Windows 7

[MadDoggyca]

Nes is tooo out dated.. and the main reson any one uses windows 10 to 1 is becuz of games that run on it....

 

Or do you care that you cant run Deus Ex unter Mac OS X??

 

no but I care that call of duty 4 and early dose not run on mac

 

but one they got eumaitons that run on core hard and use core hardware drives that can run in a VMware or something then it doesn't matter if it can not run on the currect OS now dose it

[Espionage724]

Less Resource Demanding System Better Backwards Compatibility Better Hardware Support Better Usage Of CPU and RAM Better Usage Of Power And Less Demand Of Laptop Batteries Better Startup Time Cool Looking Interface With More Customizable Stuff Better Support More User Friendly, No Need For Antivirus (lol), Thats About It, O And To Add To The Better Backwards Compatibility Thing...They SHould Have A Thing Like How Mac OS 10 Had. Like How It Actually Has A OS 9 Image And Just Boots Into It For Older Programs.

[Millsy]

• A new file system
  
• No DRM
  
• Ability to insert a CD and yet still be able to browse local + network drives at the same time
  
• A DirectX version that actually offers advantages over DX9
  
• A single look and feel for all windows.
  
• All preferences for the OS in a single location with sane organization
  
• No more registry.
  
• No more new version of directX or graphics drivers for each new game that comes out.
  

I think that's far fetched enough for now.

[SpeedfreaK]

i like the 'no registry' thing. if windows did not have that, it would be way better. But the more i'm working on my new imac, the more i hate windows and not only for it's slowness which appears after a month using it, but the total interface which is ugly and not user friendly.

[apowerr]

i like the 'no registry' thing.

As do I. However the only way to achieve this is to abandon NT, and that's not going to happen with Windows 7.

[Dainix]

Taking away the registry could take away a lot of security problems.

[Numberzz]

The biggest part of the clients of microsoft are total computer noobs and that's the kind of people where microsoft focuses on when they develop a new os.

[Alessandro17]

 

 

That proves also that KDE is not a Windows clone, as many Microsoft zealots often say. In K Menu, at the bottom you have "Log Out..." which is a lot more intuitive, IMO.

[Special-K]

 

I changed it so that it actually shuts down, I just can't remember how. Which tells you that it wasn't easy.

[apowerr]

I changed it so that it actually shuts down, I just can't remember how. Which tells you that it wasn't easy.

If you'd like to change your button to shut down, heres how:

Control Panel-> Hardware and Sound-> Power Options-> Change Plan Settings-> Change Advanced Settings.

[strawnman]

After reviewing bill gates' previous statements I think MS will go in a direction that google is striving for right now. Vista is much like ME in that it was not designated as a new release of the OS but more of an intraval. I am not sure if this designation was made before or after WINFS was removed from Longhorn. I beta tested under longhorn and the first public beta of Vista as well as Office 2007. What I remember is that as the core compenents were removed from the released version, many of us in the beta community turned our eyes back to Blackcomb. I was also beta testing for Xandros at the time. For what it is worth, here is my predictions.

 

Blackcomb will evolve beyond its server core. From here, MS will try to tackle the tough task of testing downloadable operating systems. As gates alluded to in his revelation regarding windows 7, a good portion of the os will be downloaded on an as needed basis. Thus, you will buy a computer with a bios already containing a very compact os with network connectivity. Upon logging in as a user, the OS will be downloaded from the internet. Keep tabs as to MS interest in Internet 2. (http://www.internet2.edu/about/). WINFS will likely be the filing system, however, because of its complete failure to be implemented in Vista, you will see some significant reduction in its capabilities. Watch the partnership with Linux that has recently occurred. http://www.xandros.com/xandrosandmicrosoft.html. I am predicting that MS will learn how the linux kernel is configured so as to achieve the same results as KAT, Beagle or Recoll. http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/personal-ful...earch-tool.html. The only way to totally stop the pirating of its software is to control the ip address. The server system would allow for a complete control over pirating. As has been mentioned throughout the years is that MS's worst enemy is itself.

 

Finally, I predict that MS will move toward acquiring an application like vmware or win4lin and use its core as the layer for backward compatability.

[InorganicMatter]

Forced compatibility with drivers and software. Vista x64's forced driver signing is a good start, but not good enough. Driver signing doesn't mean much (just look at the early NVIDIA 8800 drivers for Vista); Microsoft needs to make it HARD to get drivers and software certified for Windows (as in, the developers actually have to put forth some quality code), and they need hardware-level checking that will ONLY allow Windows-certified stuff on the OS. Short of closing up everything like Apple does, hardware-level compatibility forcing is the only solution to fix a platform as diverse as the Personal Computer.

 

Unix kernel would be nice too. The original NT kernel was the last good kernel Microsoft made. Everything since then has just been adding fluff and eye candy around the same broken kernel.

[sponkemonke]

Windows 7 should have:

 

A New KERNEL

Simplified Settings (There's at least 30 things in the control panel!!)

Get rid of the dreaded Registry!!

A New Filesystem

No More DRM

Unified Look and Feel

Better, Less Annoying, User Friendly Security

Original actually useful Ideas!!

 

And the list goes on and on....

[robotskip]

I think one of the only solid ideas we have about Windows 7 is that the UX (User Experience, as in, the GUI) is now under control of the main people who were behind the Office 2007 GUI changes -- now, this news makes a lot of people extremely positive about the possible future of Windows 7.

 

Read about it here: http://apcmag.com/6741/new_ui_for_windows_7 - There are no real details, just talking about the people, etc but below are some good quotes (Edit: Hell, I'm more or less quoting the whole thing):

If you're wondering what happened to the codenames of Vienna, and before that Blackcomb, which were originally attached to the OS, Windows senior VP Steven Sinofsky has banished those ciphers name as a sign of his desire to refocus the team on the steak rather than the sizzle. It's in keeping with Sinofsky's previous reign over Office 2000, XP/2002, 2003 and 2007 - all of which were known only by their internal version numbers (such as Office 2007 being ‘Office 12') before being christened with a marketing label.

 

And as he did with Office 2007, Sinofsky has declared that all bets are off when it comes to the UI of Windows 7. He's hired Julie Larson-Green, who lead the Office 2007 user interface team under Sinofsky's watch, as VP in charge of the "the Windows User Experience" or UX program.

 

Larson-Green was pivotal in the dramatic redesign of Office 2007, which ditched the long-established model of menus and toolbars - which had grown cluttered and out of control over two decades of development - for that single integrated and context-morphing ‘ribbon'. Few could argue that Windows isn't in need of a similar cleanup job - the iconic overload of Vista's Control Panel is a prime example of a once-friendly UI turned ferral.

Jensen Harris, who was program manager for the Office 2007 UX team and now fills Larsen-Green's role in fine-tuning the face of Office 14 (not wishing to tempt fate, they're skipping 13!) recalls that it was Sinofsky who drove the suite's radical interfacelift.

 

"It originated with Steven Sinofsky" Harris told APC in a recent interview. "Steven had certainly noticed, like we all had, the growing interface clutter around the core Office apps, and he thought we should put a set of people together and at least think about this. But I sometimes think that he didn't really expect us to actually replace the entire UI!

 

"Maybe Steven asked for a lot so we would deliver more than just a little, because it would take a lot to budge people from the way things had been for 20 years. Perhaps his thinking was to ask for a mile in order to get just 200 feet. But we ended giving him the whole mile, and then some".

And for those expecting a new kernel or maybe for Microsoft to use something like Singularity, don't keep your hopes up. Actually, read this link, I only just found it and it's very insightful and logical views of a guy on what Microsoft should do, much better than some of the insane lists I've seen on here as it takes the real world into consideration. Though, from my quick skim through there are some glaring faults but as a whole this person's article is fairly good:

 

http://www.osnews.com/story.php/18309/Wind...opment-Process/

[nappysparks]

the operating systems seem to go backwards with every one they come out with. Lets face it, they are people to really listen to what their consumers want. How bout a truly original Gui, with the hard core d@#k riding on macs.

[Ongeloof]

A fast and stable ( possibly unix-based to get rid of all the problems they have with NT) OS that does the job. I wish Microsoft would stop trying to show off and focus on usability and performance again like the good old days.

 

What good old days are YOU talking about??? All microsoft has ever done is steal idea's from the true revolutionary...Apple

it took micrsoft 5 years or so to even consider changing the COLOUR of the start bar... Bill must have been high on LSD when he said " You know what guys i don't wanna blue and green bar this time, Lets have some black.."

Once you go black, you never go back.

The current start bar in vista will be the same is the one in windows 7. it will incorperate new touch features taken from the 1ST Gen iPhone, and you will be able to pinch photo's... and once again, MS's technology in an OS will be outdated and everybody will think its so F**king Revolutionary!

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[Alessandro17]

it took micrsoft 5 years or so to even consider changing the COLOUR of the start bar... Bill must have been high on LSD when he said " You know what guys i don't wanna blue and green bar this time, Lets have some black.."

 

ROFL

[apowerr]

it took micrsoft 5 years or so to even consider changing the COLOUR of the start bar... Bill must have been high on LSD when he said " You know what guys i don't wanna blue and green bar this time, Lets have some black.."

What does that have to do with anything? From 2001-2006(7) Microsoft only released Windows XP (2001) and Windows Vista (2006/7). Why would Microsoft change the GUI elements of an already released OS? Typically new features come with new releases.

All microsoft has ever done is steal idea's from the true revolutionary...Apple

Sure, Apple was the first company to go really mainstream with the GUI. I'm not denying that Microsoft 'copied' Apple here, but how many different ways can you make a GUI? Compare the GUIs of the first Mac, Leopard, XP, NEXT OS, Linux w/ KDE etc: they all share some common elements.