i think MS had a too long Dev cycle with vista (not that it wasnt needed for a next generation OS which really is..)
i think as we look at past trends i think one of the main reasons vista "failed" in the begining to capture most of the market share is because MS took to long in their dev cycle and out came out a product with missing bits....
if MS delivers W7 with stability that these alpha's have... it dosent even have to be feature complete...
just a few necessary things on the desktop (i wouldnt call aero necessary but its a nice touch...lol
(maybe a First time Wizard so that users have the Choice of what to download (IM's is an example) in the beginning it would be beneficial to everyone except the server maintainers...lol

The problem with this is that a lot of people were going gaga over Longhorn - and then M$, for whatever reason, decided to cut out features that were most appreciate in Longhorn and deliver us Vista.

johngalt said:

The problem with this is that a lot of people were going gaga over Longhorn - and then M$, for whatever reason, decided to cut out features that were most appreciate in Longhorn and deliver us Vista.

i also think they promised too much....
way too much...
and when it came out over hyped...
well you know...

But the reason that they promised 'too much' is because they took things out.

johngalt said:

But the reason that they promised 'too much' is because they took things out.

yeah but they never mentioned (or at least i dont remember) that that many features where removed....

the one that annoyed me the most was the boot screen....lol
and the ability of not changing it (in x64) easily without *paid* software

As much as I'd like to get the finished product, I'd rather wait and have the *finished* product than have it come out early with stuff missing.

Gary

Hello!

Gary makes the best point. I too want it complete....
















Later Ted

Hi All

To be totally honest I don't think M$ can afford to release Windows 7 as any thing other than "finished". With all the FUD that has affected Vista (even though it was untrue), Windows 7 has to have the WOW and work out of the box. The cryptic "Windows 7 will be released when it's finished" from M$ is IMHO a hint that they won't rush this release, although with the quality of what we've seen so far they may well beat the official target of first quater 2010, which would be another plus