Who Designed Windows 7?

[Ozirus]

When I compare Windows 7 to Vista, I can't help but wonder who the target audience was.

Windows 7 looks like it was designed for people ages 4-16. Alot of cartoon wallpapers, and stuff like that.

I may not be a child, but I like it! Finally a Microsoft OS with a Nice Looking default wallpaper!

 

[richc46]

When I compare Windows 7 to Vista, I can't help but wonder who the target audience was.

Windows 7 looks like it was designed for people ages 4-16. Alot of cartoon wallpapers, and stuff like that.

I may not be a child, but I like it! Finally a Microsoft OS with a Nice Looking default wallpaper!

Well, we know it was not designed for the middle age group or the seniors. It was designed for those with the money and desire to purchase. I would say 12-35 year old crowd.

 

[cloud8521]

what frigging child has a few hundred lieing around and decides not to get windows 7?!

 

[gregrocker]

Hardly. There is a collection of 84 Win7 national edition backgrounds which are a popular download on the web. I install them as a slideshow on my Win7 installs.

These are perhaps the most magnificent pictures ever taken.

I think I once caught a glimpse of the cartoon wallpapers you speak of. They are hardly representative of the wallpapers, much less the Win7 O.S. which IMO is the greatest invention since the computer.

Samples:

 

[Avenger20]

i was going to say pricewise windows 7 is cheap then i realized thats only because i got the OEM version, so i agree what kind of teen has a near $300 to get windows 7? I think it was just made the way it is to look cleaner and more user friendly (even though it isnt at times)

 

[gregrocker]

I got the distinct feeling that they did the airy blue loading screen with hummingbird to appeal more to women.

Downright ethereal.

 

[Joan Archer]

I don't know about that, the loading screen is not something I see anyway so the look of it doesn't bother me, blue is more my husbands favourite colour anyway not mine.

If it had been red or something fiery or even the colours of nature then I might have taken more notice

 

[bigmck]

i was going to say pricewise windows 7 is cheap then i realized thats only because i got the OEM version, so i agree what kind of teen has a near $300 to get windows 7? I think it was just made the way it is to look cleaner and more user friendly (even though it isnt at times)

I have yet to figure out what target group would need the full $300 version. ==

1) If you buy a new computer, the OS is installed.

2) If you build a computer, you buy the OEM.

3) If you have a Windows OS on your system, you buy the Upgrade.

Who buys the full version???

 

[Qdos]

Who Designed Windows 7?

Someone who used to work for Steve Jobs?

i was going to say pricewise windows 7 is cheap then i realized thats only because i got the OEM version, so i agree what kind of teen has a near $300 to get windows 7?

$300 for what, Ultimate? Teenagers don't need bitlocker or domain facilities, and most don't speak 35 languages either, and since anyone can dual boot with XP then there's no need for professional come to that...

It's only ten times the price of Snow Leopard...

 

[patrickt]

I'm a senior so I value functionality over really pretty. And I do pity the poor teenagers for not having enough money to buy Windows7. I wonder who buys Wii, XBox, and $200 sneakers? I'm just an old guy but even I had enough sense to pick the version of Windows7 that meets my needs and it sure didn't cost $200.

 

[jfar]

Well here's the man that designed the logon screen.

http://www.sevenforums.com/news/43650-how-one-man-designed-windows-7-boot-animation.html

 

[Dinesh]

I voted for NO.

 

[Ozirus]

what frigging child has a few hundred lieing around and decides not to get windows 7?!

I purchased "Windows Home Premium 64-bit" OEM for installation on a new PC, for only $ 158.00 CDN, including tax! (aproximately a week ago).

 

[RogerR]

Its a McOS - designed to serve as many as possible, preferably billions and billions, within the confines of the production deadline and the Vista platform. So I'd bet their marketing focus groups including every age class.

There is something there for (almost) everyone and that's why the multi-tier price structure. M$ doesn't want any fish to slip through the net; including the big fat ones that will pay retail, and of course children, who exert enormous clout over parental purchasing power.

However, most kids seem to be more aware of consoles than OSs, so I doubt the product was functionally weighted towards youth.

2¢.

 

[RandyD123]

When I compare Windows 7 to Vista, I can't help but wonder who the target audience was.

Windows 7 looks like it was designed for people ages 4-16. Alot of cartoon wallpapers, and stuff like that.

I may not be a child, but I like it! Finally a Microsoft OS with a Nice Looking default wallpaper!

Windows7 was my design.

 

[kmint]

I am a 44 y/o male and I absolutely love the looks of Windows 7. I never liked XP. I don't like Mac and I hate Linux in every possible version. I did like Vista but was too slow.

Windows 7 is just great and I am enjoying it like a child in Christmas. It's really beautiful, full of possibilities, amazing wallpapers (I made my own pack of favorite landscape photos from that amazing collection that MS provides). I love the transparencies, the icons, the colors, it's very lively, flexible... To me this is the best OS ever so far and runs very very fast in my modest laptops.

 

[Ozirus]

I aggree. But I still miss Vista.

 

[Boastree]

I think MS wanted to create a very stable work horse (like windows 2000) that would apeal to those who like eye candy (like XP). And I personally believe they have secceeded...I LIKE IT!

 

[whs]

I aggree. But I still miss Vista.

+1 from me. I like Win7 because of it's smaller footprint and the enhanced automation. But for functionally it is a step backwards from Vista (if you like real operating systems). I think it was designed for nice little old ladies. But I can care less about the eye candy. I rather have functions.

 

[jradicle11]

What teenagers have the money to spend on windows 7? Spoiled ones with rich parents. Then there are ones like me who install Ubuntu because its free .

I am a 44 y/o male and I absolutely love the looks of Windows 7. I never liked XP. I don't like Mac and I hate Linux in every possible version. I did like Vista but was too slow.

Windows 7 is just great and I am enjoying it like a child in Christmas. It's really beautiful, full of possibilities, amazing wallpapers (I made my own pack of favorite landscape photos from that amazing collection that MS provides). I love the transparencies, the icons, the colors, it's very lively, flexible... To me this is the best OS ever so far and runs very very fast in my modest laptops.

How can you hate linux in every possible version? Its completely customizable, you can make it look like windows if you so choose.

Is it because you can't run .exe unless you use a program such as wine? Or because you have to use terminal for most installations?