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It's experience, not fear.
Most of the posters here are experienced programmers or systems people--they've seen old tech disguised as new tech before. I grant that UI improvements are vital to the success of Win 7, but I don't think that the changes I've seen thus far constitute some kind of quantum leap on the UI front. Behind the scenes, Win 7 is still Vista which is still old Windows Server code with the Vista panic-borne GUI pasted on. (It's panic-borne, remember, because the original Vista project failed: the original project manager Allchin got fired, then Win 2003 Server was hauled off the shelf in the middle of the night as the original code got scrapped.) Vista still has more bugs than a termite mound (I get a 'Not Responding' error every four hours on average...not so on Ubuntu.)

Want proof? Try Leopard or Ubuntu 8.10 out in earnest on a decent machine. Then compare and contrast with Win 7, Vista, and XP.
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Congratulations!  Real World | 11/18/08
Thanks  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 11/18/08
Hi, I like my Vista and Other OS Systems  Sonyia | 12/02/08
RE: Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)  steve@... | 11/18/08
More user friendly...drives are ordered by letter, not name  Fred Fredrickson | 11/19/08
I disagree  UsersRevil | 11/24/08
Show Drive Letters (NT)  logicearth@... | 12/01/08
Windows 7  indrasarkar | 11/18/08
Exactly right.  pccoder28@... | 11/19/08
Best kept secrets...  UsersRevil | 11/24/08
Dont know Windows very well  bklooste | 12/02/08
Windows 7 out of date ?  The Management consultant | 12/02/08
Windows 7  moberlander | 12/02/08
RE: Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)  dakota863 | 11/18/08
Hi, Vista  Sonyia | 12/02/08
faster?  mrdt | 12/03/08
FUD? -nt  woongbin@... | 12/09/08
RE: Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)  uptechi@... | 11/18/08
Thinking  pokendeye@... | 11/18/08
Crash and Intruder PROOF I can agree  Sonyia | 12/02/08
RE: Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)  Ken_SF | 11/18/08
Now I can agree with you on UPGRADES  Sonyia | 12/02/08
RE: Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)  IBKrusty | 11/18/08
THE SEARCH FEATURE == RIPOFF OF TRACKER!!  ardnivar | 11/18/08
"Search Feature" Can't be a ripoff of Linux  gypkap@... | 11/18/08
"Search Feature" is a ripoff of Linux  Dakota Duce | 11/18/08
Oh, great grammar master  Real World | 11/18/08
Irregardless?????  bigjohnt@... | 12/02/08
No, they didn't.  UsersRevil | 11/24/08
How do you rip off basic search functionality? (NT)  logicearth@... | 11/19/08
NEW?  brucewilliamporter@... | 11/18/08
It seems that the vast majority of replies...  Qbt | 11/18/08
I guess....  todbran@... | 11/18/08
And your made up figures are more accurate?  UsersRevil | 11/24/08
It's experience, not fear.  pccoder28@... | 11/19/08
Ubuntu??  bigjohnt@... | 12/02/08
RE: Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)  wizardgdog@... | 11/18/08
Pricing Now you ARE TALKING Thx  Sonyia | 12/02/08
Windows is Going the way of the ZIP,CPM,5"floppy  support@... | 11/18/08
Um...  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 11/18/08
I play WAR game using Vista and LOVE it happy  Sonyia | 12/02/08
RE: Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)  techfix | 11/18/08
RE: Tired of whiners!!!  thetigger | 11/18/08
You tell them, I am with you we love VISTA  Sonyia | 12/02/08
RE: Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)  atari8bit@... | 11/18/08
I agree with you, I'm not scared eighter, GAMES ...  Sonyia | 12/02/08
RE: Never make deep dives in shallow holes  pokendeye@... | 11/18/08
Don't confuse UI with OS!  pccoder28@... | 11/19/08
Well I have never heard of UI ... OS is all I have ever known  Sonyia | 12/02/08
RE: New policies make UAC less annoying  Pharaoh36706 | 11/19/08
Only applies to Enterprise/Ultimate?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 11/19/08
RE: Organized options for Windows Defender  Pharaoh36706 | 11/19/08
You can completely disable Defender  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 11/19/08
What, are looks everything to you....?  Raid6 | 11/19/08
good luck w/the book!  catseverywhere@... | 11/20/08
RE: Simplified wireless networking (A deep dive into Windows 7)  dyingkiller56 | 01/09/09

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