Luckily for Microsoft, Windows 7 is more than just spin. This review is based on an official copy of the Windows 7 RTM that Microsoft provided to CNET on July 30, 2009. Bombarded by complaints and negative press even after the first service pack was released, the bar had been set high for Vista's successor: Windows 7.
Users demanding that Redmond extend the life of Windows XP wasn't exactly something they could be proud of, either.
Deserved or not, Microsoft had dug itself a cool, deep, dark hole with Windows Vista.
