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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ZubaZ
Reply #1 Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:52 PM
ZubaZ starts saving for a new monitor with touchy-feely features    

mike b1954
Reply #2 Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:03 PM
heheh ...   ( I once had a girlfriend with touchy - feely features ... !! )

Wizard1956
Reply #3 Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:20 PM
( I once had a girlfriend with touchy - feely features ... !! )
Me too,she crashed every month.


HAPTORK
Reply #4 Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:56 PM
I once had a girlfriend with touchy - feely features ... !!




From where can I get one for me.

Philly0381
Reply #5 Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:04 PM
        

Leo the Lion
Reply #6 Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:44 PM
Mike, I put this up earlier today and you can see the interview with Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer here WWW Link

Wizard1956
Reply #7 Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:49 PM
Let's see...2010 + 1year for delays +1 year until Windows7 SP1 to make most of it work=2012. I think I'll be using Vista for a while.  

zakai1369
Reply #8 Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:29 PM
( I once had a girlfriend with touchy - feely features ... !! )


Me too,she crashed every month.



vStyler
Reply #9 Wednesday, May 28, 2008 5:51 PM
Meh.. all looks very gimmicky and clunky, the finger can never replace a mouse for precision, when will MS stop dumbing things down and get professional?

also.. look forward to it only being on Ultimate version.  

Snowman
Reply #10 Wednesday, May 28, 2008 6:01 PM

the finger can never replace a mouse for precision

I'd rather use a pen, for drawing. Much more precise than a mouse.
I can't use a wacom, so I'll be looking forward to getting this feature.


Vampothika
Reply #11 Wednesday, May 28, 2008 6:57 PM
hmm.....im very interested in the new windows 7..sounds really futuristic and cool......i might have to start saving for one of those monitors that zubaz is saving up fer..............

DigitalCHET
Reply #12 Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:32 PM
That's not going to make owners of current laptop systems very happy. Having an OS with "touchy-feely" features that they can't use.

Well, I guess it fits in with my timetable for building a new desktop system anyways.

...speaking of touchy-feely -where's Bebi?

ZubaZ
Reply #13 Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:48 PM
...speaking of touchy-feely -where's Bebi?
   

mike b1954
Reply #14 Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:20 PM
hehe ! Ya gotta love this place ...   

aufisch
Reply #15 Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:43 PM
Can you imagine how many people will whinge and cry because they'll have to upgrade their system for the touch-screen feature?

I can hear them already: "Windows 7 is useless bloatware. I stick with Windows 3.11 as my 486SX with 4 MB of RAM and a 12inch CRT can't even use this badly designed new OS. Why should I be forced to upgrade to new hardware? The old OS does everything I need!"

zakai1369
Reply #16 Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:02 AM
I can hear them already: "Windows 7 is useless bloatware. I stick with Windows 3.11 as my 486SX with 4 MB of RAM and a 12inch CRT can't even use this badly designed new OS. Why should I be forced to upgrade to new hardware? The old OS does everything I need!"



ZubaZ
Reply #17 Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:31 AM
The truth is though that for most of what JoeUser does . . win3.11 and a bigger HD is more than enough.

Can you browse the web?
Move music to your MP3 player?
Check email?
Chat?
Load AOL?  

All possible through an OS that old

1337h1uM
Reply #18 Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:49 AM
...win3.11...
...Move music to your MP3 player?


Sure, if your MP3 player has a DB9 serial connection....


Vampothika
Reply #19 Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:51 AM
Can you imagine how many people will whinge and cry because they'll have to upgrade their system for the touch-screen feature? I can hear them already: "Windows 7 is useless bloatware. I stick with Windows 3.11 as my 486SX with 4 MB of RAM and a 12inch CRT can't even use this badly designed new OS. Why should I be forced to upgrade to new hardware? The old OS does everything I need!"


arent some doing that already?  

CountryYokel
Reply #20 Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:38 AM
2010 ? I will have only just saved up enough cash to switch from XP to Vista by then, let alone enough for a touchy-feely screen.

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