go.tagjag.com – I took several live calls earlier tonight to talk to people in the community about Windows 7. I wanted to get their honest reactions – find out what they love and hate. One of the calls was with my assistant, Kat. She’s been a Microsoft MVP in the area of Windows Security for over four years now, and has been considered an Expert in the malware removal community for about seven years. We talked a bit about the security side of Windows 7, and her take on the new operating …
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Asides 
The curtain has been raised (slightly) on the next installment of Microsoft’s Windows operating system – Windows 7.
Microsoft hope it will bring the internet, mobile phone and PC closer together. But reviews have so far been mixed, although reviewers have been limited to trying the (pre-beta version).
The full version is expected to be capable of working with a touchscreen screen, navigating documents and the Web similar to Apple’s iPhone. It is officially released at the end of 2009.
“I have seen the future, and it is bleak. Windows 7, the next big version, the one that was supposed to fix everything that was wrong with Vista, is here (at least in pre-beta form), and I can now say – with some confidence – that Microsoft has once again dropped the ball.
“Overall, I’m extremely disappointed with Windows 7. Far from atoning for Vista’s sins, Windows 7 simply carries them forward, visiting them upon yet another generation. Windows 7 is no panacea. Rather, it’s just more of the same: slow, bloated, and frustrating as hell.”
“When it comes to Windows 7, Microsoft hasn’t just learned from the mistakes of Windows Vista. It has picked up a thing or two from Apple’s OS X, judging by first impressions.
“It’s not clear how big the changes are so far. If you put the beta-build of Windows 7 side-by-side with Windows Vista, you’d be hard-pressed to spot the differences. Yes, some of the icons look slightly different and there’s no sidebar, but it’s essentially still the Vista look and feel. But that changes when you start to use Windows 7.
“For a start the OS won’t nag you as much; many notifications are banished to a control panel, you get to approve icons before they show up in the system tray and Microsoft has reined in Vista’s useful but annoying UAC prompts; you can choose which ones you want to see or turn them off altogether.”
“Initially Windows 7 looks similar to Vista, but there a lot of new features that have been added. Under the skin, Microsoft has been working hard. Boot times have been reduced, and certainly the review laptop Microsoft provided has a fairly snappy boot time.
“Microsoft has been working with OEMs to improve battery life – simple things such as reducing the timer frequency can improve battery life by up to 10 per cent. The networking stack has had new diagnostics added to help users figure out exactly where the problem lies.
“So, is this all a big deal? It’s not a change to the fundamental core of Windows, and most of the improvements sound relatively small. But taken together, they seem to address many of the issues people have had for Windows. I’m looking forward to trying it out, starting this afternoon.”
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at 3:08 pm
wat is the site again?
at 3:08 pm
“Windows 7 didn’t copy the doc”
How can you say that??
Maybe you meant “didn’t copy the doc well” since it doesn’t look as good.
at 3:08 pm
Omg chris is letting up on being a mac fanboy and hugging anything thats made out of aluminum and has a giant glowing apple stamped to it. XDDDD
at 3:08 pm
Hai look she said you HAVE to have anti-virus for your computers, for you idiotic xp and vista users, maybe you can learn something
at 3:08 pm
I got the student discount. $30 downloaded. I needed to make a bootable flash drive to install it, though, but it’s installed and running.
at 3:08 pm
He could, but he likes to have the live chat at the bottom of the video.
at 3:08 pm
I love Kat…. shes one of the few parts of the chris pirillio experience that still loves windows
at 3:08 pm
i know someone named Vaughan.
at 3:08 pm
weird
at 3:08 pm
No way! is Vaughn your real name!? My name is spelled just like that, I’ve only met other Vaughns with an “A” between “H” and “N”. I was just about to reply to your post saying how I agree about not needing an AV program because I havn’t ever used one on any of my PCs and I havn’t had a problem to date.
at 3:08 pm
w0000t windows 7 FTW
at 3:08 pm
Windows 7 has XP mode
at 3:08 pm
Lose the dog! I keep finding myself staring at the dog rather than concentrating on the conversation!
at 3:08 pm
It’s faster cos its better to use…
And I said/wrote it doesn’t RUN programms faster – thats not the same as load times..
at 3:08 pm
um, you said microsoft didn’t copy the dock, then u said it was dock-like and u prefer it. microsoft defintely copied it, and actually made it better, which is suprising, considering it’s microsoft we’re tlaking about here lol
at 3:08 pm
why arent you in HD go in HD!!!!
at 3:08 pm
we won’t e-ya later? =\
at 3:08 pm
Um what do you mean no new OS? Snow Leopard just came out -_-
at 3:09 pm
I dont need anti-V or anti-male im not a fuck tard.
at 3:09 pm
Can you point me to where you found this information?
at 3:09 pm
But I guess you’re not.
at 3:09 pm
Good for you.
at 3:09 pm
It sounds like you’re working for Microsoft.
at 3:09 pm
toaly agree. best win os yet
at 3:09 pm
Windows 7 is the best OS I’ve used to date. Win 7 is secure, compatible, easy to use, and faster at all tasks than previous versions of windows on this same computer. I’m not talking new install vs old install. It’s just faster. Gaming wise, I only experienced a performance dip vs XP if Aero was turned OFF. This is all based on the RC though, going to get my Win 7 retail soon.