“One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it’s very graphical and easy to use. What we’ve tried to do with Windows 7–whether it’s traditional format or in a touch format–is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics. We’ve significantly improved the graphical user interface, but it’s built on that very stable core Vista technology, which is far more stable than the current Mac platform, for instance.”
“An inaccurate quote has been floating around the Internet today about the design origins of Windows 7 and whether its look and feel was ‘borrowed’ from Mac OS X. Unfortunately this came from a Microsoft employee who was not involved in any aspect of designing Windows 7. I hate to say this about one of our own, but his comments were inaccurate and uninformed.”
The problem is that there is no legitimate story that convinces a person to buy Windows 7. It runs 80% of XP malware, it’s a total failure in every respect. You have to be an insane masochist to trust it with any of your data, let alone your bank or investments.
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Microsoft: Windows 7 is more Mac-like.
Microsoft: But by accident!
Microsoft: Windows 7 is NOT Vista.
Microsoft: It’s just built on Vista technologies!
The problem is that there is no legitimate story that convinces a person to buy Windows 7. It runs 80% of XP malware, it’s a total failure in every respect. You have to be an insane masochist to trust it with any of your data, let alone your bank or investments.
Posted by Fred Hamranhansenhansen at November 12th, 2009 at 7:53 pm