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Amen to that...
Time moves on we all must learn to adapt that is the way of nature.
For those that desire XP just Purchase W7 Pro and above and you can run XP to your hearts content, as a virtual machine. Time moves on we all must learn to adapt that is the way of nature.
I really like Windows 7 What I like most about 7 is how fast it starts up, about 20 seconds, and its very stable, runs all day long with no need to restart.
Absolutely spot on. I love windows 7 but hate it with a passion when it comes to the GUI. The win 7 GUI is horrid to say the least. I know where I keep my stuff; I do not need to search and click to death my mouse just to navigate. Drop down menus is a more efficient way to find something. I installed the free classical menu application and installed office 2003. Anything beyond that and I am lost.Isn't it a terrible shame, tho, that you have do do all the searching for configuration settings, third party apps, etc to make of Windows 7 what Microsoft should have made optional to start with? I still cannot arrange my Windows Explorer folder icons in the order of my preference as I can do in XP. I also still cannot delete/disable the multi-user Windows Explorer folders either (Users, All users, Default user, Public, Guest user, etc., etc.).
And to add; One that was made different just to disassociate it from the failed Vista! This reminds me of the new packaging that looks good but is almost impossible to open. Try removing the packaging of a dvd! I always end up using my teeth! New does not mean better. I can just see it: "The all new Quadro with the revolutionary SWS system (SQUARE Wheel system); Now your car can climb stairs"!The future is largely indeterminate, although David Bohm, the late physicist posited in "Wholeness and the Implicate Order" that while universal content is largely based on previous forms, there is nothing to prevent the spontaneous appearance of entirely new forms unrelated to previous content. While the uncertainty of quantum mechanics may play a part, we are not talking about the way of the future in Microsoft Software. What we are talking about is continuity of symmetry in human/machine interactions. Microsoft, because of its monopoly position is essentially dictating the future of these interactions according to its corporate goals, largely to protect its dominate market position. This is not population based evolution in response to environmental factors and competition, it is marketplace coercion. The future therefor is dictated by Microsoft in the absence of an viable marketplace competitor, with apologies to Apple and Linux. Thus, we find that those who declare Windows 7 to be a natural advancement toward the future, are using a faulty argument. It is merely another product.
Because that is how we force companies to improve their products. Win 7 is very good but with one serious flaw: Its GUI is designed for console kids who just want to play games. Anyone who knows where his files are and needs to keeps things tidy and placed in a logical way is going to be very disappointed. At the least Microsoft could have given us a choice. If I wanted a Mac I would have bought a Mac. Microsoft has gone out of its way to mimic the Mac os. The GUI on its Win7 and new range of Office and Internet Explorer is horrid. Everything is hidden. That is why I use Office 2003 and Firefox.why we rating win7 folkszz its awesome.. going niceeeee lolzzzzz
Because that is how we force companies to improve their products. Win 7 is very good but with one serious flaw: Its GUI is designed for console kids who just want to play games. Anyone who knows where his files are and needs to keeps things tidy and placed in a logical way is going to be very disappointed. At the least Microsoft could have given us a choice. If I wanted a Mac I would have bought a Mac. Microsoft has gone out of its way to mimic the Mac os. The GUI on its Win7 and new range of Office and Internet Explorer is horrid. Everything is hidden. That is why I use Office 2003 and Firefox.
Otherwise it is rock solid and fast.
What do you mean by hidden? I think the GUI is very similar to Vista it is easy to find what you need.
Yes that is exactly what I mean. The same goes for all the new MS software like OFFICE. Why did they get rid of drop down menus? If I do not remember the specific name or number of a file I cannot even search for it! With XP set at classic menus; I could arrange the files the way that suited me. Now I have very little control and the damn mouse clicking is driving me crazy. 3 months now and I still cannot get a grip of the damn thing. I threw away OFFICE 2008 and reinstalled OFFICE 2003. At least I can find the print button with ease.Kripto, you are correct that Windows 7 GUI (aka Windows Explorer) is very similar to Vista. Much, much, much too much like Vista. If you work by memory only, you have no problem; you can remember that "this is here and that is there". If you are an intuitive thinker who expects things to be grouped and arranged logically such that one step intuitively leads to the next, Vista Windows Explorer is nothing more than a train wreck and Windows 7 is the second train that just plowed into the first one. Libraries, for instance, was supposed to fix the train wreck that was Vista Windows Explorer, but it only added to the disorganization. Windows Explorer Favorites (now don't confuse this with Internet Explorer Favorites - that everybody else calls Bookmarks) helps find files or folders, but only further confuses the disorganization when you wish to save a file or create a new folder.
If one does not know the file name and general location in Windows Explorer, search is totally worthless.
All these things is why someone would say, "Everything is Hidden". In effect, everything is hidden unless you know where everything is hidden.
i didnt tried that did you tried that kan you tell me wat is that and howz it goin!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Now why did MS remove the option of actually having classic menus? Is MS so desperate as to mimic Apple to the point where a pc and a Mac are indistinguishable?Hmm...well it's just the 'classic' mode. It hasn't the drop down menu's but other than that it looks similar to the xp classic although I must admit to almost having never used that setting personally.
No cannot be true. The people who decide are the suits! They demanded a totally new OS so as to disassociate it with Vista (that had a bad reputation). It all has to do with marketing. They wanted to kill two birds with one stone, thus also made the new OS very Mac like.It could be that in all the months of beta testing (of which there was many) no one said too much about the lack of classic menu's?
It could be that in all the months of beta testing (of which there was many) no one said too much about the lack of classic menu's?
I think you'll find that I actually said 'It could be'.... Loosen the underwear guys, I was only offering an idea..