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This guy has seemingly made a career out of being wrong about Windows. Here's a quote from one of his other articles, "I can't say that I've looked at Windows
by kenjackson 14y ago
This guy has seemingly made a career out of being wrong about Windows.
Here's a quote from one of his other articles, "I can't say that I've looked at Windows 7 nearly as closely as Kennedy has, but I've looked at Windows 7 enough to know that it's no real improvement on Vista."
It's too bad that "journalists" can be consistently wrong with impunity.
That said, based on his track record, Windows will probably have a bright future.
- aclevernickname 14y agorefresh our memories: how is Windows 7 a real improvement on Vista?
- RyanMcGreal 14y agoOff the top of my head: it boots faster, it operates faster, it's more stable, the interface is less bad (I hesitate to write "better"), and it dials down the panicky Cancel or Allow dialogs.
- Millennium 14y agoIf I recall correctly, it system requirements are actually lower than Windows 7's as well. Way to go against the grain. But that said, Windows 8's improvements are pretty much all under the hood: they're not user-facing. It's no wonder people don't see them, because the improvements are not designed to be seen. Unfortunately, that also means they can't really be marketed except in very niche scenarios.
- kabdib 14y agoThere's a lot of good stuff under the hood in Win8 (file system improvements, etc). Unfortunately, the Windows UI was taken over by zealots, and that never ends well. I think that Win8 could be saved if MS just published a few registry tweaks, combined with a checkbox saying that "No, I don't want to use Metro, ever." But it would require someone in upper management to admit they were wrong. They would get a bad review. Sadly, it's better to let customers go and let revenue slide than to admit that you were wrong, in a company like Microsoft.