The main difference is the streamlineing vista codebase for netbook compatability. And overall optimization on the backend. There is more but that I know for sure
On 1/16/09, Joe Fleming <j...@selectitaly.com> wrote: > I'm really curious what all the fuss over windows 7 is all about. I mean, > it's just vista with a few changes, and from what I can tell those changes > are pretty small. I always think it's funny seeing sites talk about how bad > vista is and how much better 7 is, considering it's really nothing more than > a point release/service pack with a new name. Apparently m$ actually DOES > know how to play the marketing game. It'll be interesting to see how it's > received by consumers and the press when it's finally released I guess. Me, > I still don't have any problem running XP; works beautifully in VirtualBox > ;). > > -Joe > > James Finstrom wrote: >> >> I like to imagine it is because I am important or that its because I went >> to church with many Microsoft cube gnomes when I lived in Washington but >> none of these things are true simply because I am on a Microsoft Spam list >> I got an invitation and license to download and play with Windows 7 beta. >> So let me share the expierience and overview so far I like things with the >> word free even if it is only as in beer and only for a short time, Anyhow >> with fear and the smell of danger that acompanies all things that say >> Microsoft and Beta in the same typography I clicked the shiny banner >> answered a few questions and got a key + link. the minimum requirements >> say 1Gig ram and 128M video and blah blah something something okay >> whatever click.... Anyhow the download comes up says this could take >> several days depending on your provider and the download size is...... >> 2.44 GIG holy redhat batman I need to go buy a dvd to burn this down to, >> well so much for free. Anyhow it is chewing up some bandwith that can be >> better allocated but I am going to grab it if for nothing else just to see >> if http://xkcd.com/528/ is true... >> >> >> James Finstrom >> Rhino Equipment Corp. >> >> >> ________________________________ >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Sent from my mobile device A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
