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Ole Billy Boy Gates has said that Windows 7 won’t be as bad as Windows Vista. (You’ve got to give it to the lil guy. At least he’s admitting it was crap).

I didn’t know Windows made computerized crystal balls too, though. If so, I want one….just so I can smash it on the floor Greek-wedding style. How does Billy Boy know MicroSoft(intheHead) Windows 7 won’t be as bad as Vista? I mean, there’s a first time for everything, isn’t there? I bet they had the same high hopes for baby Vista before it was born (until it came out with hair not quite the same colour as its dad’s).

Gates is apparently all excited about it as it’ll need ‘lower power, take less memory’ and ‘be more efficient’. I say: don’t count your 7.1’s before you 7’s, my friend.

I managed to totally avoid Windows Vista. I tend to take my time on version releases before using them. I’ve seen enough teething problems, sweaty palms and trauma in people’s eyes over sudden system/software failures – so I wait them out for as long as I can. Windows Vista will be one of those operating systems that I DEFINITELY won’t be on my deathbed wishing I’d used. I have no regrets whatsoever. None. Nada.

So, will I use Windows 7 when it comes sashaying along? Well…it depends on whether it’ll turn out to be Vista’s 1st cousin …or a very distant one. It would need to take the best of Vista (‘cos I’m sure Vista wasn’t entirely crappy) and add more jelly babies to it. I would need to see more people cart-wheeling down the street with flowers behind their ears, kitted out in pink ‘I Heart Windows 7’ t-shirts, to be convinced that Win 7 is worth buying (into).

Until then, I’ll just sit tight.