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I have to say, once again I'm unimpressed. Most of these changes can be summed up as copies of Expose, smart folders, and file previews from Mac OS, and toolbar thumbnail previews straight out of Ubuntu. Oh, and moving some desktop apps online, so instead of just communicating with an online service, now the whole app has gone Java Webstart on us. Nice...

And if there's nothing else that's really new under the hood since Vista, as he said, what exactly is so new and bold about Windows 7? Seems like a "me too" grab, and a rather weak one at that.

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I totally agree that these "new" features seem like a rip from other OSs.

I think the new and bold thing about Windows 7 is that it doesn't suck...as much. You gotta look at it from the perspective of a typical non-techie users. My mom had Vista and whens she needed help it took me quite a while to figure out all the crazy control panels and cryptic hidden settings. She once even deleted her network connection and couldn't get it back. Windows 7 will hopefully reduce the clutter and make it easier to use than Vista.

Hopefully. I'd love to see "Cleaned up Control Panel that finally makes sense" in that feature list... ;) Vista wireless setup is ridiculous.

Vista's new network and sharing center is probably the worst thing about it. Otherwise I like the OS better than XP, but that is a disaster. I don't notice it so much on my desktop, since I set it and then forget it, but on my laptop it's a constant pain.

Well, the under-the-hood tweaks were exactly what made Vista a disaster! So I'm glad they're leaving most of that alone and polishing the UI.

I guess we'll see if Apple can get that right with their next OS being almost purely under-the-hood changes to improve speed.

I personally think it is too early to appreciate or criticize it. All we have seen is early screenshots, we can't judge a book by its cover nor we can judge an OS by its early screenshots.

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