Mike Aubrey January 17, 2009 Musings, Other

Windows 7

is a beautiful improvement over Vista.

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Seumas on January 18, 2009 at 1:41 am
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Are you running the beta?

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Nathan Stitt on January 18, 2009 at 6:24 am
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so… wait to get that new laptop until after win7 is released? what’s the ETA for public release?

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Mike Aubrey on January 18, 2009 at 10:00 am
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Seumas: Yes, and I’ve had a few problems because its a beta, but overall, I like it more than Vista.

Nathan: I’d say yes, but I have no idea when it will ship. Officially, Microsoft says by 2010, but it could be much earlier. I’m hoping for this summer.

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Mike Aubrey on January 18, 2009 at 12:43 pm
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I’ve had a few problems because its a beta

I should clarify that the majority of problems I’ve had have been with IE8 not W7.

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Scripture Zealot on January 18, 2009 at 2:31 pm
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Officially, Microsoft says by 2010, but it could be much earlier.

Given Microsoft’s track record I’ll say this sounds like 2011. But there’s a first time for everything.

I really need a laptop and need scrape together some money. I don’t think I’ll wait around for 7 if I do but will try to keep things very organized so that I can reformat and install 7 when the time comes.
Jeff

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Mike Aubrey on January 18, 2009 at 3:10 pm
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A friend of mine thinks it could be as early as this summer. Given the Vista debacle, I think they’re being more cautious this time.

My advice? If possible wait till the summer and if it doesn’t arrive by then, go with Vista.

SP1 has made Vista significantly better than it was when it was first released.

Update: and looking around CNET, it seems many people are predicting this summer for a release.

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Peter Kirk on January 19, 2009 at 2:41 pm
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Nathan, surely the ETA is after the gamma, delta, epsilon and zeta releases! 😉

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Nathan Stitt on January 19, 2009 at 8:12 pm
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nice 8)

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Mike Aubrey on January 19, 2009 at 8:39 pm
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Peter, I just got that…shoot.

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