Microsoft to drop features in Windows 7.

[Guest]

Apple, Crapple!
The exclusion of mail clients in Windows would be excellent!
Not only does the program suck, and do I never use it, it also has a bunchload of security issues that make the system vulnerable!

Up untill today I never installed any outlook or equal version mail server!(Hotmail 's more than enough for me.)

In windows 7, I fear that simple grey colored windows for minimum resources won't be possible anymore.. Anyone can confirm if you can get the Win98 look on one of the pre-releases,or heard it somewhere?

Despite the better looks of Vista Windows, I'll always go back to grey looking windows ('98 theme), due to improved system response and performance.

 

[mazjohn]

In my opinion, Microsoft needs to make some big changes for windows 7 to be successful.
They need to do away with the system registry, replace NTFS with a modern file system, forget about backwards compatability (Use a virtual machine for that) and remove the bloat. NTFS is a 20 year old file system. Windows registry is another problem which needs to go away. I am a long time windows user whom is afraid Microsoft doesn't get it and continues heading down the wrong path.

 

[jhansonxi]

[citation][nom]mazjohn[/nom]In my opinion, Microsoft needs to make some big changes for windows 7 to be successful.They need to do away with the system registry, replace NTFS with a modern file system, forget about backwards compatability (Use a virtual machine for that) and remove the bloat. NTFS is a 20 year old file system. Windows registry is another problem which needs to go away. I am a long time windows user whom is afraid Microsoft doesn't get it and continues heading down the wrong path.[/citation]I'm not sure about the state of NTFS as a whole but it has been improved over the years. It's definitely better than FAT12/16/32. Linux and BSD have dozens of file systems so you can choose based on speed, efficiency, data distribution, and reliability. Linux and BSD generally use text or XML files for configuration which are easier to edit without specialized tools. Each app has it's own configuration files so there isn't a single point of failure. But compared to the Windows registry it's a trade-off in reliability vs. features. Splitting the registry files up so that there is only one per app would limit the damage from a corrupted file. It could also be used to improve security via ACLs to prevent apps from messing with registry entries for other apps like what DRM and malware often does. Regedit and other registry tools could then choose to operate on one or all of the files based on need and user permissions. It would sort of act like MMC where you can choose to see the entire system from a high level (Computer Management) or just a specific subsection (Services).

 

[invlem]

Its probably more of an evasion of any future monopoly and anti-trust lawsuits, if they offer the OS free of any software that voids a user's need to attempt to get it from others. No one can complain.

They can easily offer the download link in their OS and give the user the option though.