Early Adopters of Windows 7 Overwhelm Microsoft’s Servers
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If you were one of the lucky few to download Windows 7 before Microsoft’s servers crashed, enjoy playing and tweaking and lording it over your fellow interneters.
Such was the hype for the new (and allegedly) improved Windows operating system, that, apparnantly ‘hoards’ of users clicked on the download link. This just shows how despearate people are for something other than Vista (that was constantly shoved down our collective throat).
Microsoft kept telling consumers that they just didn’t understand Vista, were too stupid to use it, had missed the point, etc. Finally, they announce a ‘new and totally innovative OS that will completely change the way we use our computers’, then the site crashes.
Apropos for Microsoft? They should have realized a new OS with such promise and hype would have more than ‘a few’ interested. What I would like to know, is why weren’t more servers available beforehand to handle the influx of downloads. Was it an oversight? Or was it to gauge the neediness or wants of consumers so they can adjust future pricepoints?
While I was not one of the lucky few to download and install the new Windows 7, the new OS does look promising. Demanding less powerful computers than its predecessor, Vista, was surely partly to blame for the system site’s failure to handle the download’s load. Some other sites have downloaded and tweaked with the new OS, and have given it rave reviews. Joseph Flatly of Engadget gave Windows 7 a pretty good review, saying “looked pretty good, outperforming Vista and XP in “real world” tasks”.
If you were one of the lucky few, let us know in the comments below.
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