Comments on: Why Windows 7 Will Save Microsoft

By: Porque o Windows 7 salvará a Microsoft « Tudo Sobre Internet

Porque o Windows 7 salvará a Microsoft « Tudo Sobre Internet — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:38:29 +0000

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By: Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:02:36 +0000

So, let me understand. These features will save windows and beat snow leopard.

1. Animated startup screen. Hmmmm, this always made my work day better. I guess if you see your startup screen 20 times a day this is important. Does anyone rememer what ours looks like???
2. Federated search (spotlight) over a network (spotlight)
3. New views. A stacked view(stacks & smart folders) coverflow. Hmmmm
4. Aero shake. I guess this is a shaky window? I can’t see how I ever lived without that.
5. Homegroups (bonjour and sidebar) makes networking super easy (though you can only do it at setup, and can’t be on a business network or 5 other caveats I saw from a beta install and need to know another password)

By: Yves

Yves — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:29:05 +0000

I would really like to see a new and performant I/O scheduler in Windows, finally. The one in Windows XP breaks down if it needs to do two things at a time, or if I/O and CPU usage are concurrent. Vista doesn’t seem any better to me. Linux seems to perform a lot better in this regard, for a long time. At least my Linux-based web server never lets me feel its I/O load, no matter what I’m doing with it (like crawling hundreds of MB of compressed log files). That’s why I can only recommend Linux for a (file) server, never Windows. I don’t need federated search (I have organisation to find my stuff) or a stacking view in a file manager that I’m likely not going to use again (there’s more efficient alternatives). I need power at the core, it must run efficient not beautiful alone.

Let’s see whether Windows 7 can improve the situation here. If not (that would be 2 failed OS in a row), I have my doubts that Windows will remain the most-deployed OS in the long run. Linux has greatly improved while Microsoft was in hibernate mode, and it’s making its way onto the desktop.

By: VerM

VerM — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:11:27 +0000

I think its not financial that concerns Microsoft but its reputation as leader in desktop computing technology…

By: Loyen

Loyen — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:53:21 +0000

Spot on, dude!

I’ve played games on Windows 7 (steam games) and they work really nice (I play in window mode) and even though using the Aero theme might take away a lot of power, I never notice it, I run my settings in game like theones I used on XP, and it works a lot better on Win7 Beta actually!

By: Sarin Na Wangkanai

Sarin Na Wangkanai — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:52:12 +0000

I like your post, i for one don’t think of going to Vista because of the stabeness of the system. also the visual effect that 7 give you.

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:27:52 +0000

Although someone has already pointed out that many of the improvements are simply eye candy. I believe this is key to Microsoft’s success in the future. Look at how Apple turned around their company with design and usability with first the iPod and now the iPhone. Microsoft have recognised this and realized that it’s those little things that look better and feel better that will win people over.

By: Defkon1

Defkon1 — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:20:56 +0000

what about stability and performance (the main problems of Vista)?

By: Dave Ward

Dave Ward — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:24:27 +0000

The stacking view is already in Vista’s explorer.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:50:21 +0000

Not disputing your main premise, but Microsoft hardly needs saving. They have so many streams of income. This doesn’t mean they don’t have problems, but they constantly “surprise” the market. MS is one of the surest bets in today’s economy.