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Bill Gates Promises Windows 7 Will Be Less of a Resource Hog

There are but scarce details pointing the direction in which Microsoft is taking the development of Windows 7, and the operating system, for that matter. Nevertheless, if Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is to be believed, Windows 7 is going to be less of a resource hog than its predecessor, although such a comparison can only be speculated upon and was not actually stated. On May 7, 2008, one day after the Redmond company dropped Windows XP SP3 via Windows Update and the Download Center, Gates was in Tokyo, Japan, at the Windows Digital Lifestyle Consortium and he
mentioned the fact that there was a focus in making Windows 7 play well with less physical system memory.

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Condoleezza Rice - 594 days 5 hours ago

1 - Good

Until then,I'm rolling with XP.

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pharmd - 594 days 4 hours ago

1.1 - i agree

where's our own Bill Gates to comment on this???

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CrazyMystical - 593 days 16 hours ago

1.2 - xp is better still

by time W7 comes out my mac should already arive

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harry190 - 594 days 5 hours ago

2 - I am stuck with Vista,

but it's not so bad when you have a decent machine.

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xplosneer - 594 days 5 hours ago

2.1 - lol

This better not be actually good or I'll be MAD.

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ruibing - 594 days 5 hours ago

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The startup time for even a top-end laptop is way too long compared to WinXP. Also a simpler SKU like the Mac OSX would be great too.

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xplosneer - 594 days 5 hours ago

2.3 - ruibing

My 1200 Desktop quad core boots in about 25 seconds lol...

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Horny Melon - 594 days ago

2.4 - Actually there is a program

microsoft is running that will downgrade your windows vista to xp

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Chuck Norris - 593 days 18 hours ago

2.5 - @Horny Melon

you mean "upgrade".

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Kyur4ThePain - 594 days 5 hours ago

3 - Simpletons

Just make it do what an OS is supposed to do...allow me to run my applications. Don't let it stand in the way of this basic functionality, and all should be fine.

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Monty_The_Great - 594 days 5 hours ago

3.1 - so

what you are saying is that it should be the next OS X? Unfortunettly for apple, MS is becoming there OS more and more with each OS, and when they perfect it in there own way, it will be the end of apple computers as we know it. I personally love apples computers because they are so stable, but there is no denying MS and there OS. If they come out with an OS that people "love" then it is all over.

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Rhythmattic - 593 days 23 hours ago

3.2 - @ Monty

A great line.
"Unfortunettly for apple, MS is becoming there OS more and more with each OS"

As apple said at a WWDC.
"Redmond, Start your photocopiers"

I'm Sorry, But Microsoft just dosent Innovate, They Appropriate.

That said, As of now , The Wow's a Cow.

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Hatchetforce - 594 days 4 hours ago

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Hold on. Vista was the OS Gates stated wouldn't need antivirus. When are people going to stop paying attention to this clown.

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bozhangles - 593 days 20 hours ago

4.1 - @4

I do agree with you. The WoW is a cow, a cash cow that is.

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HeartlesskizZ - 594 days 4 hours ago

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does this mean VISTA is officially dead along with XP?

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wow4u - 594 days 4 hours ago

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news.softpedia.com? This is where you go to learn about technology?

Whatever horrible MS news we can find gets promoted on this site eh?

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GutZ31 - 594 days 3 hours ago

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Bullspit, I watched there video of features for windows 7. and it was still using well over 50% of resources, much like Vista does.

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Lumbo - 594 days 2 hours ago

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Funny cause so far Bill Gates said he stepped down from MS and is out of the day to day business ...

Windows 7 will be the same pointless resource hog every other Windows version is and was, cause MS is keen on monopolizing everything imaginable with an OS, mediaplayer? MS tries to force people to use WMP, antivirus? they try to get their worthless version stuck in, email? outlook express is a a horrible solution .. especially if you want to keep your mails over a long time .. one tiny bug in the mail file and outlook express DELETES all the mails and uses a "fresh, clean" mailfile. Ditching your 1000+ mails without a warning or question. Whatever you wanna do, MS wants you to use their subpar software attempts. And if you don't feel like it they stuff it down your throat with deep integration into the system. It took several law casess and hundrets of millions in fines to get them to stop replacing YOUR choice of browser and mail program every other day by putting their error ridden IE as default software.

No, Windows7 will be a failure of Vistas proportions. And thats mainly cause Microsoft always has the copyright holders and media companies placed first, and the user placed last in their considerations. Add a feature to spy on the users and make an even more draconic DRM .. up they go and do it, fix some old well known bugs and make the system safe and usable? nahhh, that can wait ..

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sidar - 594 days 1 hour ago

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i never got this one "mediaplayer? MS tries to force people to use WMP"...when it comes to software i never felt forced or anything...i always use the software that can be found on the net...
am i missing something?

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Horny Melon - 594 days ago

9 - The problem isn't resource hogging

it's cost. Resource hogging goes away with moores law. Nobody wants to pay the $250 for the OS. The cheaper versions have features stripped out of them making them less than ideal. Microsoft's next OS is just as likely to flop as Vista if the price isn't brought down to $100 for the full feature version.

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AuToFiRE - 593 days 18 hours ago

9.1 - well..

well you are right on one level, but as a former pirate(yarr) i still wouldnt even pirate vista because of the resources it takes, instead i switched to Linux and have been 100% since september

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AuToFiRE - 593 days 18 hours ago

10 - /gasp

*in shock* a windows operating system that uses LESS resources??? EVERYONE TO THE FALLOUT SHELTER THE APOCALYPSE IS UPON US!!

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zonetrooper5 - 593 days 11 hours ago

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Windows XP is an old OS so of course it will run alot better than Vista lol. If you have seen the stuff that may come with Windows 7 then I think you would say its pretty cool.

Would not say that OSX is that great tbh.

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Kyur4ThePain - 593 days 11 hours ago

11.1 - "Windows XP is an old OS so of course it will run alot better than Vista"

Why?

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