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I couldn't agree more with Mark Pick on this. I wonder if the people at Microsoft have heard the well known phrase "its so easy, you could do it with one hand tied behind your back?" Do they not realise that Windows brought the PC to the masses because the GUI is EASY to use.
Honestly, if this bloat-ware is what they have in mind for Windows 7, then they are more out of touch than this government. I am sure you, like me, have seen all sorts of wacky mouse inventions etc etc over the years, flop like a wet sponge because somebody has tried to re-invent the wheel. Try to figure out why my Windows Vista installation is using 2034mb of 4094mb of RAM while idle please, or why the Photo Screensaver, Import Photo and Picture Wizard, "remaining time" predictor and the many various other problems with Vista don't work, before creating more temperamental garbage for your next OS!!!
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Wrong section...Rants, Moans and Whinges is over there...
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I remember an article a few months back about the Windows 7 Kernel being 40MB with boot times under 10 seconds.
Perhaps Windows 7 has taken the exceptionally good move of having an enthusiasts kernal which is optimised, lean and efficient and then provides all Windows services and feature as options during install.
It would be the best route which would address most of peoples concerns.
* One version of Windows for mobiles, pdas, desktops, servers and embedded systems.
* Optional GUI for mobile phones, pda, desktops, tablets, tables and media centres.
* Customisable houskeeping for novice users, experts and embedded systems.
* A flexible approach for different architectures, CPUs, multi-CPUs and platforms.
Although I doubt Microsoft will grasp the furure by the horns and take control again it has had a big enough shake up to make it incorporate some 'wild ideas'.
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Who knows what Microsoft will do, to be honest?
They have the PC world by the, excuse my terms, balls. What they say goes, and everyone follows suite. Sure, they're losing this to increasing pressure from the Mac community (since the switch to Intel), and the insanely fast growing Linux "market", but they still have a massive grasp on this whole... thing!
Vista has pushed hardware the same way that XP did, and 2000 before that, and 98 etc.
The 360 has pushed consoles the way the Playstation 2 did.
Microsoft basically own computing, and unless the Linux community can properly get around DirectX and expensive industry standard software (such as CAD, SolidWorks), Microsoft will rule the roost.
But I do hope Windows 7 will be as good as they say!
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They must see that modular is the way to go by now. 
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MartenReed (24/06/2008)
Microsoft basically own computing, and unless the Linux community can properly get around DirectX and expensive industry standard software (such as CAD, SolidWorks), Microsoft will rule the roost.
Directx is for games, the CAD software will be using free opengl and some, Autodesk Maya for example, already runs on linux or has a viable alternative (multi-platform BricsCAD can replace AutoCAD completely).
I wouldn't mind some more games though, even though all my steam ones can/do work.
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