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Windows 7 was bad??

1) Windows 7 was a progression from Vista that refined the features Microsoft tried to put in Vista but didn't always work properly.

2) There have been plenty of complaints about Windows 7 (as there are always some problems even in the best systems), but the reduced number of complaints are due to the fact that Windows 7 has been a very good operating system.

3) nope
 
I knew a few people (irl and online) that complained quite a bit during the Windows 7 pre-releases phases, mostly about how removal of the then-Classic Start Menu and Taskbar and how incremental it was when viewed from the context of having used Windows Vista.

Windows 7's strengths, at the time of release, were a slight polishing of the user experience and appearing to not be Windows Vista. Even now there's nothing fundamentally wrong with it.
 
FearoftheNight said:
Hey guys. Sorry about not having the link but I read an article recently that made the following points:
1) W7 was a stopgap for Vista.
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Other way around. Vista was delayed and rushed (a lot was planned for it, and dropped in order to get an OS out the door). Windows 7 is what Vista should have been (dropped features aside like the replacement for NTFS). The latest OS market share figures speak for themselves; Vista at ~3%, Win7 at ~50%. If Win7 was "bad", there would have been a lot of knee-jerk upgrades to Win8. What actually happened was that Win8 adoption was slow right from its original release date.

2) Due to that fact no one really complained about W7.
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Not sure I understand the point you're making here. "Win7 was bad, it's obvious because no-one complained about it"?

3) Windows 7 was actually pretty bad.
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I think what is missing here is a reason why the author thinks this.
 
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Windows 7 was and is a damn fine OS. It also sparked the 64-bit revolution, as MS started including BOTH the 32-bit as well as 64-bit install media in the retail box, and OEMs started pre-installing the 64-bit version, even on PCs with as little as 2GB of RAM.
 
A link to the article would be helpful. Who knows what was lost in translation from writer to OPs post.
Anyway Win7 was fine. Not exactly ground breaking or revolutionary in anyway but it is stable and performs well.
 
I jumped to Vista and was amazed over XP. I tolerated the choppy sound and unable to resume from sleep. I then jumped right into 7 and liked it even more. It was Vista wihtout the bugs, and it was rock solid stable at release unlike Vista. For me, and I cannot speak on behalf of others, but I have never had a blue screen to date, that was not caused by faulty hardware.

XP was so good, and 7 was the best in my opinion. I will be using it until 10 is released.

Lets hope 10 is even better.
 
nemesismk2 said:
Windows 7 was never pretty bad for me and stopped me getting windows 8 even with my laptop.
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Win7 was ok but nothing major or that different over Vista SP2,Win8.1 is my favourite at the moment(Metro has nothing to do with it btw) but that's going to change when Win10 final is out so Win7 will be about no.6 in my best OS list,I have a few Linux distros that I feel are way better then Win7 in my list.


End of the day you always get people complaining about any OS,some FUD some valid,so it's really personal/preference choice,does not mean the OS is bad or terrible.
 
VirtualLarry said:
Windows 7 was and is a damn fine OS. It also sparked the 64-bit revolution, as MS started including BOTH the 32-bit as well as 64-bit install media in the retail box, and OEMs started pre-installing the 64-bit version, even on PCs with as little as 2GB of RAM.
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Actually it was Vista 64 bit OS that started the 64 bit revolution,XP 64 bit never really took off,only when Vista OS arrived did the companies start rolling out 64 bit drivers,one reason why Win7 did well in driver front it could use Vista 64 bit drivers in most cases as backup on Win7 x64(two years worth by then),poor Vista being a redesigned new OS could not use XP 64 bit drivers for Vista x64 OS so had nothing to fall back on.


Don't you remember it was one of the requirements for OEMs to roll out 32 bit and 64 bit drivers for Vista,some companies were a bit slow at start but that changed within six months.


Having said that I'll say I started using Vista 64 bit OS from day one back then ,had all my Vista 64 bit drivers 🙂 .
 
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Win 7 was horrible. It waited until I types a key rather than knowing what I wanted without being told. It required electricity and a computer. It never put mints on my pillow at night.

Joking aside, an OS is good or bad only in comparison to other OS's. It was faster, more reliable, and more polished compared to Vista. It is compatible with more programs and hardware than Linux or OS X.

I've had zero problems with Win 7. In my book that makes it a great OS. I am now running Win 8.1 with Start 8 and Modern Mix. It has been pretty reliable but is missing features that came free with Win7 like Media Center and codecs. This makes it inferior to Win 7, but it has a superior touch interface which gives it a definite edge over Win 7 on touch devices.

Bottom line, Win 7 has been great. For me its better than Win 8 but others can say the opposite depending on how they use it.
 
Windows 7 is a good os. and always will.until we see what windows 10 final release will bring new.so far not bad
 
You dishonestly titled this thread by saying "Windows 7 was bad" and then you put a couple of question marks after it. Same BS Fox News does to deceive people.
 
OlyAR15 said:
I believe the OP was referring to this article in PCMag: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2471126,00.asp

Basically, it is another incoherent diatribe by that curmudgeon of curmudgeons, John Dvorak.
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Who is this guy, John C. Dvorak? Instead of going point-by-point, I will just say this: That was one of the dumbest things I have ever read that wasn't purposely so. So, somebody, please confirm: That article was a big joke, right?
 
W7 is the Xp of modern days. Painless install, works flawlessly, and it's reasonably tamable to your personal needs.

As i see it, the pure definition of an OS.
 
Best Windows ever released
And no, MS decision makers can't just sit tight, they must screw it over (I prefer Win95 over 8 any day).
 
Flip a coin:

Heads: Windows 7 was a quick fix for the many problems of Vista
Tails: Windows 7 was a natural progression in the Windows design path

Doesn't make much difference.
 
DigDog said:
W7 is the Xp of modern days. Painless install, works flawlessly, and it's reasonably tamable to your personal needs.

As i see it, the pure definition of an OS.
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No native USB 3 support, scheduler is not up to date like 8.1, doesn't have all the baked in kernel improvements to memory/heap like 8.1 and ends mainstream support in January 2015. MS doesn't care about it anymore. It will have 5yrs of security updates sure, but the focus is 8.1 and 10 and beyond.
 
well you see, i'm a gamer, and the innate lag that windows 8 has on anything kinda kills it for me.

note how i managed to use all nice words to describe w8 and none of them mean fecal matter.
 
Which OS do most companies run? That is the best one. Companies don't upgrade to unstable or problematic operating systems.
 
DigDog said:
well you see, i'm a gamer, and the innate lag that windows 8 has on anything kinda kills it for me.

note how i managed to use all nice words to describe w8 and none of them mean fecal matter.
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What lag? The lag that no one has quantified and measured and actually exists except on your say so? 🙄
 
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