Microsoft formally names Windows 7 release date

[ernst]

Why fix Vista? Many silly people just buy new windows. Microsft make more money that way. I stick with Xp Pro 64 bit until I am forced to go!

Totaly agreed here and I stick to the same operation system....
Vista is full of bugs and causes more headache than stability....
I'll burn the priest's ear confessing even half of them regards,
Dr.D

Same here. I use XP x64 since late 2005 and still prefer it. Windows7 is what Vista should have been in the first place.

[playjunior]

and this has nothing to do with computerchess. nor chess.

Actually it just made me sick, nothing else.



"Windows is not the answer... windows is the question. No is the answer"
--- Linus Torvalds.

Off topic but the thread is mildly off topic already ...

Bob -- I just love your .sig !!! I wish I had come up with that!

Wasn't my .sig, was just a direct quote from Linux at a Comdex meeting or something similar, I think when windows 2000 was "rolled out" and crashed more than once while Darth Vader was giving a demo.

[Spock]

Why fix Vista? Many silly people just buy new windows. Microsft make more money that way. I stick with Xp Pro 64 bit until I am forced to go!

Totaly agreed here and I stick to the same operation system....
Vista is full of bugs and causes more headache than stability....
I'll burn the priest's ear confessing even half of them regards,
Dr.D

Same here. I use XP x64 since late 2005 and still prefer it. Windows7 is what Vista should have been in the first place.

I use both XP x64 and Vista x64. I think Vista is perfectly fine, I prefer it, most negative comments about it are just wrong. And Windows 7 - well, it looks and feels pretty much like Vista. So those who don't like Vista, well they may get a rude shock with W7 because it is *very* similar. No matter, I understand that XP security updates will be provided through to 2014, so by then Windows 8 will probably be out for those who don't like Vista and W7

[BBauer]

Dear experts,

will it come with a downgrade option?

- downgrade to Vista ?
- downgrade to XP ?
- downgrade to DOS ?

Kind regards
Bernhard

[Nimzovik]

[Sean Evans]

I use both XP x64 and Vista x64. I think Vista is perfectly fine, I prefer it, most negative comments about it are just wrong. And Windows 7 - well, it looks and feels pretty much like Vista. So those who don't like Vista, well they may get a rude shock with W7 because it is *very* similar. No matter, I understand that XP security updates will be provided through to 2014, so by then Windows 8 will probably be out for those who don't like Vista and W7

But what if I don't like Windoze8 too

[Spock]

I use both XP x64 and Vista x64. I think Vista is perfectly fine, I prefer it, most negative comments about it are just wrong. And Windows 7 - well, it looks and feels pretty much like Vista. So those who don't like Vista, well they may get a rude shock with W7 because it is *very* similar. No matter, I understand that XP security updates will be provided through to 2014, so by then Windows 8 will probably be out for those who don't like Vista and W7

But what if I don't like Windoze8 too

OK, Linux or the MAC is for you then
And then, half your chess programs won't run at all.

Reality is, if you are talking about a box used solely for chess, and don't wish to connect to the internet, XP will last you for as long as you need it to.
I can see why businesses are reluctant to move off it, we still use it, and it does the job incredibly well. Given the costs to move to Vista or W7, the cost/benefit analysis is challenging.

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

I use both XP x64 and Vista x64. I think Vista is perfectly fine, I prefer it, most negative comments about it are just wrong. And Windows 7 - well, it looks and feels pretty much like Vista. So those who don't like Vista, well they may get a rude shock with W7 because it is *very* similar. No matter, I understand that XP security updates will be provided through to 2014, so by then Windows 8 will probably be out for those who don't like Vista and W7

But what if I don't like Windoze8 too

OK, Linux or the MAC is for you then
And then, half your chess programs won't run at all.

Reality is, if you are talking about a box used solely for chess, and don't wish to connect to the internet, XP will last you for as long as you need it to.
I can see why businesses are reluctant to move off it, we still use it, and it does the job incredibly well. Given the costs to move to Vista or W7, the cost/benefit analysis is challenging.

Aha,so you do see the good in Windows XP Mr.Graham,don't you
Admit it then buddy,say it loudly....

[krazyken]

OK, Linux or the MAC is for you then
And then, half your chess programs won't run at all.

That many really? I haven't found one that won't run on my Mac yet.

[Tommy]

Hello,

Microsoft formally names Windows 7 release date - 22nd of October, 2009:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/new ... lease-date

With best regards,
Yar

Hey, thanks for the warning!

Here is a funny video of "Windows 7" being demoed to people on the streets of Sydney...

http://www.zdnet.com.au/video/soa/Ratba ... 97p,00.htm


Cheers,
Tom.