Windows 7 RC is out, but downloads are in the slow lane

Halcon (Advanced member):

All right Geoff, lets get serious about this one.
Microsoft try to building momentum with this new OS, then what next?
Microsoft is about to recoup the money it lost with Vista, but for how much?
With a lot of variants in the market when the software it comes out later, is no wonder this is propagandistic tool to fool anyone with false promises of computing nirvana.
After Windows 7 release, the team of programmers at Microsoft headquarters will be working on the next version, and again, the current version will become obsolete without any warranty.
So we the users will end up paying too much for a piece of software that will be completely unusable later.
Previously I have said that a better pricing and a better licence structure is needed, with this solution in place it would be much better for everyone to enjoy the use of an Operating System that will bring benefits for both parties Software developers and users.
I am afraid at this stage there will be not such thing, because Microsoft mentality is profit driven and nothing else, this company does not value the effort of its users, so it will not make its software available on a better terms.
This has created a divided class of users those whose allegiances are with Microsoft and those who hate to death the company, this later group is the one that want the evil company vanquished.
Will Linux catch up the behemoth, time will tell us.

SLi (Cornerstone member):

Quoting Halcon:
the current version will become obsolete without any warranty.


I beg to differ. Windows XP, almost 8 years old has still not yet become obsolete, and is still useful and totally useable, updates aren't a requirement to use an OS... 8 years is a very long time to allow for new techonlogy and development to take place, and it is widely expected and Logical that after at LEAST 8 years a newly improved OS is made available. Nobody is saying WIPE OFF XP!

May i ask what you need "Warranty" for an OS for?


Quoting Halcon:
users will end up paying too much for a piece of software


I do understand your point, Halcon; the pricing Microsoft puts forward for its operating systems is quite high, though they are understandable. If you think Micorsoft is stingy and demands too much for their products... take a look at Apple.

Quoting Halcon:
this later group is the one that want the evil company vanquished.


Over-exaggeration at its summit...
Without Microsoft, the WORLD leader in Computing Technology, where would we be? I dare say we would be far from where we are now, and you can debate that fact as much as you like.

Quoting Halcon:
This has created a divided class of users those whose allegiances are with Microsoft and those who hate to death the company


Don't forget those that are simply grateful consumers of the products, and those that use multiple platforms for various purposes, and those that simply don't have an opinion on the topic.

Halcon (Advanced member):

Quoting SLi:
Windows XP, almost 8 years old has still not yet become obsolete

Sure, not yet, but wait until Windows 7 appear, THEN it will be the road of obsolescence for XP.


Quoting SLi:
time to allow for new technology and development to take place


In IT, the correct term is Programming Code or Software Development, A software cannot be classified as a technology because this is not a physical product that is visible as the tower computer that sits in several offices and homes around the world.

Quoting SLi:
it is widely expected and Logical that after at LEAST 8 years a newly improved OS is made available


Any software company can make improvements to the source code, give the users the impression of a lot of work done, this is a very well orchestrated plan to increase profits by making these so called "improvements" in an incremental way.

Quoting SLi:
Micorsoft is stingy and demands too much for their products... take a look at Apple


Both companies have the same thinking, World dominance, driven by profit, poor attention to the users; Mac loyalists should get real, instead of attacking senselessly PC users, they should know very well that Apple lost the opportunity to sell more computers because of its stupid monopoly.
Its useless to argue about the merits of IBM PCs and Mac Systems, due to the difference in technology within each computer system.

Quoting SLi:
Without Microsoft, the WORLD leader in Computing Technology, where would we be?


Its undeniable that Microsoft has been considered the world leader in software, this could have happened to any other person or company to do that, a software for the PC, and create a big user base, reaching up to 90% of the world population in computing as Windows software does,this would be a feat, but this is only assumed due largely to a clever marketing strategy Microsoft did to become successful.
This is why many people are being swept by the need to see what's new, by downloading the software by any means, is making a promotional tool for Microsoft to create expectation, a psychological scheme to drive up sales when the finished product is ready for sale.
This frenzy have clogged the bandwidth of the internet users avid to get the latest instalment of Windows caffeine fix.
In good conditions the download of 2.5 GB or so of the ISO image would take approximately 1 hour, this estimate will depend on many factors including Broadband speed, Processor and memory, apart of storage capacity.

Anonymous_3965468486051569 (User):

yay! a nice birthday present - win7 on 23 oct

sonyrules (New user):

more like virus city and slow crap planet for bday

Anonymous_3965468486051569 (User):

Quoting sonyrules:
more like virus city and slow crap planet for bday

my download of Build 7048 was actually very fast, sonyrules.
it hasn't caught a virus yet....

and i don't think the final release will, either.