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Engadget: Windows 7 review

Engadget:

"Oh, Windows. You inform and entertain us. You are inescapable, and your Start menu is full of items relevant to our productivity. You move us. Sort of. To be honest, we're not sure what sort of state this fair planet of ours would be in without the ruggedly functional operating systems the folks at Redmond have handed to us over the years, and while Windows Vista might have proved that Microsoft wasn't invincible, it did nothing to demonstrate that Windows as an idea -- and for most, a necessity -- was at all in jeopardy."

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Pizzagaki6114d ago

Haters suck, and MS owns.
The vision of MS created so many ICT jobs in the world, they deserve nothing but praise.

The ICT world would have been a shadow of what it currently is without MS their involvement.

Ghoul6114d ago

if there is a company that did serious damage to the IT industry and cost thousands of peoples theyre jobs (non ms workers) because ms boughtt destroyed or simply stole theyre business.

time to learn something about the it history my friend. If there is one to profit from MS its MS themself NOONE else.

fact not opinion

Pizzagaki6114d ago (Edited 6114d ago )

pffft, collateral damage, MS created 1000 x as much jobs.
Like i said, they are responsible for almost the entire ICT sector.

It may be a fact, but the fact that MS created more jobs then destroyed them, outweighs your little example.

IzKyD13316114d ago

Thats nice, are they paying you? No? Didn't think so....

SnuggleBandit6114d ago

i disagree...if microsoft didn't monoploize the industry like it did, things would be a lot better and we would see tech being pushed farther and faster. People really have two options, pay microsoft for their (industry standard) software or buy overpriced and often software incompatible macs.

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wxer6114d ago

WOW
looks like they only changed the name from VISTA to 7
now im talking about the look

but as long as the working part gose
i have to try it out first

Nitrowolf26114d ago

i like how 7 is running. I was on XP for a while and went to window 7 beta. the only issue i had (becuase ts beta) is that i would update and after the update my computer is buggy. i downgraded to Vista Lite, its like vista but with XP performance

Kakkoii6114d ago

Obviously they aren't going to radically change the layout. That was one of the main reasons that made Vista adoption rate so poor. Lot's of people didn't like the idea of a whole new change to an interface they had become comfortable with over the years. If they did that again with 7, that would be disastrous. The only real visual change is the Aero bar at the bottom, which is a nice improvement.

On the performance/stability side, a lot has been optimized and improved. A lot of things that will help games run faster on multi-core machines too.

mantasis6114d ago

I installed this on my Mac...windows still pales in comparison to the mac OSX...I like the window resizing thing though, is cool :)

Kakkoii6114d ago

How exactly does it pale in comparison? What exactly about Mac's GUI is more efficient or better? Not being able to right click? Oh yeah, that's great...

Elven66114d ago

Why so negative N4G commenter's?? The review is generally positive about Windows 7.

cond3m3r6114d ago

I've had bad experience with Microsoft...in jus about every item ive bought with their brand on it...vista is a slug...360 has died...mouses broke...webcam sucks monkeys...but window 7 is pretty good (at least the RC versions are)..makes me feel like its XP with a lil vista style to it. It's well worth the upgrade.

Kakkoii6114d ago (Edited 6114d ago )

Yeah same, Windows 7 feels like an acceptable successor to XP.

I've been using the same stock Microsoft laser mouse for about 7 years now, works great.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio12d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing12d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9212d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit12d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing12d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9212d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."