WINDOWS 7
.... In 2 years ?
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 by mike b1954 | Discussion: Community
Microsoft's next operating system (OS) will come with multi-touch features as an alternative to the mouse.
It is hoped the successor will have a better reception than the much-maligned Vista OS, released last year.
Scheduled for release in 2010, the new fingertip interface lets users enlarge and shrink photos, trace routes on maps, paint pictures or play the piano.
"The way you interact with the system will change dramatically," said Microsoft chairman Bill Gates.
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starkers
Reply #22 Thursday, May 29, 2008 11:19 AM
Reply #22 Thursday, May 29, 2008 11:19 AM
Hehe, I can see it now.... that touchy feely thing and all those people who like to eat while at their puter whining about food particles and greasy fingerprints all over their monitors. ..... Fuzzy Logic damning Windows 7 to hell cos it made him put choccy prints all over his.
And I can see Bebi's puter not working very well, if at all... it'd have great difficulty concentrating on the task at hand - with all that touchy feely interaction going on... going absolutely berserk and popping a fuse or three over a *naked huggle*
Come to think of it, which I do, dontcha think that Windows 7 will give online porn (especially streaming live webcam action) a whole new meaning... er, touch/feel/sensation?
And before anyone does (use the food example above to mention other sticky moments on the monitor, etc)... please don't
Which reminds me.... while it don't have that touchy feely thing going on, my fave puter store has a 24" Viewsonic flatscreen that keeps jumping out at me, saying: "BUY ME, BUY ME, BUY ME!!!!" At just AU$340 ish (discount for cash), I'm finding it harder and harder to resist its pleas and see my resolve weakening, sooner or later.
As for Windows 7... yeah, there'll be those that'll grizzle n' carry on about unnecessary bloat and 'useless apps', but it'll be like those who said car radios were unnecessary bloat and not essential to getting from A to B, and now happily listen to radio/CD's/MP3's while driving along in their computer controlled vehicles with power windows/drinks cooler~heater/porta potty built into the drivers seat. After a while they'll be eating humble pie and saying " how did I ever manage without touchy feely, on-screen manipulation!"
...speaking of touchy-feely -where's Bebi?
And I can see Bebi's puter not working very well, if at all... it'd have great difficulty concentrating on the task at hand - with all that touchy feely interaction going on... going absolutely berserk and popping a fuse or three over a *naked huggle*
Come to think of it, which I do, dontcha think that Windows 7 will give online porn (especially streaming live webcam action) a whole new meaning... er, touch/feel/sensation?
And before anyone does (use the food example above to mention other sticky moments on the monitor, etc)... please don'tWhich reminds me.... while it don't have that touchy feely thing going on, my fave puter store has a 24" Viewsonic flatscreen that keeps jumping out at me, saying: "BUY ME, BUY ME, BUY ME!!!!" At just AU$340 ish (discount for cash), I'm finding it harder and harder to resist its pleas and see my resolve weakening, sooner or later.
As for Windows 7... yeah, there'll be those that'll grizzle n' carry on about unnecessary bloat and 'useless apps', but it'll be like those who said car radios were unnecessary bloat and not essential to getting from A to B, and now happily listen to radio/CD's/MP3's while driving along in their computer controlled vehicles with power windows/drinks cooler~heater/porta potty built into the drivers seat. After a while they'll be eating humble pie and saying " how did I ever manage without touchy feely, on-screen manipulation!"
Bebi Bulma
Reply #23 Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:06 PM
Reply #23 Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:06 PM
Touch-screen? And have my monitor getting all gunked up from people constantly touching it?? Nowai man. 
S J N
Reply #24 Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:26 PM
Reply #24 Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:26 PM
So...if you don't get a new touchy-feely monitor, you can't use Windows 7?
Again...I'll stick with XPMCE. With everything going up in $$$ I can barely afford gas, let alone the hous utilities. Water in CA. is going up 17 percent this July. Gas and electric have gone through the roof.
I just won't upgrade my system anymore. I'd rather eat!!
Again...I'll stick with XPMCE. With everything going up in $$$ I can barely afford gas, let alone the hous utilities. Water in CA. is going up 17 percent this July. Gas and electric have gone through the roof.
I just won't upgrade my system anymore. I'd rather eat!!
Snowman
Reply #25 Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:45 PM
Reply #25 Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:45 PM
Touch-screen? And have my monitor getting all gunked up from people constantly touching it?? Nowai man
Aw c'mon, Bebi. Admit it, you wanna touch it
2of3
Reply #26 Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:09 PM
I always say to my 3 year old "Don't touch the screen"
Now you will have to?
This makes being a consistent parent impossible! Damn you, evil Microsoft!
Reply #26 Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:09 PM
Aw c'mon, Bebi. Admit it, you wanna touch it
I always say to my 3 year old "Don't touch the screen"
Now you will have to?
This makes being a consistent parent impossible! Damn you, evil Microsoft!
Wizard1956
Reply #27 Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:20 PM
Reply #27 Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:20 PM
I hear it will have a "scratch and sniff" mode.(I am so not going there!)
zakai1369
Reply #28 Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:46 PM
Reply #28 Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:46 PM
I always say to my 3 year old "Don't touch the screen"
Now you will have to?
This makes being a consistent parent impossible! Damn you, evil Microsoft!
Now you will have to?
This makes being a consistent parent impossible! Damn you, evil Microsoft!
NightTrainthedark
Reply #30 Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:11 PM
Reply #30 Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:11 PM
We should be calling it Vista sp2 but There isn't money in that for Microsoft. I got shafted with Windows ME and now Vista. To be even remotely excited or interested in Windows 7 seems laughable, except I don't find it funny. I feel like a fool for jumping into Vista.
To promote it for Microsoft just seems wrong from my perspective. By promoting Windows 7 you are helping them cover their tracks of how Vista was not ready and even Bill Gates said it was crap. Microsoft pretends windows ME never existed and they will do the same with Vista if people help them cover their tracks.
The latest Dreamscene content released by MS is a joke. One of the dremascenes actually moves/shifts on cycle. The others must have been winners in a grade school competition.
To steal a line from another commenter in another thread... I think I may upgrade to XP and take it to my grave.
/ yes, I am bitter.....
To promote it for Microsoft just seems wrong from my perspective. By promoting Windows 7 you are helping them cover their tracks of how Vista was not ready and even Bill Gates said it was crap. Microsoft pretends windows ME never existed and they will do the same with Vista if people help them cover their tracks.
The latest Dreamscene content released by MS is a joke. One of the dremascenes actually moves/shifts on cycle. The others must have been winners in a grade school competition.
To steal a line from another commenter in another thread... I think I may upgrade to XP and take it to my grave.
/ yes, I am bitter.....
starkers
Reply #32 Friday, May 30, 2008 12:24 AM
Er.... Bebi, that's why you'd install a porn filter!! Mightn't help much for chocoholics and those who crave finger food, but it may to help prevent/eliminate some.... er, well... maybe try using a protective shield (summat like a PC condom) instead....
And now for something completely different!
I'd like it if Windows 7 kept UAC but tweaked/refined it so that you don't have to keep approving 'trusted' apps that'd previously been given the OK.
Reply #32 Friday, May 30, 2008 12:24 AM
Touch-screen? And have my monitor getting all gunked up from people constantly touching it?? Nowai man.
Er.... Bebi, that's why you'd install a porn filter!! Mightn't help much for chocoholics and those who crave finger food, but it may to help prevent/eliminate some.... er, well... maybe try using a protective shield (summat like a PC condom) instead....
And now for something completely different!
I'd like it if Windows 7 kept UAC but tweaked/refined it so that you don't have to keep approving 'trusted' apps that'd previously been given the OK.
wulfn1
Reply #33 Friday, May 30, 2008 9:33 AM
Reply #33 Friday, May 30, 2008 9:33 AM
imagine how tired your arm would get if you were surfing for an extended period of time?
or do they plan to place the screen on the desktop? then your neck would hurt after a while from looking down..
or do they plan to place the screen on the desktop? then your neck would hurt after a while from looking down..
zakai1369
Reply #34 Friday, May 30, 2008 10:58 AM
Very true. I think the only way I would like a touch screen setup would be if you had a "touchpad" type setup on the desktop where you could look at and do things but also have a monitor in front of you like now where you can also see what you are doing without staring down at the desk all day.
Reply #34 Friday, May 30, 2008 10:58 AM
imagine how tired your arm would get if you were surfing for an extended period of time?
or do they plan to place the screen on the desktop? then your neck would hurt after a while from looking down..
or do they plan to place the screen on the desktop? then your neck would hurt after a while from looking down..
Very true. I think the only way I would like a touch screen setup would be if you had a "touchpad" type setup on the desktop where you could look at and do things but also have a monitor in front of you like now where you can also see what you are doing without staring down at the desk all day.
ZubaZ
Reply #35 Friday, May 30, 2008 11:32 AM
Reply #35 Friday, May 30, 2008 11:32 AM
or do they plan to place the screen on the desktop? then your neck would hurt after a while from looking down..
Everything I've seen indicates that they plan on large screens canted at an angle. Think - Drafting table.
Windows 7 will still supprt keyboards and mice. There will be no need to upgrade as long as you are happy with what you have.
starkers
Reply #36 Friday, May 30, 2008 12:54 PM
That's good news... but still no tea/coffee maker... food replicator (think Star Trek) to make scones, strawberry jam and good ol' Devonshire clotted cream to go with the cuppa.
***hmmmm, thinkin' about food agin.... must be about supper time, me thinks. ****
Reply #36 Friday, May 30, 2008 12:54 PM
Windows 7 will still supprt keyboards and mice.
That's good news... but still no tea/coffee maker... food replicator (think Star Trek) to make scones, strawberry jam and good ol' Devonshire clotted cream to go with the cuppa.
***hmmmm, thinkin' about food agin.... must be about supper time, me thinks.
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Reply #21 Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:23 AM
Sinner.