Windows 7 Launch Day Facts

"Over 80% of Mac users told Microsoft that they would recommend Windows 7." Great! ... Has we can see, Not all Mac user are Trolls!!! Some are realist!!

Nobody in 2009 is forced to use any OS. Just because businesses after doing comprehensive stuides choose to use Windows, that's just Apple not doing its part to get its OS business ready or properly written/approved for U.S. Government use. Is that really Microsoft's fault that Apple doesn't do what's necessary to be attractive to business? Of course not. If people haven't figured out by now about the many different flavors of Linux, then that's just lack of research. I find most folks have probably dabbled at Linux at least once, but just end up not liking it. Just like most people love Apple products, but don't feel like paying the Apple tax. They realise they can do more for less. Well, maybe Apple folks can do more when they fix Snow Vista.

"Sure: OSX usage increases largely in the weekends. Guess why? Right. Because they do have a choice and really don't want to use Windows." Do you have the numbers to back that up Logjamming?

""Sure: OSX usage increases largely in the weekends. Guess why? " My guess: Because they aren't in school all day and their parents let them stay up late.

I have a Mac and I choose to use Windows 7 : )

@ Mike Same comment, so same reply: you mean Steve Ballmer's kids, who ask him for iMacs and iPods? That's some CEO fruitcake, jumping around yelling 'developers developers developers' and 'I love this company', when in fact even your own kinds don't want to use your products. Unless, like you do with your 'customers', wrangle them in gridlock contracts. Microsoft is laughable. It really is.

Microsoft and Windows 7 rocks. The death of crApple is near.

For those of you who missed seeing the Windows 7 launch keynote live a couple of hours ago, it's now available on demand. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/windows7/default.aspx A couple of hilights: A Windows 7 Dell XPS laptop acting as a media hub for 16 media devices including computers, picture frames, HD TVs and home audio devices using Play To starting at 29 minutes in The HUGE array of very cool Windows 7 computers in lots of form factors starting at 39 minutes in

While the rest of you stumble over each other in your "my d!ick is bigger than your d!ck" arguments, I'd like to say "Congratulations!!!" to Microsoft and the team for releasing W7! --tayme

That part with the kid and Balmer made me ill. Maybe they can replace Kate + 8 on the Toddler Labor Channel.

@logjamming - "because Microsoft users aren't really the smartest people on the planet." And your facts to back this statement up? Exactly. Like most of your posts, it's an opinion based on nothing, making it's value meaningless. Please quit trolling.

mikegalos@msn.com said: ""Sure: OSX usage increases largely in the weekends. Guess why? " "My guess: Because they aren't in school all day and their parents let them stay up late." BADUM TISH! Or it could be because almost all Business and Government users are indeed forced to use Windows during work hours. Then approximately 5-10% of those users go home and use Macs or some other OS. Like me for instance. Windows XP at work, Mac, Wii or Ubuntu at home. subzerohitman721 said: "Nobody in 2009 is forced to use any OS. Just because businesses after doing comprehensive studies choose to use Windows, that's just Apple not doing its part to get its OS business ready or properly written/approved for U.S. Government use. Is that really Microsoft's fault that Apple doesn't do what's necessary to be attractive to business? Of course not." At least with regards to Government use this is a very broad and off base generalization. The Government years ago fully acknowledged that despite security risks inherent to Windows it was an acceptable risk for compatibility with the general computing public. The WinXP is heavily modified for use on almost all Government desktop/laptop/workstations right down to having home page choice for IE locked out and desktop backgrounds being locked. Contrary to generally held belief Macs are found in Government computing environments sometimes in higher percentages than in the general computer buying public. It has nothing do with Apple or Microsoft getting the 'OS business' ready. Most Government computer buying decisions are based primarily on price. PC's just cost less especially when bought in bulk numbers. Of course that's true with everything the Government buys. Probably explains a few things.

@Shinny Home Premium has Media Center, Bitlocker is okay True Crypt is just as good and its free. That said I think there's too many versions. I don't know too many people who encrypt anything but your right more should. I think most people see the need for Government or enterprise to encrypt but most home users never will.

Boil all these numbers down to one fact: Microsoft desperately needed to wash the bad taste of Vista out of everyone's mouth. We've never seen so much hype over what amounts to a damage control service pack.

"Over 80% of Mac users told Microsoft that they would recommend Windows 7." This is the dumbest thing I've read on this blog. And there are lots to choose from.

Check out just how pathetic Microsoft are. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Hk0ZCqRxg&feature=player_embedded They copied everything about the Apple store. Really, truly, utterly pathetic.

The dumbest thing I read on this blog or many like it are pathetic Mac fanboys who are so bored with their own meaningless lives that they troll Windows blogs to attempt to get some sense of satisfaction. Real Mac users are content to enjoy their platform and use it for productive means. Take Alex Lindsay from Pixelcorps, he loves his Macs and talks about them on MacBreak Weekly yet just recommended a Zune HD for his "pick of the week". He calls it as he see;s it. Most of the time he prefers anything Apple, but he's adult enough to admit that even Microsoft does things right sometimes as well. Most people including Mac users which I've been myself, see a pretty impressive OS in Win 7. The touch features in the new OS surpass anything else on the market and will lead to some real hardware innovation in the near future.

Anyway, to skip on the Mac fanatics, thanks for a link to launch event, gonna watch it now. And I agree - congratulations to MS team for this wonderfull new OS. Been using it 100% at home since beta, and 100% at both home and office since final was posted on MSDN. No complaints! Well, one complaint, that VT is requirement for XP mode, as our local-internal-patched-up-6-y-old-app isn't 100% stable on Win 7. But since I dislike that app on XP as well, and use it 99% just to enter my working hours, I don't give a damn :D Apple isn't even a choice for me, and XP turned out to be no competition for Win 7, so ... seems like Windows 7 is all I need, all I want, and all I'll use from now on ;) Cheers! And stop fighting people, just use what you want, and let others use what they want. We all know that _outside US_ 99% of people use Windows, and they'll all slowly (but surely) move to Windows 7 and not to Apple OSX ;)

"They copied everything about the Apple store. Really, truly, utterly pathetic." Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but MS is still the band geek trying to fit in with the cool kids. It ain't gonna happen just because they stopped shopping at the Salvation Army Thrift Store and bought a cool pair of jeans. Lipstick on a pig, baby.