Why Windows 7 Sucks

"I too have tried out the beta of Windows Vista and although it is somewhat better than Vista - it still suffers from:

* Very high RAM usage (about 2/3 that of Vista)

* Heavy UI requirements (and no classic start bar now)

* Heavy handed usage of DRM

* Lack of device support (as bad as Vista)

* Unknown cost (although Microsoft need to support their staff with this)

* IE8 is an abysmal web browser

The bottom line is that Windows 7 is based on the Vista core (with slightly more polish) but is still horrendously memory hungry, GPU intensive, (probably) expensive and the same quality control that we have come to expect from Microsoft ;) Don't forget also that Microsoft is planning to move over to a software-as-a-subscription model (so you will have to PAY every year to keep your PC working). No thanks! Sadly people are so brainwashed these days that Windows (whether 95, 98, XP, Vista, Windows 7 etc) is the only choice but there really are other choices now. You don't have to pay the Microsoft (or Apple) tax any more - you really can have legal and quality software for free and more and more people are discovering this. No this won't kill Linux on the desktop and neither will it kill Apple OS/X either. Those people who are brand new to computing will probably still buy Vista/Windows 7 (although usage of Linux based netbooks is increasing).

Those of us who THINK and CARE about efficient/non-power-hungry hardware, freedom of use (and licensing), truly secure systems and open technologies will continue to use better software than Microsoft's. Pretending to be a *former* fan of something (e.g. Ubuntu) and then saying *but I found something better* is a well known trick of Microsoft followers. You may be completely genuine - in which case I fully support you right to CHOICE and hope you enjoy your copy of Windows 7. Me I also enjoy my right to choice and will be sticking with 64 bit Ubuntu thank you very much. "

John Cockroft