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The Death of WindowsStep aside, bloated operating systems. The Web browser is coming to save the day.

By Chris WilsonPosted Thursday, June 18, 2009, at 9:30 AM ET

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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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