Windows 7 is all its hapless precedessor should have been

The Economist gives Windows 7 two thumbs up

NOT since the launch of Windows 95 more than a decade ago has your correspondent seen such a fuss over a new piece of software. In some cities, people lined up all night outside computer stores for Windows 7, the latest version of Microsoft’s operating system, which went on sale to the public on October 22nd. Orders taken before that date for Windows 7 by Amazon were the biggest in the online retailer’s history, grossing more than even the latest Harry Potter book.

Customers will not be disappointed. Windows 7 is all its unlamented predecessor, Windows Vista, should have been. It does not hog resources anything like as much as Vista did, making it a far sprightlier performer. It will even run on diminutive netbooks that currently have to use leaner Linux or Windows XP operating systems because of Vista’s girth and weight.

via Tech.view: Microsoft’s seventh seal | The Economist.

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