Microsoft demo touch!!!

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alijay034
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Microsoft demo touch!!! - May 28, 2008 18:46
Windows 7 has been demo' d

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

Now seeing as I put this in the gaming threads, my question to you guys is, do you think that this new version of windows will do much for PC gaming? What ' Touch enabled' peripherals would you like to see to enhance the gaming experience. Or do you just think this will go the same way as Vista?

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RE: Microsoft demo touch!!! - May 28, 2008 21:38
This touch thing isnt new. M$ made these earlier and used them in fancy casinos and restaurants. If the long developed Vista didnt cut it for people, do you think a half baked OS will do? We will find out come 2009.

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RE: Microsoft demo touch!!! - May 28, 2008 22:38
Can you really call it Windows 7, or is it really just Vista 2.0 with hopefully a lot of the problems removed?

We can only wait and hope I guess.
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RE: Microsoft demo touch!!! - May 29, 2008 03:17
Vista was an ambitious OS but the deadline came too fast for MS, it had many of it' s most promissing features pushed back to Windows 7. Vista isn' t that bad though, most of it' s problems come from third party software and driver issues, it' s not entirely Microsofts fault.

I' ve been using Vista for months now and I never had any serious virus or spyware/malware problems. Infact the only issue I had was when my anti spyware program caused issues itself (SpySweeper) a great program for XP but really fucks up Vista. After uninstalling Spsweeper Vista worked as advertised. I believe MS when they say Vista is more secure than XP.

I had a few hardware incompatibility issues, driver issues, game crashes (Nvidias fault) though. The worst thing is that some games simply do not work. I bought Kotor 2, doesn' t work .

Overall I would have been just as happy skipping Vista and going straight to Windows 7 from XP. A lot of people will be doing this.