Also, can anyone in their right mind tell me how is faster to drag windows around in order to maximize/restore and to have windows ONLY vertical side by side with the mouse instead of using double click for maximize/restore and right click on “superbar” then vertical and/or horizontal side by side PLUS the ability to do those actions 200% faster by using the keyboard (Windows key+arrow keys)?

And at last some time in 2009 we will be able to hide all applications except our focused one by shaking its title bar. WOW. Really WOW. I can hide other apps in Windows except the one I need NOW. YOOHOO!

I guess Microsoft just discovered drag and drop and doesn’t know how to handle its UI implementations. Hey but at least flip 3d is still there. Whatever.

Daniel wrote:
“not the stripped down Home Basic version users will find on their new PCs from Costco and Walmart.”

That is an exaggeration. Most new consumer PCs, like 90% or more, are loaded with Vista Home Premium or Vista Home Premium 64-bit and have 3GB-4GB or RAM. So even though there are 6 versions of Vista, OEMs push only one version to the majority of consumers.

I don’t know Beanie, I’ve seen a lot of cheap machines in computer stores in Canada, with Vista Home Basic. The US market of course may be different.

Beta users are pretty happy wit Windows 7. And these is not MS shills. So I guess MS may regain some lost ground and atleast prevent a mass exodus from Windows. Could not find report s of it running on the sub-notebooks like eeePC. If MS manages to squeeze Win-7 onto a sub-notebook footprint, it may have a winner on its hands.

Ajay, I can’t think of a time when Beta users didn’t like the new Windows. The problem with this is, that those who install and run the new Beta of any software, are usually fans, pretty knowledgeable about the product, and capable of working around problems. Joe Average on the other hand will likely have problems. For example I’m running Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 3 (it just auto upgraded from Alpha 2) on my Acer laptop. I had no problems installing it, but I’ve run damned near every personal computer desktop operating system since DOS 2.0 was the hot new thing.

Except Vista, my computers are now a Microsoft free zone, too many problems over the years with Windows. OSX, BSD, Solaris, and Linux are a hell of a lot more stable.

That is an exaggeration. Most new consumer PCs, like 90% or more, are loaded with Vista Home Premium or Vista Home Premium 64-bit and have 3GB-4GB or RAM. So even though there are 6 versions of Vista, OEMs push only one version to the majority of consumers.

Saw reports on BBC of a windows worm that has spread to about 10 million PCs. It didn’t say anything about Vista being insulated, so I guess all the security in Vista could not stop the worm from breaking Windows again.

Dan, you should have a write up on economic crisis and how it is playing out on MS and Apple. Reports are that MS is hit where it hurts most, in Enterprise segment.

“With Windows 7, some features previously included in the operating system are now available for download through Windows Live Essentials, a set of free applications available for your PC and supported by Windows 7.”

And that’s the only selling point that they list. So it’s a *feature* that you can re-download the same apps that used to come included on your computer? WTF?

The Taskbar handles half of the features of the Mac OS X Dock; actually launching an app or document still requires navigating the Start Menu.

The new Windows 7 Dock…er I mean Taskbar, does serve as an app launcher. You just drag the app to the Taskbar or if you already have it running, you right click and “pin” it to the Taskbar.

The Taskbar handles half of the features of the Mac OS X Dock; actually launching an app or document still requires navigating the Start Menu.

The new Windows 7 Dock…er I mean Taskbar, does serve as an app launcher. You just drag the app to the Taskbar or if you already have it running, you right click and “pin” it to the Taskbar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6-2L0DPut4

Eeesh, the way Win7 handles window resizing based on dragging to different edges of the screen is utterly atrocious.

And what’s the point of the Quick Launch Taskbar menu (which the guy doing that video even noted)? I wonder if Win7 will actually ship with some icons in the Taskbar/Dock knockoff by default, or if they’ll all be hidden away under the Start Menu?

Glad Daniel addressed the already spreading myth (as apparent from the guy ’s commentary in the video) that Windows 7 is a brand new OS.