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Re: Microsoft Copies Apple With Windows 7 Launch Surprises

TechFreak — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:01:56 -0000

They need a thumbs up or down rank. I would agree with you on this Robert!

Re: Microsoft Copies Apple With Windows 7 Launch Surprises

TechFreak — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:01:05 -0000

I personally think Mac hardware is the best you can buy. Windows 7 is nice, but when you pair it with a poor PC, it's like putting lipstick on a pig.

Re: Microsoft Copies Apple With Windows 7 Launch Surprises

Robert — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:00:49 -0000

further to my comment....
An even better cost comparison would be
HP Envy 15 running WIndows 7 vs Macbook Unibody 15" with Snow Leopard.

I think you will find the price damn close.

Re: Microsoft Copies Apple With Windows 7 Launch Surprises

Robert — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:58:21 -0000

re: Rusty Shackleford..best buy package

How would selling cheap low spec hardware, bundled with windows 7 be embarrassing for apple ?
Heck I can sell ya 10 old min spec PCs with windows 7 for the price of that best buy bundle.
Ohhh i can sell ya 3 of these chevys for the cost of one mercedes....
Quantity does not equate quality.

A better comparison would be the retail cost of leopard vs windows. Especially considering that most people will be likely buying Windows 7 to run on the machines they already own,

Windows 7 is a great improvement. M$ learned a lesson, came up with new ideas, copied a few from apple and others, and came up with an OS that actually doesn't totally suck.

I may actually finally upgrade from XP and run this on my desktop box beside my macbook pro, and mandriva server, even if I only end up using it for games.

Re: Microsoft Copies Apple With Windows 7 Launch Surprises

Rusty Shackleford — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:04:09 -0000

That Best Buy package looks like a killer deal, but if you look at the specs for each individual piece, nothing in there is too impressive. Good marketing, though. When you compare the sheer volume of stuff you could get to a single MacBook, it looks pretty embarrassing for Apple.

Re: Microsoft Copies Apple With Windows 7 Launch Surprises

TechFreak — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:09:28 -0000

I am both a Windows and a Mac user and I can tell you from experience that Windows 7 is pretty awesome. I couldn't stand Vista and was very hesitant to upgrade to Windows 7 (I was close to putting XP back on my system). I am glad I did though.

Re: Microsoft Copies Apple With Windows 7 Launch Surprises

Rob Enderle — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:30:18 -0000

Let's put it this way, Vista is a dog on a Netbook, 7 is actually rather nice. I've interviews several companies and a number of beta testers, and I've used the thing for nearly a year. This is what Windows should be.

Re: Microsoft Copies Apple With Windows 7 Launch Surprises

Galen — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:24:34 -0000

How are Amazon sales and BestBuy sales a launch surprise by Microsoft?

Also with regard to the performance improvements - do we only get those with improved (aka next-gen) hardware? Is it windows 7 (or vista) or my new hardware that improves the performance?

I see little change from vista - call me a skeptic but haven't we heard all of this before?