Anyone know if Windows 7 is meant to replace Vista?

[jackangel]

i think msft will need more than seinfeld in some commercials to fix their shit.

 

[Dial_tone]

I think it's expected to replace Vista but they're not officially calling it that because that would be admitting Vista sucks. I still have only seen Vista once when a coworker brought in a laptop to install something.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

It'll just be Vista with some cosmetic changes.

They have to get it out soon cuz Vista has a major bad name attached to it and turning into the next Windows ME. MS created a big clusterfuck and they're scrambling to get a new ver out so people will finally leave their xp's.

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Why leave a good thing when they still don't have a better replacement for it? MS has a recent track record of rushing stuff out to market. I kinda wish they actually had some PC competition to help shape them up.

 

[chewyxrage]

I use Vista. No problems. The main thing is you have to have a pretty robust machine to run it. 3 gigs RAM is what I'm using right now, fast as fuck, no issues w/ programs. Not sure why people think Vista is so shitty. I haven't seen anything to make me think that...

 

[Powerbuilder333]

Vista's shitty if your still running a P4 3.0Ghz, with 1 GB of RAM. For quad core's with 4 GB RAM and a 9800gt video card it kicks ass - but still not as good as XP. Which is the point for most enthusiasts. Even with top shelf hardware XP will run games at a faster frame rate.
Now Direct X 10 is a total bust IMO.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Vista's shitty if your still running a P4 3.0Ghz, with 1 GB of RAM. For quad core's with 4 GB RAM and a 9800gt video card it kicks ass - but still not as good as XP. Which is the point for most enthusiasts. Even with top shelf hardware XP will run games at a faster frame rate.
Now Direct X 10 is a total bust IMO.

Yup this is a common consensus. 64 bit app support isn't mainstream enough yet to benefit from whatever Vista does well.

 

[javaguru]

I've heard it's MS's next full-fledged OS. If so and it's good I might just skip Vista. Hopefully it's not a resource hog, and doesn't partition RAM over 3 gigs to system resources.

I read an article in PC Magazine, supposedly it's going to be leaner and more customizable so it can run on lower end systems, like those available in third world countries.

 

[chesty]

I have vista ultimate 64bit and it seems to work fine. I have a toshiba satellite quad core with 4gigs of memory. works fine

 

[NickyE3]

MS is more interested in a virtual OS that will eventually be booted up via the internet

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

MS is more interested in a virtual OS that will eventually be booted up via the internet

So in other words if your internet is down, no OS? Lol @ any company who thinks online is anywhere near as reliable and secure as offline yet.