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    The Last Days of Windows 7


    Posted: 12 Sep 2011

    The Last Days of Windows 7, Part 1

    In just a few short days at the BUILD conference in California, Microsoft will finally take the wraps off Windows 8 and we’ll see exactly what they’re going to offer us for a desktop operating system over the next three years. This means that we’re in the final few days of Windows 7 being ‘top dog’, and I thought I’d take the opportunity to have a look back over the operating system.

    Tomorrow I’ll look at all the new features that Windows 7 introduced and try to examine the impact they have had on the end-user experience, especially on tablet devices. Today though let’s look at what Windows 7 did for Microsoft.
    The Last Days of Windows 7, Part 1




    The Last Days of Windows 7, Part 2

    In just a few days Windows 8 will be formally unveiled by Microsoft at their BUILD conference in California, so we’re in the final few days of Windows 7 being top dog. Yesterday in part 1 of this article series I wrote about how Windows 7 had reversed Microsoft’s fortunes and only a single year after its release, had silenced all the company’s Windows critics. It was extremely quick to sell and sold many more retail copies than any other version of Windows before it. But what actual new features did Windows 7 bring to the table and how did it improve over XP and Vista?
    The Last Days of Windows 7, Part 2
    Posted By: JMH
    12 Sep 2011



  1. Posts : 795
    10 Home x64
       #1

    Allot of people, including me, are keeping 7. IMO, the only thing that isn't perfect with 7 is it's looks.
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  2. Posts : 96
    Win7 Ultimate
       #2

    I put Windows 7 on this computer brand new right out of the box-both the computer and the os. I have NEVER seen it lock up, have NEVER had to force a reboot, and have done, watched, listened to and played anything and everthing i have wanted on this machine. Zero problems! I do not care about fluff or features...I care about performance. MS got this one right...it will be hard to get me to move on.
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  3. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #3

    I will be watching on the Windows 8 forum before I make my decision.
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  4. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Ultimate N 64bit
       #4

    Windows7 has been excellent and I have had zero problems with it. I had moved off Windows and to OSX when Vista came out and I had nothing but problems with it. But when Windows7 came out, I gave it a try and never looked,back. my next desktop machine will be Windows based. As you can say I have drunk the Microsoft Koolaid, and found it yummy. I looked at Linux and even Freebsd and while they are improving, I find Windows on my Lenovo Laptop to be the perfect OS for me.
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  5. Posts : 14
    wwindows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
       #5

    Being totally an 80 year old beginner How do I get my machine to call me to attention when I get an incoming Email
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  6. Posts : 302
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Retail
       #6

    "Last days".. is that a joke? It's barely a few years old
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  7. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #7

    I plan to run Win8 Beta in Virtual Box and if they come out with a nice 7" tablet, I will buy that. And from there we will see.
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  8. Posts : 3,302
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
       #8

    Not sure I'll be making the jump to 8 too quickly. I like 7, it works, and for me has run without issue for 2 years.It will take some big improvements now to budge me off 7.

    Danny
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  9. Posts : 1,487
    Windows 7 x64 / Same
       #9

    whs said:
    I plan to run Win8 Beta in Virtual Box and if they come out with a nice 7" tablet, I will buy that. And from there we will see.
    Yeah, I am eagerly anticipating the beta too.
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