James Kendrick Pens Open Letter to Microsoft about Windows 7

[Jason Dunn]

http://www.jkontherun.com/2008/06/o...-letter-to.html

"A lot of the problems that Vista has today running on notebooks and other mobile computers can be traced back to the hefty hardware requirements Vista needs to run well. There's no point in burying your head in the sand and ignoring this as it's a cold, hard fact and you have to make sure that Windows 7 doesn't require such muscle to run acceptably. Sure, it's cool to be able to claim that Win7 will run on the latest and greatest dedicated graphics and quad-core processors but these don't play a significant role in the mobile PC space, a space that will be huge by the time Win7 ships. It's not just a matter of OEMs wanting to keep costs down, which of course plays a role, but it's realizing that this muscle is just not needed in most notebooks the way consumers use them. Rather than trying to deny that, it makes far more sense to accept it and optimize Win7 to run well with lower spec processors, less RAM, slower hard drives and integrated graphics. This is the real world and that's the world you will be playing in with Win7."

Kendrick's write-up is mobility-focused, and hits on some key points. It's definitely worth the read.

[Jason Dunn]

http://www.jkontherun.com/2008/06/o...-letter-to.html

"A lot of the problems that Vista has today running on notebooks and other mobile computers can be traced back to the hefty hardware requirements Vista needs to run well. There's no point in burying your head in the sand and ignoring this as it's a cold, hard fact and you have to make sure that Windows 7 doesn't require such muscle to run acceptably. Sure, it's cool to be able to claim that Win7 will run on the latest and greatest dedicated graphics and quad-core processors but these don't play a significant role in the mobile PC space, a space that will be huge by the time Win7 ships. It's not just a matter of OEMs wanting to keep costs down, which of course plays a role, but it's realizing that this muscle is just not needed in most notebooks the way consumers use them. Rather than trying to deny that, it makes far more sense to accept it and optimize Win7 to run well with lower spec processors, less RAM, slower hard drives and integrated graphics. This is the real world and that's the world you will be playing in with Win7."

Kendrick's write-up is mobility-focused, and hits on some key points. It's definitely worth the read.