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Windows 7 will be a great success for Microsoft. I use Debian Linux, OS X on a macbook pro and Windows and this release has me super excited about Windows for the first time in about 6-7 years.
For the last few years I've seen OS X become far superior to windows in terms of UI, stability, speed and features. Vista was a shocker, using a mac felt like being on a computer 3-4 years ahead of windows.
With this release, Windows hasn't just caught up to OS X in terms of UI, they are doing some things BETTER than OS X! So now when I use OS X I find myself wishing it had a windows 7 UI feature and when I use Windows 7 I miss OS X features.
Hopefully the next Windows release will be simlar to the recent OS X Snow Leopard release - focusing on speed and under the hood improvements. Because as much as I love the Windows interface improvements it does some tasks as fast as they were done on Windows XP. A 2009 OS needs to be faster in EVERY respect compared to an OS released in 2001.
I'd love to see windows get rid of the registry as well, and use a similar install process to OS X (simply drag and drop to install most apps, no clicking next 5-10 times). Also moving to a new disk system (which has been promised since longhorn), moving to UNIX style permissions and getting rid of this UAC mess.
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