Lucky Number Windows 7: Evolution, Not Revolution
Microsoft’s professional developers conference in Los Angeles saw the unveiling of the eagerly awaited Windows 7 operating system. With a lot of people displaying utter disdain for the previous OS – Vista – it is hoped that Windows 7 will address some of these issues. However, with Microsoft claiming that the system is an ‘evolution’ as opposed to a ‘revolution’, many people are likely to claim that the system will not fix these gripes.
Like Apple’s iphone, the new Windows contains a multi-touch facility, whereby people can use two fingers to zoom into an image. Bill Gates will be hoping that users don’t use their two fingers for more symbolic usage if the system crashes.
Lucky number 7 perhaps, for this new system. Unfortunately for the kings of operating systems, the only people who could possibly mount a challenge to them – Google – is indeed doing so next year. The Google Chrome OS promises to be a web-centred operating system, as people spend most of their digital lives on the net – according to Google.
Only time will tell who’ll win the OS War – perhaps we’ll be left with two comparably powerful systems that promote competition and drive usability forward as far as possible. Most people would agree that competition does indeed make things better – so let’s hope it does.
Loosening Microsoft’s stranglehold on the world of home computers has surely got to be a good thing – as long as we’re not left with yet another global corporation that controls everything – and let’s not forget, Google run the most powerful information portal known to man as well!
