Windows 7 Reactions

Adrian Kingsley has posted his first reactions on Windows 7 after having a number of users (windows, linux and mac users) use the new operating system over the holidays. In summary, most of the reactions were geared on user interface designs namely: startup screen was too dark which means something might be wrong, taskbar screen was too big, classic menu was no longer available, a lot of movings things moving compared to XP and Vista.

These are minor user interface reactions that do not mean anything to the future of the operating system. However; Microsoft should still provide a startup wizard upon installation for various settings instead of the usual date/time, region, and other localization settings.

Adrian also noted that linux and mac users do not feel tempted to move to Windows 7. I think expecting these users to feel the urge to move to Windows 7 is a little too early. At this stage, the operating system is for beta testing and user feedback and not meant to lure users to migrating to the new operating system especially if they are using a different OS.

He also notes, that Microsoft should release the operating system early in time for students buying notebooks. But why? As I have previously written, Netbooks are going to grow exponentially especially in this economic status. Employees and workers with money would still prefer netbooks as they are cheap alternatives and students would most likely choose netbooks as well, and Microsoft has continued offering the old Windows XP operating system on these machines. The last thing Microsoft would want to do is rush an operating system and get hit by the same negative feedback that it got from Vista. I don’t think Microsoft would be able to survive another one of this scenario.

Article original source here.
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