Death Metal Maniac tips an Ars Technica piece suggesting that the media's observed of Vista's flaws portrayed the overhead system as worse than it was, and, if early reports on Windows 7 are any indication, fully hype will create the reverse




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across backlash this time around. Quoting: "... the problem is exaggeration; ... bloggers and journalists alike use their intimate life story to prove their point in their writing. The blame doesn't solely lie with us, as Vista was by no means perfect, but we did manage to amplify the problems beyond reason. And if the beta is sum to go by, Windows 7 is going to fly. This is, by far, the best beta overhead system the os giant has ever released. The media has locked on to this, and is using exaggeration already, before Windows 7 is even ready for prime time." outwardly a decent beta can succeed where $300 million and Jerry Seinfeld failed.

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