Summary: Vista 7 continues to show its lack of value just weeks before the (paid-for) launch parties
VISTA 7 is regularly found to be vulnerable due to 'critical' security flaws, the last of which we wrote about yesterday. This month is no exception:
Patch Tuesday: Five Critical
Four of the bulletins affect all supported versions of Windows, while one bulletin may not involved Vista or Server 2008. Expect a lot of system reboots, as all may require a system restart.
The above refers to “all supported versions of Windows,” but whatever affects Vista is also likely to affect Vista 7, which is simply not released yet.
Microsoft is still artificially hyping up Vista 7 by offering gifts to people, who then fake their excitement (even with fake balloons). This sure brings back memories of Poland.
As one blogger/analyst reminds us, Vista 7 has nothing at all to be excited about.
Windows 7 has no killer featuresWindows 7 has no killer features that is so radically different from Vista or even XP. Yes it is very eye candy and supports touch tech, but I don’t think that’s what gets the work done for you. You should not pay for an OS just to get some nice looking icons or a nice looking desktop.
The main ‘feature’ of Vista 7 seems to be that “it doesn’t suck as much as Vista” (like that’s a yardstick to go by) and it can run Windows XP. What a terrible value proposition. No wonder Microsoft has resorted to anti-GNU/Linux. █
“Acer and Intel, for example, are already complaining that Windows 7 Starter Edition simply won’t sell.”
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