Tom should try hearing a real clear eyed review, Leo Laporte has some good points both positive and negative on win7 on his various podcasts. This guy is a *serious* mac user too, not a WFB, whatever that is. I think Tom called a mac user a WFB earlier so I'm not too clear.
This reviewer from Appleinsider has either not used win7 or didn't for very long. Or just made up stuff to fit his own perception. Other then that a very comprehensive review. On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Reid Katan <[email protected]> wrote: > Quoting Tom Piwowar <[email protected]>: > > A clear-eyed review from AppleInsider. Right. You can practically smell >>> the >>> objectivity in this sentence: "Microsoft has to herd more PC users into >>> the >>> latest version of Windows ... so it can actively leverage its monopoly >>> position to prevent competition...." Sentences like that are the hallmark >>> of >>> an unbiased, clear-eyed review. >>> >> >> I did not write "fawning" review. I did not write "paid for" review. >> >> This is good reading for WFBs because it demonstrates what a >> knowledgeable, even-handed review looks like. Of course they will >> scribble all over it trying to turn a sow's ear into a purse. >> > > Okay, Tom, it's time to take off the Apple-colored glasses. . . > > "and finally to distance itself from in the "I'm not a Mac, just a generic > PC" ads." > > Post a link to the ad that people are saying they're "just a generic PC". > > "Before Microsoft had released any real details on the new operating > system, some fan sites initially described Windows 7 as being 'completely > rewritten from the ground up,'" > > So people got a little ahead of themselves. Can't blame MS for that. > > "The Taskbar handles half of the features of the Mac OS X Dock; actually > launching an app or document still requires navigating the Start Menu." > > How about Desktop icons. How about Quicklaunch icons (which are actually > pictured *right above this statement*. How about keyboard shortcuts > (something I still haven't figured out in OSX). > > Have you even used Win7? I have, and there are things about it that I don't > like. One being the need for an admin password to delete shortcut icons from > the Desktop. What's up with that?! > > It won't wake up from screensaver, which I think I can blame on the (Vista) > WiFi driver I used. It was okay before that, and I haven't tried turning it > off to see. > > Katan > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- Make sure you support your local CarbonONset programs! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
