Is Windows 7 Really Coming Out Next Year? Are You Happy With Vista? I Am Happy With Vista!

Is Windows 7 Really Coming Out Next Year? Are You Happy With Vista? I Am Happy With Vista!

During the last Microsoft shareholders conference held this year, Bill Gates announced that Windows 7 will be released in the next year or so. I thought I read somewhere that it will be released on 2010. What does this really mean? Is it acknowledging that Windows Vista is a flop? I think not.

Windows 7’s release date coincides with the average 3 year wait per Operating System that Microsoft seems to have a habit of doing. Windows 95 came out 1995, 98 came out 98, 98SE came out 1 or 2 years after, ME after that, then XP which stayed for 5 years before Vista was released.

Many people are unhappy with Vista, for various reasons, most of them I believe is because of Vista’s incompatibility with “some” older hardware, and “some” older software. If you have a new hardware system, and upgrade your software for Vista, you shouldn’t have any problems.

I’ve used all known Microsoft OS’s, from all versions of DOS, to Windows 1.0 all the way to 3.11, and 95 all the way to XP, including ME and 2000, NT, Server 2003, and now I’ve been using Vista since it’s launch last year, and for personal and home use the best of them in my opinion is Vista.

Most people are annoyed with Vista’s security, but the only thing a former XP or 98 user has to get used to is Vista’s UAC or User Account Control. Vista, unlike XP or 98, is defaulted to boot you up as a non-administrator, and everytime you install programs, device, or practically anything, you’ll get a message asking if you’re sure you want it installed, and all you have to do is just say yes. It has happened more than a dozen times with me where I would be asked if I want to install a program I did not initiate, and I’ve always answered NO. Then I think back to when I used XP and shudder to think of how many possible unwanted and unknown programs I have running in my pc without me knowing it.

When using XP, I used to have 2 firewalls, 3 anti-spywares, and 3 anti-virus programs, this is because I frequent very dangerous sites, which takes up more than half of my browsing habits. Since I used Vista, I only have one anti-virus program and of course Vista’s Defender is running in the background, but that’s it. Very dangerous sites never harmed my pc with that setting, and that’s enough for me to say Vista is the best. Why should I live in worry when I don’t have to with Vista.

I can’t rely on Apple’s OS just because they believe that the viruses and malwares they get stay dormant even if it’s already in their laptop. I’d rather not have any malware or virus in my pc, dormant or not.

There is no question that Vista is more secure but security and luxury can’t go together. If you want a more secure system, you have to expect that it is less friendly.

Vista hasn’t been compromised “yet”. Of course there have been many security updates addressing major vulnerabilities in Vista, but ask yourself, would you rather get these updates before or after you get hit buy a malicious script? I’ve heard and read many tech geeks complaining about Microsoft’s updates, and instead of saying it’s a good thing, they actually make it sound terrible, sometimes even attacking updates that were released before schedule, since the monthly schedule for Microsoft updates are every 3rd Thursday of the month. If “emergency” updates come before that, an uproar against Microsoft’s usually ensumes, comments like Microsoft needs to update again proving it’s unstalbe and has flaws, are very common. As for me, I feel great! I tell my friends about the update and encourage them to turn on their pc’s and get it. I feel proud that I chose the right OS to protect me and send me more security before I get attacked.

Windows 7, whether it’s coming soon or not, I believe is worth trying out, and I hope that it lives up to Vista.