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Ladies and gentlemen sharpen your pencils, Microsoft needs us...well kinda, maybe... I've just stumbled across the blog from the windows 7 engineers, you can find it here. It seems they have started the blog to get feedback from us, the computing masses on how windows 7 should be coded. I am intrigued by this and think it will make interesting reading over the next 12 - 18 months of windows development. I must admit to not being terribly convinced of the sincerity of it at this stage (the blog that is) but I will be interesting reading and I hope I am wrong. With that little preamble out of the way I thought it could be fun for us to start our own discussion on what should be in windows 7. I've got a couple of ideas (funny that  ). I'd love to see the end of multiple versions of windows, IMHO we need two (server software excluded) home and office. I'd also like to see 64 bit only! End the driver problems of having 32 and 64 bit versions, also the end of legacy code at all. So I am hoping for a fresh new start. Virtualization can be used to power legacy software and hardware.
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64-bit would be great, but the software isn't there yet for us regular users.
I'd like to see:
- integrated TV/Video on demand service
- universal codec compatiblity system (no more mucking around with incremental codec upgrades)
- flash etc. installed out of the box.
- quality speech recognition
- speed, speed, speed. Performance is terrible with Vista.
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geller wrote:64-bit would be great, but the software isn't there yet for us regular users.
Microsoft has the ability and know how (I presume  ) to have virtualization built into a new OS and make back compatibility easy without having legacy code scattered throughout there new OS. Quote:- speed, speed, speed. Performance is terrible with Vista. Hallelujah to that!!!
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id like it to sprout wings and do the housework AND my assignments. nah resource efficiency would be nice, oh and it should be free 
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Nat.W¿LL¿ wrote:...oh and it should be free I like the way you think  somehow I don't M$ will go for it though 
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Let's see... what do I want in an OS...
Ease of use
bullet proof security
Speed
Run games in user accounts (as opposed to admin accounts)
An intuitive, logical and functional UI
Efficient use of multi core processors.
That ought to do for a starter.
Oh yeh, and tell the marketing people to bugger off and let the engineers do it right
EDIT: Oh, and winFS.
Don't know what it does really but I seem to recall a hell of a stink when it became clear that Vista was going to ship with out it, So lets get it to.
Edited by Slatts: 9/9/2008 08:09:59 PM
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slatts did u just contradict your self..bullet proof security but running .exe's in accounts OTHER then admin...correct me if im mistaken.
yeaa midbear we be waiting a while for that one *sigh* wish i was more realistic lol
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Nat.W¿LL¿ wrote:slatts did u just contradict your self Maybe...  Linux lets you run programs in user accounts but doesn't let you run anything that could trash the system without root permission.
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Slatts wrote:Nat.W¿LL¿ wrote:slatts did u just contradict your self Maybe... Linux lets you run programs in user accounts but doesn't let you run anything that could trash the system without root permission. lol root permission. haha our teacher keeps saying "dont share your root" we all like "damn straight  " yups linux is just better. there we go. id like to see some linux in Windows, ohh gee thats not gonna happen tho
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I'm a big believer in home automation I'd like to see MS take it to the consumer level with their new OS. I mean my house is fully networked, it'd be reasonably easy to do! If MS supported it natively in an OS somehow that could be awesome. Imagine booting up your PC and having built into windows the functionality to make your coffee and such. Yes I'm aware of apps and kits you can buy.. I just reckon a Microsoft branded kit would be awesome. They have the OS knowhow, compatibility with the OS would be much better than 3rd party developers.. and more stores would be stocking the kit because it's made by the big boys A bloke can dream can't he?! 
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I can see it now... A bloke gets home from a hard days work. He knows that when he walks in, the house will have a roast dinner and a cold beer waiting. What the?!! Damn! BSOD 
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hey thats not just a 'fantasy' for a bloke lol. id love that. any chance of rum instead of beer?
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Slatts wrote:I can see it now... A bloke gets home from a hard days work. He knows that when he walks in, the house will have a roast dinner and a cold beer waiting. What the?!! Damn! BSOD HAHAHAHA hmmm imagine if toilet flushing was controlled... hahaha
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Didn't they do a fully automated house in Sydney a few years ago? As I recall the indifference was deafening. Still, that was then. Things change. Personally I'm with ya on this one Joe. I think it would be great. 
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Hobo_Joe wrote:Slatts wrote:I can see it now... A bloke gets home from a hard days work. He knows that when he walks in, the house will have a roast dinner and a cold beer waiting. What the?!! Damn! BSOD HAHAHAHA hmmm imagine if toilet flushing was controlled... hahaha LMAO thats goin too far "wait WAIT IM NOT FINSIHED AHHHHHGH! *gets sucked in* "
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Slatts wrote:Didn't they do a fully automated house in Sydney a few years ago? As I recall the indifference was deafening. Still, that was then. Things change. Personally I'm with ya on this one Joe. I think it would be great. hehe I love my home automation! I already have my bedroom lights hooked up to a remote. For a lazy person like me it's great! Can't say I saw that automated house thing though Slattsy. If I had known, I would've been first in line I hope more companies jump on board though. What we need is some healthy competition in the automation market. Drop the prices a little and force some decent products to come out.
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Hobo_Joe wrote:Slatts wrote:Didn't they do a fully automated house in Sydney a few years ago? As I recall the indifference was deafening. Still, that was then. Things change. Personally I'm with ya on this one Joe. I think it would be great. hehe I love my home automation! I already have my bedroom lights hooked up to a remote. For a lazy person like me it's great! Can't say I saw that automated house thing though Slattsy. If I had known, I would've been first in line I hope more companies jump on board though. What we need is some healthy competition in the automation market. Drop the prices a little and force some decent products to come out. what happens when u lose the remote, julian? ay? have a remote for the remote? i would like to see some clap lights.
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Slatts wrote:I can see it now... A bloke gets home from a hard days work. He knows that when he walks in, the house will have a roast dinner and a cold beer waiting. What the?!! Damn! BSOD You know Slatts, in the 1950's they called that "marriage". Cheers Malai5
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malai5 wrote:Slatts wrote:I can see it now... A bloke gets home from a hard days work. He knows that when he walks in, the house will have a roast dinner and a cold beer waiting. What the?!! Damn! BSOD You know Slatts, in the 1950's they called that "marriage". Cheers Malai5 Yeh, and it came without the BSOD back then 
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Back then, when "things" crashed, it was just a "Blue", no screen, just screams. Cheers Malai5
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