Journal #10, November 2

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081028-first-look-at-windows-7.html

So windows is coming up with another operating system. Well this one looks pretty, but it is going to be more accepted than Vista? It does look like Microsoft really has improved the user interface. These new features look like it would actually be easier to navigate through the operating system.

http://gizmodo.com/5070219/giz-explains-why-windows-7-will-smash-vista

The above is also a good article about Windows 7. My main question's were answered.
"• If an application or device runs on Vista, it should run on Win 7.
• If a system runs Windows Vista, should run Windows 7 even faster.
• Notebooks should get better battery life in Windows 7.
• Windows 7 will be more reliable than Vista SP1 from Day 1."
So you can actually run Windows 7 with less than 1GB of ram! That's amazingly better than Vista. I never supported Vista from the beginning, if on the last principle alone. Vista was just too slow and clunky. Now there's a new streamline operating system out there that will look shiny and still be fast. I'm really enjoying the whole "smarter background management" which helps out speed, battery life, and memory use. This is the step that Microsoft needs to bump them up into the new generation.

I might go buy a new computer now with this new operating system. My computer is now over a year old, which means, basically it's obsolete. I hope I am not disappointed. To sum it all up, windows 7 should make your computer run cleaner, faster, longer, more user-friendly, and all-around better. I wish it was out now. This will really give apple some stress about upgrading their operating system, to be back ahead of Microsoft. We know that Apple has better security, and functionality now, but what about after Windows 7? Things are looking a little bit closer.