by far, the best beta operating system the software giant has ever released. The media has locked on to this, and is using exaggeration already, before Windows 7 is even ready for prime time." Apparently a decent beta can succeed where $300 million and Jerry Seinfeld failed.
Re:Hookay... damage control? Paid by MS? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Well (Score:5, Funny)
And pray-tell, what real benefits are those?
Vista's Freecell is fully horizontally resizable. I've been waiting 15 years for that feature, if that isn't worth the upgrade I don't know what is.
Damning with faint praise (Score:3, Funny)
This is, by far, the best beta operating system the software giant has ever released.
Is that the best that can be said about it?
Re:Well (Score:5, Funny)
There is a 64 bot Windows XP but they have stopped supporting it.
I wouldn't want to support a Windows install with that many bots either!
it uses more than 4GB RAM just fine.
Why does this not suprise me? Bots are hardly memory-efficient.
Re:Why Not as Fast as XP? (Score:2, Funny)
"Windows 7 is literally putting lipstick on a pig!"
I don't think "literally" means what you think it means.
Best beta ever? (Score:5, Funny)
Please... (Score:5, Funny)
Sounds like this OS is right up my alley!
We like to keep a modicum of decency in these forums, what you do in the privacy of your own home is your own business.
Re:Please... (Score:4, Funny)
We like to keep a modicum of decency in these forums
You must be new here...
Re:poor reasoning (Score:5, Funny)
That sounds exciting. Does that involve you fighting Ubuntu, or is it Ubuntu versus Windows to decide which gets to load?
Re:Hookay... damage control? Paid by MS? (Score:5, Funny)
5 - The only view I ever want to use in Explorer is Details.
LIES!! You've got at least one folder that uses thumbnails view. We all do...
Re:Hookay... damage control? Paid by MS? (Score:3, Funny)
The innards of Calc - the arithmetic engine
Oh my god. Rewriting the "arithmetic engine" must have been such a HUGE undertaking.
I mean, changing the calculation library for, what, 30 functions???!
I can't believe that they wasn't praised by EVERYONE!
Instead, everybody opted to just view it as a bug fix and not the mammoth achievement, never before attempted, that it was. :-)
Those darned ungrateful users.
Re:Hookay... damage control? Paid by MS? (Score:1, Funny)
Let me summarize your statements:
1 - It does something slightly different than XP and I refuse to figure out how to do it in vista.
2 - Actual problem being worked on by microsoft.
3 - It does something slightly different than XP and I refuse to figure out how to do it in vista.
4 - It does something slightly different than XP and I refuse to figure out how to do it in vista.
5 - It does something slightly different than XP and I refuse to figure out how to do it in vista.
6 - No change from XP but I'm holding it to higher standards.
7 - It's bogged down with DRM.
8 - Support for new hardware/technology required changes that broke some older stuff temporarily. It now works fine again but I'll complain about this for years to come.
9 - It won't automatically install viruses like XP did for me, I WANT VIRUSES. (Seriously why is this such a major problem, Mac and Linux now do the exact same thing - possibly more often - when changes are being done to the system).
10 - It does something slightly different than XP and I refuse to figure out how to do it in vista.
11 - It won't automatically install viruses like XP did for me, I WANT VIRUSES.
12 - It does something slightly different than XP and I refuse to figure out how to do it in vista.