Waiting for Windows 7

Caught an interesting article about a software tool that lets you strip some of the bloat from Windows Vista.  Which is great, since from what I’ve seen of it, it is some seriously bloated OS software.  I won’t run it.  My XP system is stripped down to optimize for pro audio and video.  I could care less about pretty backdrops, system sounds, etc.  I cringe when I see Vista with Aero, or whatever it’s called, running.

I mean, its cool and all…  eye-goodies.  If your running a general purpose system for internet, music, etc., go for it.  Impress your friends.  But, if you’re doing anything serious… forget about it.

One tidbit in the article gives me hope, though, the next version of Windows will be modular and initial developers will have to write code based on a “minimal” installation of the new OS.  Maybe one day I’ll have a 64-bit OS with more than 4 gigs of RAM without having to deal with bloated eye-goody that I don’t need.