Which greater than 90% of people will use without being aware of the consequences, so in effect, it is a weakened UAC. Windows 7 will still be a step up in security from XP though, as it will no longer be necessary to be logged in as an administrator to do anything useful.
Its still a UI overhaul not a change to the core OS. This, by the way, should also be applied to Vista as a matter of course, but that will never happen. I expect to get a little more than a year or two out of my OS before I feel compelled to upgrade. Anything else is just MS squeezing me for money.
I see no reason to fork over $200 to MS to upgrade my Vista premium for OS fixes that should have been done anyway.
30 Windows?? You probably spend more time switching windows than I do on my computer. Call me old fashioned, but I like to do one thing at a time, maybe two. Task switching has a HUGE overhead.
I might if I can get the $39 student version. On the other hand, for free I can also try out Ubuntu with a UI.
The most compelling reason I had to stay with Windows was for an HTPC, which needs HDCP support. For playing music, web browsing and the basic home stuff, the OS flavour is irrelevant.
Not trying to get under your skin Fred. Just stating my experience thus far for W7....
I would totally agree as to the sham that is the "upgrade" from Vista to 7. MS should have done the right thing and fixed Vista, instead of milking the cash cow (consumers) and re-releasing the same OS that actually works.
At the same time I wouldn't say Vista is a bad OS, just not the "upgrade" that it should have been compared to XP.
I would behoove you to check out Ubuntu 9.10 if you are considering going to Linux. I'm not sure what experience level is with Linux is, but thus far 9.10 has been an inedible leap in usability over past Debian OS's, certainly worth a look and then some.
As far as the multitasking goes....see sig @Workstation.
I'm somewhat of an ubergeek.
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Just to clarify, I'm sure it's a miscommunication anyways, the price is not for a "student version." This is for either Win7 Home Premium or Win7 Pro.
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I should have posted 'student' version. $39 is a reasonable price for an upgrade from Vista to Win 7.
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[quote]I would behoove you to check out Ubuntu 9.10 if you are considering going to Linux.QUOTE]
I've heard a lot of good things about linix in general in the last 1.5 years. The developer community seems to have matured a lot in its aproach and the OS is quite mature at this point. I spent 5 years doing S&M for a company that ported unix tools to the PC, so I have a reasonable familiarity with unix/linix. Hell, at one point I produced marketing litterature using troff.
Hmm. Maybe $39 Win7 for the HTPC and Ubuntu for the bedroom pc.
By the way, its MS that gets under my skin, not you.
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