Engadget reviews Lindows 7 and doesn't like it

**MoeB** · August 12th, 2009, 05:29 PM

http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/windows-7-review/

Instead of switching up the formula, Windows 7 is really an extension and a refinement of the true tenets of Windows (that we just made up): broad hardware compatibility, coatings of usability over deep functionality, and a "everything for everybody" approach to feature sets and SKUs. With such broad aims, and such a diverse userbase, it's no wonder that there are plenty of spots where the OS still falls short, but taken as a whole it's clear that Microsoft has taken a strong step forward with Windows 7. The world will know on October 22.

doesn't

**Fallout** · August 12th, 2009, 05:39 PM

Hey guys let's constantly make comparisons to Mac OSX.

**Mike-KT** · August 12th, 2009, 06:13 PM

From the site that said Vista was the biggest gadget fail of 2007

**fab** · August 12th, 2009, 07:18 PM

engadget is pretty biased in favour of mac products... so meh

and how can they knock lack of multitouch? I could've sworn Apple has a patent on multitouch touchpad functions that it defends religiously, and that's why windows doesn't have that incredibly useful and intuitive two finger scroll thing that OSX has by default