Windows 7

Well, the end of our long wait for this much-needed “repair” of the Windows Vista operating system is almost over.  Scheduled to launch October 22, 2009, Windows 7 is looking more and more like the solution that people will actually buy, instead of something that they are forced to endure on their new Dell.

There are blogs a-plenty that can’t stop talking about how great Windows 7 is and how they cannot wait for it to come out.  I am not trying to be pesimistic, but I think that jumping ship so quickly to such a new OS might be a dangerous game to play.  For those that know me, I tend to think about security over form and function.  With anything this new, there are bound to be problems right out of the gate.

On the lighter side, Vista has now been around long enough to have a few dings cleaned up.  I know it is nowhere near as solid as what XP has become, but it is beginning to show gentle signs of maturation.  This is GREAT for Windows 7 lovers because it means that when Windows 7 launches, it will not be quite as vulnerable as when Vista launched, considering they are both built on relatively the same code.

In the end, I kind of wish that Microsoft would have just held off a bit for the Vista launch and deployed the Windows 7 package the way it is, finished.  Unfortunately, that wouldn’t have had as strong an impact on the computing world.  The massive failure of Vista is what has amplified the Windows 7 launch, sending its spectators into untold amounts of elevated euphoria.

Regardless of how the commercial game was played, I still think that Windows 7 might actually be the next most favored Microsoft OS for geeks.  Don’t worry, I’m not putting away my Ubuntu Linux box any time soon.  That said, I’ve already got my copy of Windows 7, and I like it… Alot!