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I will never ever understand all the hate for Vista. Excusing the annoyance of UAC, it is their best effort yet. Not without problems. Not without missing fea

by seekely 17y ago

I will never ever understand all the hate for Vista. Excusing the annoyance of UAC, it is their best effort yet. Not without problems. Not without missing features when compared to your favorite OS. Not an incarnation of a perfect OS by an ideal company. But certainly a very functional and reliable product. Maybe my dataset is just too small. Though, Microsoft just can't do anything right by techies anymore. A comparison to ME? Really? Such fanatical hate.

sounddust 17y ago
Agreed. And even if you do have some valid reason to hate Vista, I think most people can agree that Windows 7 is a vast improvement. The author of this article, however, claims that Microsoft is intentionally leaking info to sympathizers to hide its flaws: "Microsoft is conducting a very carefully crafted PR campaign to make Windows 7 seem less broken than the Broken OS". What BS! Does he not know that the Beta and RC are publicly available to anyone who wants to download it? Of course it shouldn't be a surprise that the article is flamebait considering its source. theinquirer.net should be on the HN auto ban list, in my opinion. When have they ever reported on anything without trying to incite people in the process?
- agola 17y ago
  "Does he not know that the Beta and RC are publicly available to anyone who wants to download it?" That's essentially true, although in the interests of strict accuracy (for people like me who recently went looking to download it), there aren't any versions currently available for download: the Beta hasn't been available for weeks, and the RC won't be posted until May 5th. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx "We're sorry, Windows 7 Beta downloads are no longer available. If you've got a copy of the Beta and need a key, here's where to look...The Windows 7 RC will be available May 5, and you'll be able to download it from this site through July."

by seekely 17y ago

sounddust 17y ago

Agreed. And even if you do have some valid reason to hate Vista, I think most people can agree that Windows 7 is a vast improvement. The author of this article, however, claims that Microsoft is intentionally leaking info to sympathizers to hide its flaws: "Microsoft is conducting a very carefully crafted PR campaign to make Windows 7 seem less broken than the Broken OS". What BS! Does he not know that the Beta and RC are publicly available to anyone who wants to download it? Of course it shouldn't be a surprise that the article is flamebait considering its source. theinquirer.net should be on the HN auto ban list, in my opinion. When have they ever reported on anything without trying to incite people in the process?

agola 17y ago
"Does he not know that the Beta and RC are publicly available to anyone who wants to download it?" That's essentially true, although in the interests of strict accuracy (for people like me who recently went looking to download it), there aren't any versions currently available for download: the Beta hasn't been available for weeks, and the RC won't be posted until May 5th. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx "We're sorry, Windows 7 Beta downloads are no longer available. If you've got a copy of the Beta and need a key, here's where to look...The Windows 7 RC will be available May 5, and you'll be able to download it from this site through July."