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By now, it's just silly to analyze Windows 7. All you really need to know is that it's better than Vista, and if you use a PC, it's probably your next OS. So let's give Win7 a 27-reviewer victory lap.
CNET
"Windows 7 presents a stable platform that can compete comfortably with OS X, while reassuring the world that Microsoft can still turn out a strong, useful operating system."
PCWorld
"...the final shipping version I test-drove appears to be the worthy successor to Windows XP that Vista never was."
NYTimes
"[Microsoft's] three-year Windows Vista nightmare is over."
IT Pro
"Windows 7...is competent and functional due to internal improvements and the user interface is attractive and good for productivity."
bit-tech
"For want of a better way of describing it, Microsoft has essentially fixed Vista and the result is arguably Microsoft's best operating system to date."
Guardian
"Windows 7 is simply the best version of Windows you can get."
Slate
"Indeed, the new Windows is not only the best operating system that Microsoft has ever produced. It is arguably the fastest, most intuitive, and most useful consumer desktop OS on the market today."
Maximum PC
"...Windows 7 is unquestionably the best version of Windows that Microsoft has ever released, and is the true successor to Windows XP."
Tech Radar
"No version of Windows is ever perfect, but Windows 7 really is the best release of Windows yet."
PC Mag
"It's far and away the best OS we've ever seen from Microsoft."
Wall Street Journal
"I believe it is the best version of Windows Microsoft has produced."
ElectricPig
"With Windows 7, Microsoft wants us to believe that it's got its OS back on track and for the most part we feel they have."
Engadget
"Where Vista felt like a sprawling mess, Windows 7 has patched up the holes and feels like a tight, unified mechanism."
Telegraph
"Windows 7 is the operating system Vista should have been..."
Hexus
"This is the operating system that Windows Vista should have been."
Digital Trends
"...Microsoft has returned for redemption with Windows 7, otherwise known as "what Vista should have been."
AP
"Windows 7 [is] a slick, much improved operating system that should go a long way toward erasing the bad impression left by its previous effort, Vista."
V3
"...Windows 7 is a worthy successor to Windows XP..."
Federal Computer Week
"There is nothing wrong with Windows 7 - and we've always thought Vista was a better operating system than its reputation suggested - so if a new system happens to come with it, then you'll get a fine operating system."
PC Pro UK
"We like Windows 7 a lot - so much so, that the disappointment that was Windows Vista has already become a distant memory..."
Technodorm
"If you have the money to spend, there is no reason why you shouldn't upgrade."
Laptop Mag
"If Vista left you somewhat disillusioned with Windows, we suggest you upgrade to Windows 7."
Cult of Mac
"I need to go wash my eyes out with bleach."
The Inquirer
"Windows 7 is as pretty as Apple stuff, just as easy to use, and does not treat you like a moron."
Computer World
"...it's finally time to upgrade."
TechWorld
"Windows 7 feels like an anti-Vista..."
Gizmodo
"...if you're coming from Windows XP, Windows 7 will totally feel like a revelation from the glossy future. If you're coming from Vista, you'll definitely go "Hey, this is much better!" the first time you touch Aero Peek. If you're coming from a Mac, you'll—hahahahaha. But seriously, even the Mactards will have to tone down their nasal David Spadian snide, at least a little bit."
Send an email to Mark Wilson, the author of this post, at mark@gizmodo.com.
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