Windows 7, it’s actually very cool

11/04

Ok, so I’m not the biggest fan of Microsoft. I’ve been a pretty loyal mac user for the last two years, before that I ran XP at work and OSX at home.
Now, my computing consists of about 65% OSX, 30% Debian Linux, and 5% XP, the unopened copy of Vista Premium lays dormant on my bookshelf.

But I honestly have been following the Windows 7 development and the early press is right, it is a VERY slick OS. It’s funny the software-walmart-esk giant that I grew to disdain got knocked a couple pegs down. As luck or intelligence would have it the new big dog Google has taught the world that being cool while growing to giant proportions results in a happy but totally controlled populace.

Like hamsters suckling at the water bottle, we get our daily dose of cool from GOOG and we NEVER EVER bite the hand that has feed us.

This shift has left MS in a terrible spot, just like the washed up stripper who’s looks have passed; it now finds itself having to really really work hard for those dollars.

Enter Windows 7
I’ve gotten a hold of a PDC harddrive with the Win7 install and I put it on some spare hardware laying around the house. I must say it is very slick, the UI is well thought out and very very pretty, and it works… fast, really really fast.

All good things to say… couple it with MS’s new PowerShell stuff and a Cygwin install and you’ve got the python developer in me hooting and hollering.

Good Job MS… you could certainly use a nice big win.

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