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Article: New Windows OS better than Vista, but you'll need top-notch equipment
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- Colorado Springs Business Journal
- Article date:
- July 31, 2009
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After the somewhat disastrous launch of Windows Vista -- largely
ignored by businesses as they stuck with the XP version of the
operating system -- Microsoft is preparing another debut.
Windows 7 is scheduled to be released Oct. 22, and some computer
analysts who have been working with a beta version say that this
time, Microsoft got it right.
"It's everything that Vista should have been," said Trevor
Dierdorff, owner of Amnet, a Colorado Springs-based computer network
company. "It's easy to use, has some nice upgrades. It will be good
for businesses."
The latest effort by Microsoft looks a little different than
Vista or XP -- hovering over icons gives thumbnails of office
product pages and ...