This was by MS Jason Leznek and should have been called "I really liked what we did with Vista". There was very little on Windows 7. When he started demonstrating Powershell, half the room walked out … at once! It was funny.
Here’s the Win7 promises:
- Better device compatibility *
- Better application compatibility *
- Better performance: startup/shutdown/hibernate, UI responsiveness, Outlook performance.
- Better power utilisation
- Reliability
- Security
* Notes: This is because it’s really Windows Vista R2 so the underlying security model will not change. If it works on Vista, it should work on Win7. Anyone skipping Vista hoping for an XP-like OS will be disappointed. MS will not undo Vista.
The above are being referred to as the "6 dimensions of quality".
After that we got 45 minutes of Vista. He then started of on Powershell and I joined the half the room that went for coffee. This was the last session slot of the day.
Worst session I’ve been at since 2005.