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probably makes Windows hard to build and test. Also, unlike OS X, businesses actually depend on Windows to get real business done. There is a whole lot of stuff to get right. This also makes the creation of Windows a giant and unwieldy project.

It also all about Vista - how it wasn't as bad as some said and making up for the echo chamber's piling on and about getting out ahead of the inevitable ABM response, such as the zillions of Apple dollars ready to pounce as soon as 7 really gets out.

I bet you anything the final verdict of history will show that 7 was simply a more polished version of Vista and that Vista wasn't so bad and 7 wasn't so great. The real story here is about how Internet journalism can be such a closed and inaccurate system when it is supposed to be the opposite of that.

To the extent that 7 really is better than Vista clearly MS has felt the pressure from eroding market share and from all the criticism this is a good thing.
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I disagree.  ShadeTree | 05/18/09
Come on, Joe Sixpack does not read or care about what techies are writing.  DonnieBoy | 05/18/09
oh yes they do!  eggmanbubbagee@... | 05/18/09
For once.....  Badgered | 05/18/09
Also...  slaskoske | 05/19/09
And if you were to ask them why they couldn't tell you.  ye | 05/18/09
They have no problem telling me why...  i8thecat | 06/04/09
Are you sure  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 06/08/09
Agree  Axsimulate | 05/18/09
There's a phrase for this. . .  JLHenry | 05/18/09
Is it an HP?  JoeMama_z | 05/18/09
Huh  rbettencourt@... | 05/19/09
sigh....  JoeMama_z | 05/19/09
No Way  rbettencourt@... | 05/19/09
Here you go:  wolf_z | 05/20/09
OK Thanks for the link  rbettencourt@... | 05/20/09
You are crazey to think that Lowering Video settings can't slow a PC down.  Ez_Customs | 06/07/09
I have...  fairportfan | 05/19/09
If you load Linux MINT...  User07734 | 05/19/09
And...  fairportfan | 05/19/09
And And  Northlite | 05/20/09
Depends.  SpikeyMike | 05/27/09
Ah... Well....  Jkirk3279 | 05/20/09
Odd Analogy  Legal_Beagle | 05/19/09
@Legal_Beagle  Axsimulate | 05/19/09
Consumer Reports' advice...  fairportfan | 05/19/09
Consumer Reports  Jkirk3279 | 05/20/09
bs !  pcguy777 | 05/19/09
Exactly...  Dave32265 | 05/19/09
Yeah  TranMan | 05/19/09
Vista RTM was bad.  I am Gorby | 05/19/09
Really?  flboffin | 06/01/09
Oh Come on Donnie... Quit being at TARD...  Wolfie2K3 | 05/20/09
The Mojave Experiment was a fraud.  i8thecat | 06/04/09
Re: The Mojave Experiment was a fraud.  rkinne01 | 06/06/09
Windows Vista is NOT all that good  pdef@... | 06/04/09
The public at large does not have a benchmark  Michael Kelly | 05/18/09
The non tech public...  storm14k | 05/18/09
Yeah right  Richard Flude | 05/18/09
Bad rap?  pdef@... | 06/04/09
The Christ complex  Kaiwai | 05/18/09
roflmao  jdbukis@... | 05/19/09
massive backwards compatibility  eggmanbubbagee@... | 05/18/09
No, Vista will go down in history as another Window ME. Your argument that  DonnieBoy | 05/18/09
re: Another Windows ME  Badgered | 05/18/09
@Badgered  Axsimulate | 05/18/09
re: Doesn't matter...  Badgered | 05/18/09
@Badgered  Axsimulate | 05/18/09
Remember the old saying "The first impression is a lasting impressing"  GAXXIS | 05/19/09
GAXXIS:  fairportfan | 05/19/09
The problem is...  Wolfie2K3 | 06/01/09
In defense of Vista  daengbo | 05/19/09
I agree ... but  flboffin | 06/01/09
Very true... In fact, ME didn't really deserve half the negatives it got.  Wolfie2K3 | 06/01/09
Strange argument from a Linux fan  Tiggster | 05/18/09
Vista really was a nightmare, driver problems, used a lot of memory and CPU  DonnieBoy | 05/18/09
DonnieBoy trying out or owning a Vista machine is pure fantasy....  transposeIT | 05/18/09
@eggmanbubbagee  Axsimulate | 05/18/09
Microsoft has never done this with anything before  Randalllind | 05/18/09
True, but, they still will NOT be able to match the excitement of Win95.  DonnieBoy | 05/18/09
....  Badgered | 05/18/09
Your forgetting windows 2000  pcguy777 | 05/19/09
No  fairportfan | 05/19/09
Win95 was awesome cause...  Randalllind | 05/18/09
Not just Windows  Tiggster | 05/18/09
Sooner or later, there will be a new OS that is just as exciting as Win95  DonnieBoy | 05/18/09
Too many 'fresh faces' that are afraid of anything  User07734 | 05/19/09
Speaking as someone...  fairportfan | 05/19/09
Look for massive adoption of Windows 7. The fact that XP is getting so old,  DonnieBoy | 05/18/09
but Windows 7 IS Vista by another name  eggmanbubbagee@... | 05/18/09
And, that does not change the fact that Vista was a horrible mistake.  DonnieBoy | 05/18/09
Vista was just release to save face and that face got slap  Randalllind | 05/18/09
You are, of course...  fairportfan | 05/19/09
Hardware requirements are a red herring  mwagner@... | 06/05/09
Keep one thing in mind before making final judgment  Michael Kelly | 05/18/09
Here here! ..and  dfolk2 | 06/04/09
No.. Windows ME is the most secure.  i8thecat | 06/04/09
Nothing impressive about Windows 7.  ye | 05/18/09
Win7 is impressive, but...  DevStar | 05/18/09
New leadership  Tiggster | 05/18/09
Refined Vista perhaps but  timiteh | 05/18/09
What was the point of your reply to my post?  ye | 05/18/09
The point of my post  timiteh | 05/18/09
My post implied no such thing.  ye | 05/18/09
There are already kites flying...  zkiwi | 05/19/09
lukewarm to vista however...  g-ssg | 06/01/09
just better PR!  Linux Geek | 05/18/09
Wrong...  DevStar | 05/18/09
Thats not what Ye just said...  storm14k | 05/18/09
Trolling?  EarFix | 05/22/09
It means that ...  johnfenjackson@... | 05/18/09
If you mean what you say, why are you ...  mwagner@... | 06/05/09
It means people are pulling for Microsoft.  bran.murray | 05/18/09
So far so good, but... That Task bar is the PITS!  BitTwiddler | 05/18/09
Out to Lunch.  ShadeTree | 05/18/09
No,smart alec...  BitTwiddler | 05/18/09
no sleep/hib issue here...  g-ssg | 06/01/09
Idiots: They're everywhere  Kaiwai | 05/18/09
All those options can be changed ...  mwagner@... | 06/05/09
Bug report?  DevStar | 05/18/09
The english here is terrible.  Socratesfoot | 05/18/09
Nobody forced you to read it, professor.  James T. Kirk | 05/19/09
Blogs aren't term papers, Professor  ThePrairiePrankster | 05/20/09
And no, you couldn't even get what the article was about correct  Cayble | 06/01/09
I AGREE!  ChodaBoy | 06/01/09
Upgrade UAC prompt  johnfenjackson@... | 05/18/09
of ocurse it does  jdbukis@... | 05/19/09
Yes it's good. Hardly a revelation, given the time taken over Vista.  Custard_over_2x_Pie | 05/18/09
& Just what have they failed to deliver?  pcguy777 | 05/19/09
Can I ask without starting a flame war.  TripleII | 05/18/09
It would rate between Vista and where it currently is.  ye | 05/18/09
Assuming the driver support was there.  TripleII | 05/18/09
Even given that assumption  Michael Kelly | 05/18/09
Windows 7's hardware requirements are an improvement over Vista.  ye | 05/18/09
I'm That Kind of User  fasthair | 05/18/09
I never...  fairportfan | 05/19/09
OSX updates  aep528 | 05/18/09
Windows 7 == Vista SP2  sismoc | 05/18/09
blah blah blah.....  JoeMama_z | 05/18/09
what planet are you from  Aussie_Troll | 05/18/09
It would help...  fairportfan | 05/19/09
It's Vista done right  Zathros | 05/18/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  moonsblade | 05/18/09
Great article title  Yensi717 | 05/18/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  gertruded | 05/18/09
Your tin foil hat is slipping.  Sleeper Service | 05/18/09
The shills are fast.  gertruded | 05/18/09
fact?  JoeMama_z | 05/18/09
Well...  zkiwi | 05/19/09
so does....  JoeMama_z | 05/19/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  MoeFugger | 05/18/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  toolman30044 | 05/18/09
What's Adrian been smoking lately?  JoeMama_z | 05/18/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  Selvarin | 05/18/09
Well, the EC then would come up with a new case to sue Microsoft with...  transposeIT | 05/18/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  Bengt | 05/19/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  Nookhoek | 05/19/09
W7's good because Vista was good.  Narg | 05/19/09
Vista will go the same way 2000 did.  pcguy777 | 05/19/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  robbackus | 05/19/09
The comparison between Windows & MacOS/Linux isn't valid.  sframberger@... | 05/19/09
don't forget this is basically an enhanced vista  po_134@... | 05/20/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  kestrel4565 | 05/20/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  kestrel4565 | 05/20/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  kestrel4565 | 05/20/09
Waiting for something better than OS/2  stenman@... | 05/26/09
Heh, kinda funny  Breetai | 06/01/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  bearlyworking | 06/01/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  MSITOK | 06/01/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  dogmo1001 | 06/01/09
Lower Expectations  n0oeg | 06/01/09
W7 is NOT that good yet  Gradius2 | 06/01/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  dch1969 | 06/01/09
Adrian's Anti-Windows 7 campain...  Narg | 06/01/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  LeeC | 06/01/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  Peter Perry | 06/01/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  dfumagalli@... | 06/02/09
Vista was bad...that is all  Dtwohig@... | 06/02/09
Hogwash!  flboffin | 06/02/09
Windows 7 may be good, but.............  TonyOz | 06/04/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  NeoZon@... | 06/04/09
This R/C Is Better, R/C Vista Btreaka 'ur System....  VONDRASHEK@... | 06/04/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  ramnet@... | 06/04/09
Does it matter except for new hardware?  richard233 | 06/04/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  techdeuce.com | 06/04/09
Win7 is Vista SP2  slacker400 | 06/04/09
No, it's not!  mwagner@... | 06/05/09
Pffft!  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 06/08/09
Why is everyone so hung up over Service Packs?  sframberger@... | 06/04/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  Bilmekanikeren | 06/04/09
RE: What does it mean that we surprised that Windows 7 is so good?  carlco | 06/05/09
Now Adrian, you should know better ...  mwagner@... | 06/05/09
Two Words  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 06/08/09

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