Windows 7 An Improvement?

[spock]

  So far, since Windows 98SE I have seen only marginal improvements over each succeeding O.S. Will Windows 7 be a giant leap forward? I doubt it. It may have new skins and bells and whistles, but underneath, it's same-o, same-o.

[BC_Programmer]

does anybody else consider this some sort of flamebait? or perhaps somebody who hasn't yet learned the search function and found the multitude of other threads on this topic?

[Mulreay]

does anybody else consider this some sort of flamebait? or perhaps somebody who hasn't yet learned the search function and found the multitude of other threads on this topic?

I agree. Biting my tongue as I type! 

[Geek-9pm]

I agree. Biting my tongue as I type!  Wink

Me too!

They say Windows 7 was done whi8le Bill Gates was doing other things. That is one reason I have for using it. Plus the fact that RC was free. For awhile.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/download.aspx

If you want to start a fire, say anything about Vista.     

[Aegis]

Same-o same-o?

I guess it's the same ol' complaints about Windows...even though, underneath, it's a different operating system then 98SE...

[Salmon Trout]

I found 2000 an enormous improvement over 98SE, and I found XP an improvement over 2000. Not so big, maybe, but still better. The switch from the awful DOS-based 9x series to the NT based 2000 and later was the big improvement.

[spock]

 Hey, I'm not flamebaiting. I've had just as many problems with XP as 98SE.
I'm talking from personal experience!

[soybean]

Hey, I'm not flamebaiting. I've had just as many problems with XP as 98SE.
I'm talking from personal experience!

Well, I find that odd since you declare yourself an Experienced user of Windows in your forum profile. Makes me wonder whether you've put yourself in the right category.  With, perhaps, the exception of Windows Millenium Edition, successive versions of Windows have brought significant improvements in security, stability, and addtional features.  So, frankly, I don't put much stock in your personal experience.

[BC_Programmer]

yes, especially with the switch to the NT kernel in Consumer-based OS's.

[Mulreay]

So, frankly, I don't put much stock in your personal experience.

Completely agree 

[spock]

  I'm not putting Windows down. I'm just saying each succeeding system isn't a quantum leap from the previous.
  Windows 95 was the first wide-spread publicly used system and very unstable from what I hear. I never had the opportunity to use it.
  Windows 98/98SE was a more stable version of 95, not a bad start.
  Windows ME was essentially Windows 95SE with System Restore. Not too bad, either. But a lot of people didn't like it.
  Next came Windows 2000 Pro, my favorite of all the systems so far. It's like a scaled-down XP without all the graphics. I cannot figure out why thay left out System Restore. I guess it was because it was used mostly for businesses.
  Then came Windows XP, purportedly the most stable version so far. A lot of fancy graphics which didn't add to it's usefulness.
  Then came the slower Vista, essentially XP with a lot more eye candy.
  What am I expecting from Win 7?  Essentially Windows Vista with a lot of the bugs removed and a lot more eye candy!
  Richard Sherman of Smart Computing backs me up:
"Having used it (Win 7) for several months, my feelings remain pretty much the same:
Win 7 is Vista with some new features, most of the bugs removed, and a few aesthetic nips and tucks. It's nice, but not life altering".
Mr. Modem, Smart Computing, 10/09 P. 53.

[patio]

So what are your choices ? ?
You stated you never used 3 of those OS's and i bet you haven't even seen Vista much less Win7 but everything is wrong with the World ? ?

Sherman is a MS basher from way back and holds absolutely no credibility in my eyes...hasn't for some time...

However if you choose to drink the kool-aid...

[computeruler]

Windows 7 is amazing

[spock]

(The only systems I haven't tried are Windows 3.1 and 95. Boy, you guys are getting defensive!)

[TechGeek]

  So far, since Windows 98SE I have seen only marginal improvements over each succeeding O.S. Will Windows 7 be a giant leap forward? I doubt it. It may have new skins and bells and whistles, but underneath, it's same-o, same-o.

I think 98 to 2000 and 2000 to XP were great improvements. XP to Vista was great but people complained because it was 'slow' on their slow computers and wasn't compatible. Vista to Windows 7 is just a speed increase with a few extra features.