"Windows 7 review: 'New' OS is just Vista with small changes
Microsoft's Windows 7 has been touted as a new, better-running
operating system. But despite the addition of a few handy features,
the GCN Lab finds that it looks just like the Vista OS, has a lot of
the same annoying quirks as Vista and delivers no difference in
performance from Vista."
"When we tested a beta version of Windows 7 early this year, we found
its performance to be faster than Vista’s. But with all the special
functions added to the final release, there is no difference..."
"So, all the ills of the world are not fixed with W7, despite an
intense PR campaign that would suggest otherwise."
"We hate to be the reviewers who say that the emperor has no clothes,
but there’s so much hype surrounding W7 that most people are probably
expecting an entirely new operating system. What they will find is an
improved version of Vista, with the same warts and flaws and a few
improvements. That’s really it."
"It’s hard to justify paying $319 for the Ultimate edition — or any
price really — to get snap windows, the ability to shake your mouse
and slightly improved performance with USB drives. If Microsoft had
come out with a free service pack to Vista and called it “Windows 7”
it would be one thing. But we just don’t see enough of a change to
warrant the purchase of an entirely new operating system. Windows XP
Service Pack 2 changed that operating system a lot more than moving
from Vista to W7 will."
http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/26/gcn-lab-review-windows-7-vista-by-another-name.aspx?s=gcndaily_201009
I guess Apple can just dust off some of those old ads.
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