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   #6. Posted at 05:58 PM on Jan 28th 2008 Edit   Reply
Vrock
Well, that sucks. I was hoping to skip Vista. *sigh*
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#6, Don't worry, you can SKIP Vista, just try Mac Os X. Moreover,...  :  bozzunter  (#7)  «
#7, Whatever you say.  :  alex666  (#9)  «
#7, I have, and unfortunately, I love it! I just cant use it ...  :  albundy  (#10)  «
#7, Macs can't right click  :  zqw  (#20)  «
#20, Lol, lost in the past are we?  :  Kharnellius  (#25)  «
#20, Ignorance truly is bliss.  :  PerfectCr  (#34)  «
#7, Tried OSX. Couldn't play any of the games I wanted. Mac OS...  :  Sargent Duck  (#23)  «
#23, To see Mac Os facing the same hurdles of Windows just ...  :  bozzunter  (#35)  «
#7, There isn't a year of technological gap, let alone 10. Peo...  :  Meadows  (#26)  «
#7, Then you have to use the locked down hardware platform. N...  :  srg86  (#28)  «
#28, I'm running OSX, WinXP, Linux, and a spot for Vista if...  :  DrCR  (#40)  «
#6, Why do you want to skip Vista? It is not like the plague or y...  :  Krogoth  (#8)  «
#8, 3.5 GB, actually, even with a 768MB GF8.  :  swaaye  (#12)  «
#12, It's really going to depend on the motherboard and vid...  :  thecoldanddarkone  (#14)  «
#12, Actually, it's 3.25GB minus any other PCI devices when...  :  Forge  (#17)  «
#6, Businesses have been known to skip OS generations, I have se...  :  Flying Fox  (#11)  «
#11, It's going to be interesting what happens when 2k extende...  :  Ethyriel  (#13)  «
#13, A lot of companies that are on 2000 have been buying X...  :  SGT Lindy  (#18)  «
#6, Get a console for games or go Linux. I know. Unrealistic.  :  My Johnson  (#30)  «

   #39. Posted at 02:23 PM on Jan 30th 2008 Edit   Reply
deinabog
I didn't think it'd be coming out so soon. Hopefully this will force Microsoft to put some spit and polish on Vista in the meantime.
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   #38. Posted at 03:05 PM on Jan 29th 2008 Edit   Reply
nonegatives
With SP3 coming "Real Soon Now" for XP, I can wait a few more years before "up"grading my OS.
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   #31. Posted at 08:38 AM on Jan 29th 2008 Edit   Reply
Mavrick88
And nothing bad was ever said about Windows XP? HA! I don't care what OS you are, what company it's from, any new OS will get slammed until it's "completely" ridded of bugs, security issues, and there are available drivers for at LEAST 95% of hardware out there.

Remember, all the same exact stuff was said about Windows XP when it came out. You might as well copy/pasted all the forums about XP and just change the title to Vista; I guarantee you'll see the same stuff about "Windows 7."

Again if you want to see the future, Copy/Paste all current forums/posts/topics of Windows Vista, and you'll see exactly what Windows 7's issues will be. (Give or take a few issues).
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#31, Server 2003, I had few complaints upon release.  :  indeego  (#36)  «
#36, That is because XP was the beta test for it. ;)  :  Krogoth  (#37)  «

   #19. Posted at 09:39 PM on Jan 28th 2008 Edit   Reply
SGT Lindy
http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/archives/2008/01/infoworlds_oth...

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Has-Microsoft-Disavowed-Vista/

No love from Vista anywhere. Windows 7 is their comback kid...so they hope.
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#19, Geez, more sensational FUD. >_< I think most of the problem i...  :  Krogoth  (#21)  «
#21, All true. But it does not change the fact that Vista cant...  :  SGT Lindy  (#29)  «
#21, I actually liked Windows Me  :  Xenolith  (#33)  «

   #32. Posted at 09:01 AM on Jan 29th 2008 Edit   Reply
herothezero
No love from Vista anywhere. Windows 7 is their comback kid...so they hope.

You were expecting something else from the doom-and-gloom, Microsoft-is-dying-a-cancerous-death, Linux ueber Alles, Stevie Nichols? I know Vista's had bad press because of all the reasons Krogoth outlined, but this guy masturbates to a penguin poster in his mom's basement. His "articles" should be labeled as opinions.

Furthermore, where does this incessant need to produce new OSes every 18 or 36 months come from? Where is the consumer demand--at any level--for this type of product churn? Frankly, I was very happy with the run XP has had (and continues to have in many environments). I don't think five years is an unreasonable lifespan for an OS, and I don't want M$ to take on Apple's $129 Service Packs business model.
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   #27. Posted at 02:52 AM on Jan 29th 2008 Edit   Reply
Austin
;o0 Come on really, what did you expect them to say? They don't want to hurt Vista uptake, it may be cool to bash Vista but people do have a point, it isn't a good OS by a long shot. If you're buying a new PC or running Win9x/ME then Vista can make sense but for the vast majority on 2000/XP there's no reason at all to upgrade. Let the driver base mature and use the next version of Windows, if that means waiting until 2011 that's fine but I doubt it really will myself.
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   #24. Posted at 12:04 AM on Jan 29th 2008 Edit   Reply
odizzido
As long as all the programs/games I want to run on my comp work fine in XP they can take till 2050 to release something new for all I care.
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   #22. Posted at 10:34 PM on Jan 28th 2008 Edit   Reply
gat0rjay
"We are currently in the planning stages for Windows 7 and expect it will take approximately 3 years to develop. The specific release date will be determined once the company meets its quality bar for release."

What they fail to mention is that the planning stages began back in 2006...
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   #16. Posted at 07:46 PM on Jan 28th 2008 Edit   Reply
DASQ
That's an indirect and purely relative statement, 'take 3 years to develop'.

Who says they didn't start two years ago? 'Planning stages' means little, if they really are basing it on parts of Vista itself, they can be planning through the entire process of development.
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   #15. Posted at 07:16 PM on Jan 28th 2008 Edit   Reply
StashTheVampede
We'll see a refresh of Vista before Windows 7, lets be honest. Microsoft took the NT5 kernel and turned out several releases: Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003.

Kernels and driver models take a LOOONG time to test and develop for -- MS wouldn't want to toss out how much it learned and gained with Vista so ... quickly (for financial reasons).

Windows 2008 server is already benefiting from the Vista kernel, so we'd really see one more refresh before a potential suitor to Vista's NT6 kernel.
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   #1. Posted at 05:22 PM on Jan 28th 2008 Edit   Reply
dropshadow
i'm sure there is a collective gasp of shock from this news...
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#1, not really no...i was thinking 2009 was too blardy soon for ...  :  ReAp3r-G  (#4)  «
#1, This changes everything !  :  indeego  (#5)  «

   #3. Posted at 05:40 PM on Jan 28th 2008 Edit   Reply
cygnus1
I call BS on this whole Windows 7 release rumor crap.

What the next client/home version of windows will look like may be in planning, but it's not the only Windows 7. People are very confused about what Windows 7 is. Windows 7 is also the project developing the next kernel and core OS parts, and its development is already underway. Hell, it's already been demo'ed.

Microsoft has commented that they want to expedite the release cycle of their OS products and they're starting that trend with the server side of things i'm sure. But whoever came up with the 2009 crap is bonkers. I still see 2010 as the earliest anything including Windows 7 tech will be RTM'ed.
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   #2. Posted at 05:35 PM on Jan 28th 2008 Edit   Reply
Nitrodist
2011 is early.
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