Microsoft Windows 7 preview
Windows 7 is nearly upon us; the word is that the first PCs with the new operating system pre-installed could be in the shops in time for Christmas. That would make it a little less than three years since Microsoft brought Vista into the world, promising PC buyers the ‘wow factor’.
But Vista has proven to be at least partly a failure. Sales of new PCs with Vista may have broken previous records but that’s more to do with demand for new PCs than love for the software.
The truth behind Vista’s poor reception is that the company promised much and delivered relatively little, which is a shame as some genuinely interesting and useful tools have been overshadowed by a trio of flaws: poor performance; early lack of support for peripherals and software from other companies; and an interface that was a little over-keen to tell users what it was up to.
