Vienna, of course, is Windows 7. To be more specific, Windows 7, Build 7000. I downloaded Windows 7 quite a while ago, a few days after the Beta was released to the public. I didn’t use it, until yesterday. I don’t know why. I think I forgot about it. Anyway, it looks good. It’s a bit laggy, but now, after a bit of tweaking in the registry, it’s working fine. I like the new taskbar. It gets rid of the Quick Launch bar in previous versions of Windows, and merges multiple instances of the application together, leaving only one icon of the said application left on the taskbar. Nice. Neat. Takes getting used to though.
Windows Media Player 12 comes with Windows 7. On the surface, it doesn’t look that different from WMP 11, aside from the fact that the buttons are in different places, and that there is a “Media Guide” thing in the bottom left, which doesn’t work in Singapore. I don’t know if this is because of my childishness at having a new OS to play with, but I feel that the sound quality is greatly improved when compared to Vista.
Windows 7 is also supposed to support multi-touch technology. Sadly, I don’t have anything I can use to take advantage of this feature.
Now, this is just a beta, and yet, when I check my System Properties, I see the word “Ultimate” next to “Windows 7”. Does this mean that when it finally goes into the market, there is going to be a whole lot of versions again? That sucks. If it’s going to be like Vista, where there is a Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate, then it is going to be bad. This is one of the reasons why Vista didn’t really sell as well as planned. You have to more for different features? Can’t they just sell Vista Ultimate? It works just as well on every computer. I have used both Ultimate AND Home Premium, and I dare say, Ultimate works better and faster. Does this mean Microsoft is deliberately slowing down systems so that people will buy Ultimate? That’s the world’s WORST business strategy. Imagine going to McDonald’s and buying a burger. Just the bread will cost you 50 cents. Want to add meat? Sure, another 50 cents. Cheese? 50 cents more. Ketchup? Why not? And the list goes on. If that happened, people would get pissed off, because the price gets higher and higher, and in the end, it wouldn’t be worth it. They might just walk out, and buy something simpler, like for example, an Apple.
That said, I think Windows 7 will be worth it, and if Microsoft can find more ways to tweak it to make it faster, it would be the BEST OS they have come up with, and it would be the first Windows OS to be faster than it’s predecessor. If you want to try W7, you can go to the Microsoft website. They are extending the Beta Download till 12th February 2009. After that date, it will be impossible to download it, unless you do so from torrents. Good torrent sites will be those like the Bay of Pirates, or a mini nuclear explosion. :D Try figuring those out! Haha. Also, Windows 7 comes with a new font, called Gabriola, and I shall use it here.