The Death of WindowsStep aside, bloated operating systems. The Web browser is coming to save the day.
Posted Thursday, June 18, 2009, at 9:30 AM ET
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StumbleUponFarhad Manjoo saw Chrome's promise for power-users when it launched and reviewed the ads touting the browser in Google's first-ever television campaign. Chris Wilson recommended improving Microsoft Word's dictionary by having it update automatically to keep pace with the rapid changes of modern language. In 2004, Paul Boutin preferred Firefox over Internet Explorer, especially for avoiding viruses.
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The problem with Windows is not the 50 million lines of code. The problem is having to keep up with a constantly shifting set of hardware drivers, networking possibilities and badly written programs. If Firefox were running your whole computer, it would quickly find itself enormous and bug-ridden as well.
I will grant, however, that the "stable base + extensions" model is better than the "monolithic upgrades" model.
-- Robyrt
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I have been using the new beta version of Windows 7 for a month or 2 now. My experience with it addresses/solves almost all of the author's issues. It starts up much faster than anything I've used before, everything is tabbed vertically rather than across the bottom of your screen; it recognizes new devices and apps. instantly. I could go on, but, I'd just like to say the death watch for Windows is a little premature.
-- kitchenmick
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