Agreed! Good job to MS for being honest in the results they witnessed. At this point I've done quite a few clean installs and upgrades to Win7 on what I would consider low-end systems (early Pentium 4's, 512MB RAM) with my slowest install thus far being around 3 hours.
And I have seen Ubuntu (one of my FAVORITE desktop OS'es) take no less than 8 hours to complete.
"Disappointment" from someone that probably has not actually used Windows 7.
Mind you, I am a Mac user and tremendous lover of all that is *nixish. But having spent a lot of time using Windows from the earliest days, through the mild disappointment of Vista, and now using the production version of Windows 7 I can honestly say Microsoft has done a TREMENDOUS job in building Windows 7.
Just because Microsoft is bigger than me, and doesn't always play by my preferred rules, doesn't mean I need to HATE.
Calm down and look at more than yourself for a second.
Microsoft included a FREE browser and media player?! So does Apple. So does every distribution of Linux I've ever used! Shame on any organization that produces software. They are all evil!
DRM may infringe on rights (which is actively being argued in court these days), but to simply provide software that allows current laws to be enforced is not evil. If the courts decide in our (consumers) favor, then we would have the legal right to CHOOSE to use DRM or not. If that day comes (hopefully) and Microsoft DOESN'T allow us to make that choice: then they are evil.
Completely agreed!
Why doesn't anyone chase down Apple for their "monopoly"??? I just checked my Mac and, oh MY, OS X comes with Safari (set as my DEFAULT BROWSER!!!) and iTunes (set as my DEFAULT MEDIA PLAYER!!!).
I feel so violated. Why should I be forced to download the software I prefer and install it myself??? Apple and Microsoft are definitely pure evil.
If you can't taste my sarcasm, stop breathing.
I wish you humans would leave me alone.
