Reasons to skip Microsoft’s Windows 7 Beta download
section: windows, for your questions: KezNews forum, 11.1.2009
Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversAs many of you know, I’m a hardcore Mac guy - but I wasn’t always this way. My experiences with Windows Vista sent me over the edge, prompting me to add the “hardcore” next to my “Mac guy” title.
Still, I was excited to hear that Microsoft is releasing a beta download of Windows 7 on Friday - a move that might slow the switch-to-Mac momentum out there if the beta testers offer positive reviews. Just this morning, I thought about looking for my own Vista notebook. (My wife put it away after I was ready to literally toss it out of a second-floor window.)
But then I decided against the download and install. Given what I now know about the process, it already seems to be more trouble than its worth. Consider the following:
* The beta of Windows 7 (or is it really just a great big Vista service pack?) will be available to the first 2.5 million people who download it on Jan. 9. I know it seems silly to ask but… is there a specific time on Jan. 9? Here in Silicon Valley, our clocks will be among the last in the world to reach the midnight hour.
* Windows 7 Beta will expire on Aug. 1, 2009. Huh? Expire? So everything just resorts back to the older crappy version of Windows?
* Be prepared to lose data. This excerpt from the Windows Blog:
As much as the Windows 7 Beta completely rocks, part of the beta process is discovering bugs and reporting those bugs. Some of those bugs could possibly lead to data loss. I tend to be a risk-taker myself and have gone all-out with the Windows 7 Beta by putting it on almost all my PCs both at work and at home, but not everyone should do this.
* Then there’s the No. 2 item on Ed Bott’s “Five things Steve Ballmer won’t tell you about Windows 7” blog entry: Good luck finding drivers for all your old XP-only hardware.
* Finally, even if you love Windows 7 and are willing to let it expire in August because the buzz is that it will be available again by the holiday season - think again. Windows executive Bill Veghte told CNET that Windows 7 actually might not be ready in time for the 2009 holiday season. “I’m telling them that it could go either way,” Veghte said. “We will ship it when the quality is right, and earlier is always better, but not at the cost of ecosystem support and not at the cost of quality.”
I know, I know. Many of you are probably thinking that I’m biased because I’ve gulped down Apple’s Kool-Aid and probably have already been labeled a Windows Hater. But I wasn’t always like this - Windows made me this way. That’s what made me switch - before switching was cool.
In all honesty, I want Windows 7 to be a success. I want to install it on the Windows Vista machine I have so I can recover some of my lost investment. I want Microsoft to take the time it needs to make sure that Windows 7 is a product that’s exponentially superior to Vista (that shouldn’t be a tough task - it can’t possibly get worse.) But it’s hard to get excited about something that potentially won’t even arrive until 2010. (Really. The company is already talking about delays and the beta hasn’t even been released yet.)
Thanks for the download offer, Microsoft, but I think I’ll pass. With only 2.5 million downloads available, I’ll leave mine out there for somoene who really really really wants it and is willing to take the time to install it. Me and my Macbook will just keep working from right here on the sidelines.
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Comments(25)
i agree with you. you are extremely bias.
typical mac propaganda and useless
information.
try hackintosh - os x86 :) i am happy and getting most from my hardware that i invested
for vista - yea there are kirks and irks getin things working right but if you have the
right hardware you are the one with a golden egg goose. :)
i have mac machine (kinda
aging now g4 + g5) but i invested in vista machine (disappointment realy) but now its a
mac again, :p works very well too. as for win 7 i like it that ms is making an effort to
fix what they lacked in vista (making use of dwm) but it should hav been an sp2 not win 7.
let see how things are goin on. until then vmware fusion solves my purpose *yes on
hackintosh tooo)
apple should release os x for all users since it works so well on
pee see hardware once you get it right.
best of luck...
how can you possibly have a valid stance on a windows os if you're a "mac guy"?
does it really need to be said that this guy is just a tool?
thats a half-arsed argument if ever i heard one! tool is correct!
also,
"..huh? expire? so everything just resorts back to the older crappy version of
windows?.."
it's a beta.... to try out..it will have bugs (beta!!!) for
testing.. course you could lose data... its not supposed to replace your main os.
"pass on it"... so how do you know if it is any good or not?!
vista was the
re-engineering of the 30 year old debris left over from times gone by... yes old
hardware/etc broke... things move on...get with it!
vista is fine... runs fine,
much better than xp.. yes it "may be" a little slower but as was xp vs win98 but you can
do a lot more with it!
i always find it funny how ppl flame on the authors of these articles here even tho they
likely will never see it.
source: blogs.zdnet.com
thats where the
dude wrote it...i doubt he comes here to see what we think lol
but ya he's a
total fool...vista is way better than xp and i have always thought that way even in the
beta stages... yes i had to fight with it but the victory was sweet. vista is fine
now...hands down an xp destroyer unless yer usin a p3 800 or somethin. trend continues in
win 7. faster, and more reliable that vista and win 7 is still only a beta. yes its
heavily based on vista but its not vista. just like xp is heavily based on win2k but its
not win2k...anyone here remember 2k gettin rave reveiws? unless ya were using it for its
intended office type operation...nope. myself and anyone else that tried to play a game
or entertainment apps on it in the 1st days were extremely frustrated to say the least.
so thats how i see it i guess...
xp is a retooled 2k and win7 is a
retooled vista. so if yer a hater cuz win7 is too close to vista then have a helping of
crow...u xp fellas are on 2k part 2
but again i agree...what a tool...i'm goin
to his blog to tell him so he might read it
zyro
that was the most pointless piece of shit i've ever read. i cant even believe one of
your complaints was the beta serials expire. as if any company would hand out 2.5 million
copies of their rather expensive software completely free for lifetime use. i certainly
don't see apple doing that
who are the idiots that are blogging on this site for the last few days? it seems you are
to dumb to even set up a vista laptop, my 65 year old neighbour has no problems doing
that.... and what is all the bullshit about downloading it is not worth it and relases
will take to long? if you wanna try it or help with bug feedback just download it and do
that, nothing more, its a test version for christ sake! this is an article written with
little facts and the facts you did use don't even matter. i suggest you think before you
write or don't at all but this is not good. in fact, windows 7 doesn't deserve this at
all.
i stopped reading at "as many of you know, i’m a hardcore mac guy." yeah, like that
wouldn't have been an unbiased read.
"windows 7 beta will expire on aug. 1, 2009. huh? expire? so everything just resorts
back to the older crappy version of windows?"
^
lol, aren't you stupid? don't you know there will be more leaks soon?
comments are great!
hey, mac guy; when buying a mac, do you get "isu*k with
my opinions" t-shirt in the package, cause you sure as hell need one! :d
hi guys,
nice, very nice. you can get w7beta1 only at ms? are you dreaming ?
don't you now, what's reality ? even heard words like "torrent" and download ? oh man!
andreas
"how can you possibly have a valid stance on a windows os if you're a "mac guy"? "
well beta 1 means beta 1 - its already pretty stable being a beta release (go
and try it out), and keep in mind that windows 7 at the moment is an os in development not
a final release or even close to it.
as for me being a mac guy does not mean
that i dont like and use other os. every os has its benefits and drawbacks. yes you can
get alternative software that works for you on all operating systems but it comes down to
what you are use to and what you prefer. stability/reliability/speed/core features are
some of the things that will help you chose an os for your specific needs.
for
example: i will never use windows 7 (even final release version) to host a database or
apache server when i can get that same thing solved by using striped down stable linux for
free.
another example would be: me playing games on windows with dx10 because there
are no linux or mac versions of those games.
apple sells you a peanut for a
price of a mango, and it will stay like this because thats how they make money.
this is why i have not bought a new mac since my last mac purchase of an imac g5.
since the system architecture now is for x86 systems (intel/amd) i assembled my
own intel pc with specs that i wanted and its cheaper then any mac sold by apple. it runs
everything that i need to get my work done.
powerpc is now faded away hiding
just in game consoles. so are the days of sparc based servers. plus gone are the days when
macs were the only systems to have nice gui and editing software. you have all those
things coming on windows too now (some even on linux - compiz anyone).
i would
buy a copy of leopard license which is legit to run on my pc so i can dual boot. apple
makes beautiful machines but it comes at a cost. its all the same hardware now minus
multitouch gestures as of now, win 7 will come in an fill that state too.
my last post seems that im out of sync thx to some wine. lolz
but i made my
point clear.
well im a mac guy too (more of a mac os guy though)
windows
is never gonna disappear even though its somewhat crippled.
hahahahhaha buuu u suuck windows 4 the win mofakkkaaaa
my first impression of windows 7
if i buy a new computer and it has w7 fine
if
i buy a new computer and it has vista nope i want 7
would i buy windows 7 to replace
xp not in a hurry to
been using win 7 (build 7000) for a week now and i have to say this, it just works fine.
i hated vista sadly due to uac and other compatibility annoyances. win 7 takes all my
device drivers - from xp and vista. last 2 days i have been stressing and bending win 7
and its performing really well. just how steve jobs had been saying for osx - " boom
boom zip zip "
as for the comments above about concern of beta expiring - im
sure there will be a new one out then and you will be able to upgrade your beta 1 - if not
then you can backup your stuff and get around that way.
i wish that it were true that macs would be chic and making a and taking off, but i doubt
it. as most users that i know get their os with a new computer, if macs take off i figure
this would force ms to lower their prices, thus benefiting most users in general. the
economy being what it is i wonder if people are willing to pay a premium because something
is cool. as far as knowledge is concerned, it doesn't much matter to me what os comes
with the hardware, as i already run linux mint, vista ultimate, xp pro, windows 7 beta
and yes, leopard via iatkos in the same box. please tell why would i pay $1800 for
something that i can get for $800. by the way, if your laptop is still giving you trouble
please send it to me and i will put it to good use.if my next computer comes with windows
7, so be it. but even to ms i will not pay more than $100 for a os.
wtf
u don't even know the meaning of beta...
are u sure you know how to
use a pc?
since when was switching to mac cool? duh! windows is crap but at least i can buy cheap
software that works with it. well xp at least. i'll try w7 when w10 betas are out.
the writer is missing one important thing. this is beta software and not general release
final code. whinning about expiry codes on beta software? not really an intelligent
argument for the mac-camp?
how about this - " i hate macs because because they
can't drive my car for me"
please think before writing, saves a lot of wasted
time.
this guy is not only a tool, but also a nooob. oh, did i mention worm?
you donwload the wind 7 beta coz u want to, you r not under pressure to do so!if you r ot
sure of what u are doing, just go sleep!
hey mac guy, if you want to make
advertisment for mac, go make it somewhere else!
oh heck stoppit... i cannot stop laughing! when did we allow 5 year olds to write on
here? lolololol!!! oh my sides.. please your killing me......
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By John on 09.01.2009 - 17:01