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2.5 Million Windows 7 Beta Computers Were Synchronizing with WU Servers Before April 29, 2009 | |
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| Time: 13:57 EST/18:57 GMT | News Source: *Linked Within Post* | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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Soy Mire B: I have been hunting down for some statistics to assess the success of Windows 7 Beta Build 7000, and I came across a remark by Brad Anderson, General Manager, Management and Services Division at the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas, on April 29, 2009. Just ahead of the Release Candidate of Windows 7 shipping to MSDN and TechNet subscribers on April 30, Anderson pointed out that over two and a half million Windows 7 Beta computers were synchronizing with Windows Update servers before the RC bits were launched. | ||
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| #1 By 9589 (75.183.115.219) at 5/12/2009 6:00:59 PM |
| 2.5 million copies of Win 7 have been downloaded. Yeah, I can see this is going to be another MS failure in the making. For example, 2.5 million is more downloads of Win 7 than Apple sold computers in a single quarter. Yeah, another failure in the making . . . |
| #2 By 25406 (116.212.211.226) at 5/12/2009 11:32:15 PM |
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It's not 2.5 million downloads, it's 2.5 million computers actually running Windows 7 and sync'ing with the update servers.
That is even more amazing. Mind you ... I'm three of them ;) |
| #3 By 8556 (173.27.242.53) at 5/13/2009 12:21:22 AM |
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Windows 7 is a nice upgrade from Vista. Faster boot time and very rapid shutdown. Nice. Also nice is Ubuntu 9.04 which is the first Linux OS that properly and automatically configured my wireless adapter by using "madwifi" driver for Atheros wireless LAN cards without being told to do so. Also nice.
Both OS's are worthwhile upgrades. Of course, Windows 7 will crush Ubuntu 9.04, although in many ways Ubuntu 9.04 would seem easier to use for Windows XP users. Thanks for letting me ramble. |
| #4 By 23275 (24.196.4.141) at 5/13/2009 9:50:42 PM |
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I wasn't going to get into this here, but rather publish an article with enough detail to actually help people make an informed decision about Win7. I'll do that, but not before summer and as I did with Vista, I'll evaluate it and write about it. And yes, I'll still be defending Windows Vista.
Here's part of why. A modern OS is either more proactive than it is reactive, or more reactive than it is proactive. Say you have 2 or 4 GB of RAM in Vista. It's going to use it and SuperFetch is going to pay attention to how you work. It's going to pre-load a great deal of information and programs, images, etc... and when the OS boots, it's there and very responsive - not just in a few areas, but throughout. By the by... OS X Leopard does this, too and it does it well and like Vista, OS X is slower to boot, but responsive once its cache is loaded. Windows 7 is more reactive and say you have 8 GB of RAM - yeah, 8. It isn't going to use it. It isn't going to Pre, or Super Fetch much at all. Try this... set up a homegroup and share out media. Set Windows Media Player to stream to all locations and the Internet. Now fire it up and watch it drag on 25% CPU. Close WMP, ahhhh nasty... the app is closed, but WMP's service is still dragging... reacting away as it likely will in RTM. Just two small examples. There are many others.... less monitoring and more process trusting, etc... Some love the new shell and I am sure in time, my hands will learn it as well as they have all previous to it, but the problem is that it is designed for document centric vice window centric UI's and that conflicts with what Windows is. I do think that Vista may well be the best OS MS will have ever produced and yes, I admit, it does matter how you use your computer and certainly many people use their computers in ways that Windows 7 will please. I'm not one of them. I rambled more than bobs.. so sorry and thanks. |
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