The glittering Japanese release of Windows 7 has been set awry by the pathetic failure of the operating system’s touchscreen capability on prime morning television:
Although this is Microsoft’s best operating system since Windows XP, many could be forgiven for thinking this is setting the bar a little low.
Between moe Nanami Madobe and a 7 patty Burger King hamburger gigant (the “Windows 7 Whopper”), there is a notable lack of emphasis on the shiny new features of Windows 7 in the launch campaign.
Most interesting of all is how Microsoft have cunningly hijacked the “OS-tan” meme, which traditionally alludes somehow to the shortcomings of the operating system, for example Vista-tan‘s enormous memory requirements being reflected in the size of her bosom.
Nanami appears on the other hand to be absolutely perfect, and has supplanted a fan-created OS-tan which might be embarrassing to Microsoft, although surely pictures of her impassively being groped are not far off…
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Might the touchscreen failure be an issue with the hardware, rather than the software?
Possibly it could be an issue with either as we can't tell from just watching a video.
Linux is better.
the picture is really creepy.
but windows 7 is the best.
too bad i cant buy it because i wont able to connect internet.
Ha! They gave up on vista to soon, also to add more wood to the fire, macs sucks, linux sucks, vista is better than all but XP, and flame all ya want i'm not coming back to read this.
windos 7 sucks
LOL xD i trol u
windows 7 release fail?
more like japanese touchscreen fail
Pipo~n
Jaja~n
Pirorin
Ja~n A-, shistemu eraa da
Oya?
Areeeee?
Shattodaun suru ne.
I'd never want to go back to the bad old days of XP.
Try searching through terabytes of stuff with xp then try it with vista/windows 7 search.
Anyway you can't tell if it's a problem with the touchscreen being intermittent or a software issue.
hnnnnnnnnnnnnnng
I'm never going to update my xp, i'm happy with it and it works, whats so special about 7 anyway for me to even consider it?
Eating that burger is like just asking to have a heart attack.
the new taskbar is nice... once you get used to it you don't want to get back to xp style taskbar. it support 64bit (there is xp 64bit, but it's hard to find and really isn't supported very well) which will be handy if you got 4GB+ memory. It's less prone to bluescreen error and a lot more stable. And if you are a gamer, you essentially need it because of the DX11 support (maybe not now... but when you upgrade to at least DX10 graphic card you'll want to have an OS to take an advantage of it... either Vista or Win7.. between the two, the choice is obvious).
Now, basically if someone happy with what they've got, then they don't need to change their OS (especially if you have an older hardware). Why fix something that ain't broke? but moving into the future, you'll need to ditch XP and move to a better OS that can take advantage of your hardware.
Btw, there are a lot more to Windows 7 than what I just described, but those are the simplest stuff that are easy to understand. I'm sure if you goggle it you'll find other reason that people switch to Win7 from XP.
As for Vista user... if you have the money you might as well upgrade it to Win7 because Win7 is basically what Vista should be.
The only thing that might prevent someone from upgrading to Win7 is application compatibility. For simple app that doesn't hook to the system deeply (basically no 3D games, no antivirus like program (example: you have an av prog that isn't compatible with Win7 and you want to install it in Windows XP mode hoping that your Win7 can use the protection.. don't)), you can use Windows XP mode under Win7 (which is a Virtual PC with Windows XP, you can get it for free if you have Win7 pro, enterprise, or ultimate..) as long as you have processor with vt tech or you can use other virtual pc alternative.
Sorry for the long-ish post.
Security. Because you won't get any more patches for XP so enjoy your future potholes.
MS still actively put security patches for Windows XP, so those that still want to use Windows XP is welcome to use it. XP I believe is still have the largest user base, so to stop supporting it is kinda stupid. Not to mention that they have that Windows XP mode in Win7...
It will not be updated with new features though.
If anyone doubt that MS still put security patches for XP, just go to http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx
They should've tested it ahead of time.
95 is still the best
i love win7, i plan to change my XP to win7 this week. i don't really care about the touchscreen issue since i don't use touchscreen anyways
I wonder is that really a touch screen monitor..
maybe someone sabotage the show and change the monitor?
Okay, they did that on PURPOSE.
oy... for all you fools who think that upright touchscreens are the future, take a look at http://www.10gui.com . THIS is the FUTURE of touch input.
That was an interesting session (though it would have been so much fun with sound actually working). Will check out when sound is present.
Thanks for the link :).
~B
Nice Sony screen there, if only it worked properly.
If you read up on its history vista was just filler because windows 7 was taking to long :)
I'm so happy I'm a hipster, because that means I'm allowed to have a Mac instead :3
I am working on windows 7. Works well with my touchscreen and tablet. This movie on japanese TV was a failrue but seriously windows 7 rocks. Cute vista look and compatibility of windows XP.
LOL! An epic fail!
:D
Still a faithful XP user here, yup that's me. XD
Microsoft is slowly groping...i mean...embracing the moe marketing. They really learned from their X360 division lol.
Total fail!!
Apple just emulates windows 95% of the time.
Linux can't be used by anything other then home users since it can't avoid running some of windows exclusive programs for the business world.
Fuck off to the windows haters.
"...for example Vista-tan’s enormous memory requirements being reflected in the size of her bosom."
Enormous memory requirements? More like enormous mammary requirements!
Win7 is OK, but I hate the fact that it lacks a decent network browser. You can't even see computers on the network by Workgroup which makes it quite useless when I'm working.
It lacks loads of stuff. For all the huge bloat, no decent media player (mkv support etc), no music player, no normal browser, have to pay extra for decent office software, etc. etc.
Wasn't the whole rationale for paying them money that you'd get maximum functionality without the hassle?! So why the hell are we downloading so much freeware and buying/pirating software just to bring a new PC's functionality up to the level of a CHEAP CELLPHONE?!?!
*sigh* Murhpy's Law in action. Luckily, it's just touchscreen support (like ArcheR said: they're evil, except for cellphones) and not the overall OS like Vista pre-SP1. I'll still dual-boot RC1 until the wheels fall off in March, then I'll install my free 7 Pro edition.
Windows malfunctions on the people trying to demonstrate its superiority, you say?
Plus ça change...
as to be expected from microshaft
Wow, You can totally tell that there isn't any bias from this site relating to anything Microsoft.
I thought that they were bias with the PS3, but dang! If you want me to I could find a video on youtube where Mac's new snow leopard, and PS3's fail too...
This article is EPIC FAIL.
It's not a good OS system if you play games. Will wait a bit more when the drivers are ok.
Greatest thing about Windows 7 so far for me: When I play a non-widescreen game on my laptop, it actually matches the ratio when I go fullscreen rather than stretch it out. Does the same for my secondary monitor. Though the question is why are people still making games without widescreen support...
As a student in the US I was able to purchase 7 for $30 through win741.com. Any students should check that out, basically all you need is a .edu email address. Some other countries have similar deals.
It was staged by apple!
TexanGuy
if there could only be a drawing of her being attacked by PC Guy and have Mac Guy looking at neked pictures of guys in Play Girl... or something.
Its an error of the screen. At http://vcl.vaio.sony.co.jp/product/vpc/vpcl11zhj.html Sony states that the screen may sometimes go into sleep mode and becomes unresponsive.
Just FAIL!!! its like the Presentation of Win95 with Bill Gates shows the new Options of printer support.
*BlueScreen* xD
The Fist pic of nanamichan is awesomely AWESOME!!!
For those who haven't seen the working version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_gkLVwMAW8
Windows sucks
Snow Leopard rulez!!
I run linux most of the time with cedega it can run most windows games.
Just make sure to get a very good video card but then IGPs don't do games well even under windows.
There FIXED.
My bad Artefact.
Mantap gan...
Nais inpo gan...
I will translate for u " how we will sell this sh1t"
Who wants the touch screen? Every one that plays erotic visual novels with the girls in game who follow the players every movement and a almost complete merging of 2D girls with real life 3D action. Better possibly than last weeks under the LCD monitor actuator device to fap with no hands possibly. Other than the clean up problem.
I agree with whoever said that most OS errors are user created. I am using Vista and it never gives me problems and does everything I want no matter how much people bash it. If Win7 is better then hell yea I want it.
small print says sony vaio doesn't work with microsoft xbox 360 I mean 7.
Seven is also the first Microsoft product endorsed by Linus!
http://picasaweb.google.com/cschlaeger/JapanLinuxSymposium#5395358413061926434
"Most interesting of all is how Microsoft have cunningly hijacked the “OS-tan” meme, which traditionally alludes somehow to the shortcomings of the operating system"
Sounds like they're taking hints from christianity!
Broadcasting 101: We check our shit works properly before going live.
They supposedly did, it stopped working. Of course who knows if they said it to save face or not...
Mmmm-hmmm. That looks like a tasty burger.
Yeah. This article should be about burgers, not M$. ^_^
heck,after seeing this pic the definition of "MS" started to look more like "multi-steak" rather than "MicroSoft"...but yeah M"$" set things straight.
*i'm on a far,far away failboat,apologizing for this failpost*
More like a heart-attack burger. Arteries filled with liquid gold.
Just got Windows 7. So far it's actually running pretty good. And yes it beats Vista. It's functions are uber simplistic. And it's initial appearance is very clean. Sadly i don't have a touch screen :(
"It's functions are uber simplistic"
That's my main problem with it. They've tried to hide most of the features from the user and as such have made it much more difficult to do anything but the most basic tasks.
They should have called it Windows For Retards.
That's kinda the damn point. After Vista people wanted quality over quantity...or rather speed over excessive features and RAM eating. If you're not satisfied with this, then screw you, basically.
If you couldn't use this OS.. I'm thinking you're the retard.....
Just use your eyes a little it's free...
Even the most exotic features are what, 2 clicks farther away? While all the stuff people actually care about is easier than ever to use now.
Digne de microsoft.
Was this really the fault of the OS or is it the hardware?
Hardware fails
Hardware, touch screen is nothing more than a mouse replacement. It works on all windows versions, Seven only offers multitouch.
Anyway is that girl in the end a japanese sysadmin?
Is that burger for real? Looks like something out of GTA.
first.....OH SHI-
and fuck did you see that fucking Burger!!!
i would have sex with one of those!!!
p.s. andrew L. is a fagit pass it on
From your reply, I expect that you have never worked in fast food.
My manager made me eat a 12 patty burger as part of a rite of passage ritual to work in the back.
Without a drink.
"Time for the burger trial. Eat this 12 patty burger, or drink some "special" sauce."
I had to sing about the menu to some customers. Good times, s*** pay.
Aye, Fast food would be a great job if it wasn't for the crap pay, and the damned customers.
I still think the Windows & OS-tan should've looked like Seven from Loveless... But that's too much of a stretch.
I never even knew Win7 had touchscreen support. I'd never trust it, though. Touchscreens are evil, no matter the operating system.
Bad demos and article sarcasm aside, I'm excited for Win7. It's better than Vista, easily, but everyone I've talked to - who knows what they're talking about - say it's better than XP. A few even specifically say better than Windows 2000, and from them, that is basically saying Windows 7 is the best of ALL the Windows systems.
Also, in b4 "Get a Mac".
You've compared 7 only to one good OS: 2000. And who could guess that almost 10 years old OS is "a bit outdated"?
Compare it to 2003: something got better, something worse, overall - no reason to upgrade. (And I'm talking about home OS if someone didn't understand.)
I think the Sony touchscreen was fighting back.
BTW, shouldn't they rehearse that before going on TV?
He said it was working in the rehearsal.
Touchscreen system I use at work for processing lotto tickets is great. I don't think I've heard of anyone having a problem with it.
That said, it runs on Linux.
I have Windows 7 on my tx2z laptop (fresh install) and the touch screen works fine on it. The TV station probably screwed something up, maybe they should try testing it before they are on air.
I originally had Vista and 7 seems faster. I am also going to install XP (dual boot) to test what ArcheR said about 7 being better than XP; but I will use a slimmed down XP, so my test might be biased.
I had high hopes for Windows 7, damn you microsoft, can't you do anything right? Also I'll get a mac when I no longer wish to play games.
I have a mac and a PC.
Apple computers are absolutely worthless. I wouldn't buy one on my free will even if they cost 1/4 of what a PC costs.
Apple products are toys. Unless you're gay of course. Then they will get you on the manrod train.
What do you think people play on the PC's at work? Call of duty? At least not at a workplace that has their computers sufficiently secured so that dumbass users can't just randomly install whatever they want. A large portion of games played at work are flash games, which are viewable on both a windows and a mac. :/ You're tempted either way.
well, for one thing, since there are fewer games on macs than pcs, you would be more focused on doing your work.
then again, all the games worth their salt are on a mac.
but then again AgAiN, both are just BLOODY COMPUTERS!! JUST USE THEM!
I think I hear this all the time, people accusing macs as toys, then complaining that there aren't enough games on them.
I've visited many offices and what I see is people getting jobs done on macs while pcs are used for games...
I think I hear this all the time, people accusing pcs as a purely gaming platform, then complaining that they aren't hip and trendy enough to be used.
I've been to many offices and what I see is people getting jobs on pcs while macs are used for music and browsing the internet.
The power of advertising your product as "what the elite use." So more people will use it because they think "Oh, I'm elite too!" or "I want to be elite!" It generates its own sales!
"virus free"
You're kidding me. There are plenty of viruses for OSX, just not as many as windows because virus coders want to get as many PC's infected as possible, and most PC's happen to run Windows.
Any PC is as cluttered as you make it. You can be very cluttered with a mac and a PC if you don't organize your shit.
What you get done is equal to the amount of effort you put into it. There are plenty of software that run on windows and don't on macs.
I also don't pay attention to my antivirus much because I don't need to since I'm not stupid enough to get viruses. Stop visiting free porn websites and maybe things will work out better.
Also, any PC can run OSX if you have an average-level IQ. EFI-X ftw.
mac's run windows...
and everything else which a regular pc don't...
@anon 20:16
you don't know the difference between viruses, trojan horses and malwares, do you?
yes there are malwares and trojan horses for the mac, but there exists not even one mac virus.
Funny that macs are ridiculed as hip and trendy. All I see is a platform that is virus free, very stable, uncluttered and gets the job done.
Oh yeah, most pc users don't pay for their antivirus and has lots of free time...
Dude, just fucking try the software before bashing it you fucking sheep. Godamnit every one of you fucking guys bash everything after one bad article. I am not just talking about windows here.
And you still bash it? Then you're a fucking numb nut den. NOW GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM.
(new anon) i agree with the reskined vista. everyone i know is saying how good windows 7 is and still bashing vista... i'm like "they're the same fucking os"
Anon 21:27 is the same Anon as 7:30, just to let you know. =)
What's so special? It's a reskined vista that has been tweaked, your an idiot if you think any different.
I did retard, I downloaded and used the RC version, so stfu. I don't base my opinions on sankaku articles, otherwise I would be in love with sony.
Might be an Id10t error, you see a lot of those with new os's. My 7 is running pretty well (Better than Xp, which it what I was running, I jumped from about 20-30 fps, to about 40-45 fps, all that really matters to me) and only hipsters and journalists have an excuse to own a mac. If you don't like Windows, run Linux, any idiot can handle Linux.
Vista is still the best for Gaming...
Vista... Gaming...
Kyahahahaah
windows 7 RC sure made me fap more than when i had the RC for vista... i actually avoided vista for a year because of that... it ran bad on my old P4... whats funny is my x2 3800 actually ran vista fast o.O
Vista the best for gaming?
Seriously dude, I'm running the Win7RC sice the summer. About every game I have runs a hell of a lot faster on it then it did on Vista.
In other words, don't discuss about something you don't know a thing.
I can only imagine hoe perfect every game will run as soon as they are actually made for win7...
And here's Windows 7 Demo working again (same presenter, same demo, same tv segment):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_gkLVwMAW8
the only thing vista is good for is directx 10, everything else is either a lot worse or the same
the only things win7 is good for is directx 10 and faster reading and writing capabilities, everything else is either worse or less functional...
Yeah screw all that bullshit about the windows 7 and vista, look at that burger... where is all the cheese and bacon between the meat? if they served that in America it would triple their business.
Wow ;] all test are showing that win7 is equal or worse in game performance . I've Vista and freshly installed win7 on another rig with the same specs and i dont see any diffrences in performance ,even with fraps turned on framerates almost the same .
^same here. I've installed Win7 2 days ago and went on a testing spree. I don't see and feel any major differences between Vista and Win7.
maybe it's because of the games i play. I can imagine that some might run better, that goes for the opposite as well though.
Which Idiot Says Vista is good for gaming????!!
Oh... sorry... i think you mean Bejeweled or Vista original games... maybe flashgames...
What a Joke man!!! Vista good for gaming!!? Bwahahahahaahah... It cant even run Left 4 Dead or COD 4 Modern Warfare smoothly!!! How can it be called Good for gaming!!?
I don't think I'd use a touchscreen myself, something about it just doesn't seem right.
Maybe so, but HP has a 22" touchscreen for $300 bucks now. - HP L2105tm
It has multi touch too.
lol@Mac, overpriced, non compatible pos with fixed system configurations
Enjoy your 6% market share (courtesy to USA retards, everywhere else you're just a rounding error in computer business)
You just know people are going to spam this with Get a Mac anyway, even though half my programs don't work on it and all the great games are on PC.
@08:40
Of course you can buy 3 PC's with the price of one Mac. Kinda like how you can buy 10 Lada's for the price of one Ferrari.
Go for it, lada-boy, the girls will be moist just by the sight of you cruisin' around the block.
For those of us looking for quality products with quality components, Apple offers a damn good price.
I bought a Mac laptop which was cheaper than an equivalent ThinkPad. Macs are clearly expensive, but not to that extent.
quality products. I lol'd.
Microsoft should of release Pedo Bear Windows 7.
Is artefact a mac user? or do you have multiple computers active at once?
Apple products - Manufactured by Foxconn.
All nvidia graphics cards, Dell, HP, Sony motherboards, and the PS2 and PS3 - Also manufactured by Foxconn.
:3
I know... lets pay for updates. thnx mac!
persocoms for the win
a pedo bear and loli edition would be awesome
the best work around being buy a PC.
Today a Mac is a PC at 100%... just a little overpriced!
Half your programs don't work on the computer itself, or don't run on the Mac OS? If the latter, there are ways to work around it.
A little? I can almost buy three PCs with Linux on them* for the price of one decent Mac.
*Running a couple of student versions of Windows under VirtualBox.
Actually the prices on the low-end portable Macs are quite reasonable considering the quality...
Quality? I lol'ed
A little extremely overpriced amirite??
Also the ways people say to get around it is to use boot camp which is just a way to run windows. There is another way to run many of the windows programs and that is to use WINE but if you want to do that I would rather suggest a PC with Linux then a Mac since Linux can have a much better interface then Mac.
PS. WINE still doesn't run everything at 100% but it is pretty far along.
Is it Windows 7 fail or Sony touch screen fail?
Open for flame wars.
Besides, how many us will be getting a touch screen monitor to use with Win 7 anyway? And I certainly won't be playing FPS games with touch screen...
I think it's more of a compatability and support issue. I seriously can't understand why people trolling MS for this particular case- I mean if the touch screen was made by MS and it fail, then they got no excuse, however here the OS and the touch screen is made by different companies.
It's kind of like the Asus Republic of Gamers Mars -hardware wise it is the fastest and most expensive graphic card (Asus is only making 1000 of these), but Nvidia's driver ain't good enough to make it run well in games for both single card or in Quad SLI.
The logic is the same here- Sony made a new product...a touch screen in this case and MS's native touch screen support have some issue with it and can't working fully at the moment. But as long as MS and Sony is aware of the issue and do something about it, some updates on drivers and/or support should fix the problem.
well i own a tablet tx2z and i really hope its not that bad of a fail
cause i love photoshop with my stylus
I agree I wouldn't use a touch screen but I believe they failed because they didn't have a computer that was good enough to run the system maybe they should have bought one for 500$
Faggot, no. Keep your shonen ai bullshit to yourself.
Hahahahaha! THERE'S the reply I was expecting!
You're late, straight-fag Anon. You used to react within 20 minutes or less! I get my pizza for free now!
did you just bring yoai into this you fag?