I simply cannot believe Windows 7 will fail because nothing can be worse than Vista!

I know one reason this OS will fail it's because according to these people EVERYTHING WILL!

If these people could learn to talk to girls and not read Nintendo Power right now they'd be writting how life is pointless and that your heart will fail on some emo blog as they cut themself to sleep.

And if it IS made by Microsoft, it will be overpriced and faulty. Seriously, there's no winning in this business.

They said the same thing about Apple OSes and look how much market they are covering every month. It's not easy to shake off M$es grip on the OS sector, but only massive companies like Apple and Google can do it.

If there is one company I am willing to bet my money on, it is google. Apple might be giving a competition to M$ in the notebook department, but the netbook department is still up for the grabs. Windows XP has to retire sometime and Windows 7 still doesn't have a light version for netbooks and the beta runs like an elephant on my netbook... A fast zippy new OS is the thing required and Google might have the answer.

I agree with the first post... All these doom articles should be put to rest.At least give the OS a chance. People haven't even seen the thing in operation and are predicting it's downfall... Journalism these days can be even done by a fifth grader posting flashy headlines.. I mean, people are not ready to accept a change yet? I will be willing to move on to the google OS if it's better and I do hope it's better than Windows.... Change is a part of life u know.

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microsoft cant do everything google can do because google has WAY more money

Since when did PCWorld know anything about computers?

Whoever wrote the article is a complete clown. Almost everything he wrote in that article was a joke, seriously.

Greywulf, those comments belong in the OpenZone.

I absolutely love the Google Chrome browser so I have high hopes for the Google Chrome operating system. I think it will certainly put a sizable dent in Microsoft's control of the operating system market.

"They said the same thing about Apple OSes and look how much market they are covering every month. It's not easy to shake off M$es grip on the OS sector, but only massive companies like Apple and Google can do it"

But didn't apple already have a hardware division....so they could just push their product on their own hardware? I would believe that google is in a different place......will it really matter that much for the traditional consumer to move beyond the familiarity of Microsoft......while at the same time offering something different than apple. Then how long would it be for google to have running programs for standard games or applications such as word and powerpoint? This is really out of my area of expertise, so I am really asking questions to inquire how google would be able to break into the market.

Valid points there, but just read the recent N4G article to see that nearly all the big companies are willing to support Chrome. Everything has a start. I feel that Chrome even has a better chance mainly cause unlike Apple it doesn't have to stick to only 1 company. The more the merrier.

The thing is primarily being built for Netbooks which now are on are the best selling computers.I don't see people gaming on a netbook. Yes, Google doesn't have a powerpoint killer or a Word equivalent, but well so didn't Apple... Yet it came out with things like Numbers and Pages which do the same thing and the UI looks much much better than W or PP... Hell Apple even has it's own M$ Word and PP for people who can't live without it.. So the same thing is possible for Chrome.

Google is taking one step at a time. One can basically see that they don't intend to capture PC market as of now cause frankly, no one will buy them without it proving it's worth. So the netbooks will be the place to play for building reputation and then if it succeeds, it can move on to the PC market... Again, it being Google is the only reason why I am intrigued. If it were some small companies shot to earn big, then I would have ruled it out, but Google is as big as M$ and Apple and so can give Win a good fight.

400 dollars?

Windows 7 is like 50 bucks to preorder.
http://www.microsoftstore.c...

get them before there gone.

upgrading from Vista is 50 for a short period of time

I'm ashamed now because I'm sorely tempted, I'll probably get it :P

"Microsoft's versions are genuinely the better ones."

Question for you: Have you ever use Linux, Unix, MacOS or OpenOffice suite extensively in a corporate environment at all?

There is no way that M$ products are genuinely better in a corporate environment, than the fore-mentioned products above, not in a million years. I have personally seen higher productivity levels come from those products, when measured up against M$ products! Also, when measuring the difference in corporate downtime between all software above and M$ products... M$ loses every time, and that's fact! I've done my own study over the 20+ years in the IT industry supporting hundreds of companies! They may have more features but in the end it's a bigger pain in the ass to deal with.

It's best for software to just K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid).

I'll give you that XBLive has more features than PSN but I find PSN just works and works well for my needs. XBLive better?... I would say that is matter of personal opinion.

A penguin. I have nothing against Linux users, but they seem to have so much against Microsoft. We can agree to disagree, you can't change my opinion regardless. It's not that I don't like Linux, it's that I like Windows better.

If you disagree it won't mean much other than that you disagree, thanks but I've already bought my preorder of Windows 7.

I have nothing against Windows users either (I've been supporting them for years), I actually feel sorry for them when they come crying to me with their problems!

Unfortunately they don't know any better or don't want to know any better. I personally don't want to change anyone's mind in regards to your preference of OS, it's call personal choice and everyone has a right to one. I usually show & explain the differences between several options and let the customer decide, then give them what they asked for.

I can't speak for all linux/mac users but I've been dealing with M$'s BS for years and I'm just tire of them. I've spent way too much time on the phone with M$ tech support over the years on behalf of clients. I'm the one that gets the flack from clients on why M$ products are so expensive and why they charge so much for phone support on faulty software!

Just to note: I didn't hit the disagree or agree button! And I will have to purchase an OEM version of Windows 7 as well because I have to learn the new quirky issues and support it!