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WINDOWS 7

.... In 2 years ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7422924.stm
from WinCustomize Forums

Microsoft's next operating system (OS) will come with multi-touch features as an alternative to the mouse.

It is hoped the successor will have a better reception than the much-maligned Vista OS, released last year.

Scheduled for release in 2010, the new fingertip interface lets users enlarge and shrink photos, trace routes on maps, paint pictures or play the piano.

"The way you interact with the system will change dramatically," said Microsoft chairman Bill Gates.

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Aw c'mon, Bebi. Admit it, you wanna touch it
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I always say to my 3 year old "Don't touch the screen"

Now you will have to?

This makes being a consistent parent impossible! Damn you, evil Microsoft! :LOL: :p
Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I hear it will have a "scratch and sniff" mode.(I am so not going there!) :LOL:
TouchTasks - Access tasks with ease on Windows touchscreens.
Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I always say to my 3 year old "Don't touch the screen"

Now you will have to?

This makes being a consistent parent impossible! Damn you, evil Microsoft!
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:LOL:
Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top
poor 20f3............. :LOL: 
Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top
We should be calling it Vista sp2 but There isn't money in that for Microsoft. I got shafted with Windows ME and now Vista. To be even remotely excited or interested in Windows 7 seems laughable, except I don't find it funny. I feel like a fool for jumping into Vista.

To promote it for Microsoft just seems wrong from my perspective. By promoting Windows 7 you are helping them cover their tracks of how Vista was not ready and even Bill Gates said it was crap. Microsoft pretends windows ME never existed and they will do the same with Vista if people help them cover their tracks.


The latest Dreamscene content released by MS is a joke. One of the dremascenes actually moves/shifts on cycle. The others must have been winners in a grade school competition.

To steal a line from another commenter in another thread... I think I may upgrade to XP and take it to my grave.

/ yes, I am bitter.....
Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Load AOLSinner.
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:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Touch-screen? And have my monitor getting all gunked up from people constantly touching it?? Nowai man.
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Er.... Bebi, that's why you'd install a porn filter!! Mightn't help much for chocoholics and those who crave finger food, but it may to help prevent/eliminate some.... er, well... maybe try using a protective shield (summat like a PC condom) instead.... ;p

And now for something completely different!

I'd like it if Windows 7 kept UAC but tweaked/refined it so that you don't have to keep approving 'trusted' apps that'd previously been given the OK.

:)
Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top
imagine how tired your arm would get if you were surfing for an extended period of time?

or do they plan to place the screen on the desktop? then your neck would hurt after a while from looking down..
Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top
imagine how tired your arm would get if you were surfing for an extended period of time?

or do they plan to place the screen on the desktop? then your neck would hurt after a while from looking down..
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Very true. I think the only way I would like a touch screen setup would be if you had a "touchpad" type setup on the desktop where you could look at and do things but also have a monitor in front of you like now where you can also see what you are doing without staring down at the desk all day.
Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top
or do they plan to place the screen on the desktop? then your neck would hurt after a while from looking down..
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Everything I've seen indicates that they plan on large screens canted at an angle.  Think - Drafting table.


Windows 7 will still supprt keyboards and mice.  There will be no need to upgrade as long as you are happy with what you have.
Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Windows 7 will still supprt keyboards and mice.
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That's good news... but still no tea/coffee maker... food replicator (think Star Trek) to make scones, strawberry jam and good ol' Devonshire clotted cream to go with the cuppa. :d

***hmmmm, thinkin' about food agin.... must be about supper time, me thinks. :d ****