Analysis - Microsoft quietly confident at Win 7 launch event

[HEXUS]

Microsoft has finally allowed its Windows 7 chick to fly the coop, launching the new OS at an event in London.

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[12GaugeShotty]

This isn't fair to Vista as drivers weren't mature for the OS when it was released. If Windows 7 is great it is because Windows Vista prepared it to be that way. Viva la Vista!

[dangel]

This isn't fair to Vista as drivers weren't mature for the OS when it was released. If Windows 7 is great it is because Windows Vista prepared it to be that way. Viva la Vista!

This is very true on the driver front - and moreso in the new technologies Vista brought to the Windows platform (there was a lot of good in Vista). That said, 7's focus on performance is what really sets it apart - Vista did suck on laptops or old PCs, 7 does not. But it matters not, now that Vista is obsolete.