Had a very brief chance to play with Windows 7 for the first time last weekend. Here I am thinking that Microsoft has finally moved away from arbitrary names for their products ("ME", "XP", "Vista") and gone back to a nice, sensible naming scheme based on version numbers.
Not so! A quick glance at the "About Windows" entry in the help menu reveals that Windows 7 is actually Windows 6.1, internally.
While it's true that Windows 7 is barely different from Vista, you'd think they would have at least bumped the internal version number.
I'm running Windows 7 on both my HTPC(Wife's computer) and my machine. I have to say, it's heads and tails above Vista in terms of function, stability and overall impression of speed.
I am no Windows fanboy but Windows 7 has all the makings of a stable robust operating system with cutesy eye candy. I personally don't care about the internal version number.
I'd rather be running AmigaOS 6.1 but hey, I'd rather be running Windows or Linux than that other fruity OS. Uh, oh - is it getting hot in here ;^)
-Nyle
