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Posted on 10-28-08 07:14:07 PM

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Posted on 10-28-08 09:44:22 PM

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Hmm...

Looks better, but it really comes down to how it feels.

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Posted on 10-28-08 10:52:41 PM

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Originally posted by CarCat
Looks better, but it really comes down to how it feels.

I think I know what you mean.

Like in the start menu in Vista, the button with the power icon hibernates the computer, and the program list is stuck in the menu. (Notice how both of those are different in Windows 7.)

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Now, to just remove the transparency effects and make it solid gray in color...

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Posted on 10-29-08 08:35:16 PM

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They been leaking betas of the 10/27 escapade yet?

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Posted on 10-30-08 01:19:16 AM

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Originally posted by TheGreatGuy
Just compare the size and severity of the articles and the complaints in them, Vista's page is obviously much worse. Wikipedia probably has a criticism page for everything like this, doesn't mean the software in question is bad, just some people complain about something, and there is never no complaints.

You should take a look at the history of the XP criticism's page, then. You'd be surprised.

Also, the Windows 7 interface looks good... but very transparent. and thick.

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Posted on 10-30-08 01:30:02 AM

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Blech.

As much as I dislike Apple, I have to give them some credit for sticking with a familiar interface for so long, instead of trying to reinvent the wheel every other release. The learning curve between XP and 7 is probably huge.

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Posted on 10-30-08 01:33:58 AM

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Originally posted by BMF54123
Blech.

As much as I dislike Apple, I have to give them some credit for sticking with a familiar interface for so long, instead of trying to reinvent the wheel every other release. The learning curve between XP and 7 is probably huge.

Actually, what I was going to suggest is that MS really is starting to copy some of what Apple does. Just look at the taskbar: it reminds me (although barely) of the way the Mac OS X handles open applications, but not open windows. e.g., each application has just one instance in the dock but can have many windows open.

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Posted on 10-30-08 01:48:38 AM (last edited by BMF54123 at 10-29-08 10:53 PM)

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I forgot to reply to this:

Originally posted by roxahris
Also, the Windows 7 interface looks good... but very transparent. and thick.

One of my biggest complaints about Vista (and the default XP skin) is that the OS takes up so much screen space. It's very distracting. I don't use my computer to ogle gigantic shiny buttons and transparent glass windows (or, as MS calls it, the "user experience"), I use it to do stuff. When the "user experience" starts distracting me, or otherwise interfering with my ability to do said stuff, there's a problem.

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Posted on 10-30-08 02:06:14 AM

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Have they said anything about:

*Removing all transparencies (Display setting in general.)
*Security, and how many fixes they plan to release.
*Price.
*Speed compared to Windows 3.1
*The minimum requirements?

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Posted on 10-30-08 02:08:59 AM

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Originally posted by CarCat
*Speed compared to Windows 3.1

I can tell you, as an expert that's done this before, that running Windows 3.1 on a dual-core 2.2GHz processor is very fast.

It's actually rofl-fast. You have to do it once.

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Posted on 10-30-08 03:40:14 PM

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You think using Virtual PC would have the same effect? Also, I'm one for the user experience. I use my computer for gaming or web browsing, so if I have to look at the taskbar all the time, I want it to be pretty. ____________________ My website!

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Posted on 10-30-08 04:24:25 PM

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I did it out of pure DOS on a 500GB SATA Seagate hard drive. :\

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Posted on 10-31-08 10:03:52 PM

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Originally posted by hydrapheetz
Originally posted by BMF54123
Blech.

As much as I dislike Apple, I have to give them some credit for sticking with a familiar interface for so long, instead of trying to reinvent the wheel every other release. The learning curve between XP and 7 is probably huge.

Actually, what I was going to suggest is that MS really is starting to copy some of what Apple does. Just look at the taskbar: it reminds me (although barely) of the way the Mac OS X handles open applications, but not open windows. e.g., each application has just one instance in the dock but can have many windows open.

Actually, it's more like an overzealous "Grouping" mechanism, which was in XP.

I just turned it off because I hate grouping.

Also, am I the only one who thought "Joy, another fucking ribbon" when I saw that?

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Originally posted by BMF54123
I forgot to reply to this:
Originally posted by roxahris
Also, the Windows 7 interface looks good... but very transparent. and thick.
One of my biggest complaints about Vista (and the default XP skin) is that the OS takes up so much screen space. It's very distracting. I don't use my computer to ogle gigantic shiny buttons and transparent glass windows (or, as MS calls it, the "user experience"), I use it to do stuff. When the "user experience" starts distracting me, or otherwise interfering with my ability to do said stuff, there's a problem.

Yeah, the first thing I do is turn that nonsense off.

Also, M$ loves to mimic Apple. That way, they steal their ideas without needing to make their own, and look revolutionary when they aren't. Everything since Windows 3.1, in fact, has been in a way stealing from Apple.

Although DOS was also stolen, and so was the mouse... etc etc. Truthfully, Microsoft doesn't deserve the credit they like to claim.

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Posted on 11-01-08 08:16:33 AM (last edited by BMF54123 at 11-01-08 05:16 AM)

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Wasn't the entire 9x interface stolen from some Linux GUI? Or was it the other way around? I remember seeing pictures of one with the exact same Start button and window layout, but I don't remember what it was.

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Posted on 11-01-08 02:49:15 PM

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I can at least list a few things even MacOS 7.0 had (around the time Windows 3.1 came out) that Windows introduced with 95 or later:

- Apple menu -> Start menu (at least the "Programs" part of it)
- Trash -> Recycle Bin
- Aliases -> Shortcuts
- Desktop
- 8bit color icons (not until Windows 98, or 95 with a tweak)
- Custom icon for any specific file or folder, labels coloring them (might not be in Windows yet, but who knows if they add it one day and call it revolutionary)

For the things Windows had first or did better, I wouldn't know how much was stolen from others ...

And yeah, I also see higher desktop resolutions as more space to fit stuff, not a higher definition ... so even in 1920x1200+1280x1024, I still like to keep things small and compact, with minimal toolbars, small fonts, 16x16 icons, thin scrollbars and so on

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Posted on 11-05-08 05:06:47 AM

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Good, so I made the right call with not upgrading.

I think you can tell MS is going for the safe approach by just calling the OS Windows 7 (for now) since they sure as hell can't call it Vista 2.0. I didn't upgrade because of the various problems and due to the system requirements... I could run it, sure, but some games have higher requirements in Vista as opposed to XP... there's a game coming out which I can run comfortably in XP, but I'm struggling to meet the Vista requirements and I'm sure that would damper the performance. :\

Windows 7 sounds like it'll be a good time for me to upgrade my PC, if not sooner.

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