{"id":194,"date":"2008-10-29T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T07:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=194"},"modified":"2008-10-28T18:23:19","modified_gmt":"2008-10-29T01:23:19","slug":"windows-7-hopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=194","title":{"rendered":"Windows 7 Hopes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft is getting serious about Windows 7.
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\nHere is an update from PC Pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Visually, Windows 7 looks better than Vista. I see that Microsoft is trying to think about how people use the computer, as opposed to how Microsoft thinks people use computers. That approach may work., but the key issue remains whether the next version of Windows is fast<\/em> or not.<\/p>\n

More than design, I think speed is important. While I enjoy using Windows Vista, and prefer it over Windows XP, I confess that Windows Vista is a turd in a speedboat race.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I was restarting a Windows Vista computer after a software update. It took about 3 minutes before I had full control over the computer. The wait was frustrating. Just when it looked like Windows had started (and I use the SideBar as my clue), I couldn’t do anything. The Start menu was only half there, and my program wouldn’t open. That really ticked me off.<\/p>\n

Fortunately I had a phone call, so I could do something while I waited for Windows Vista to give me control. Eventually it did, but that wait waxed me. It’s my hope that Windows 7 addresses the speed issue. Otherwise all the fancy dressing means nothing.<\/p>\n

The other issue for me is whether I’ll get to write a Windows Vista book or not. Odds are slim that I will get a chance. I have a book on Windows Vista, Finding Gold in Windows Vista<\/em>, which has had good feedback, but it’s not selling worth squat. The reason probably has more to do with the reluctance of the public to embrace Vista more than it has to do with whether the book sucks. Regardless, I’d like to write a book on Windows 7. But \u2014 tell me \u2014 are Windows books really necessary any more? Maybe I should write an advanced book? Let me know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Microsoft is getting serious about Windows 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}