Vista Sucks, and how to make Windows 7 not

Common complaints against windows vista, and how to fix them in Windows 7:

New Hardware Requirements:
. Keep the visual style in tune with windows XP, allow an aero type interface on capable machines
. Use the WinMin core, compartmentalize what is needed.
. Use XP capable machines as the developmental benchmark.

Slow file operations:
. MinWin core allowing for low OS overhead

Licensing and cost:
. Limit the amount versions: One for mobile devices , one home version (i.e. 7 home ultimate),
one business version (i.e. 7 business ultimate), one ultimate version, and one for ultra-low end computers (i.e. 7 basic)
. MS needs to lower the costs of licenses, as lower costs leads to increased adoption.

Digital rights management and open standards:
. Windows needs to have support for all the various form of DRM out there, but not force DRM onto its users.

User Account Control:
. Banish it entirely, and make up for it by overhauling the event logs. This makes end users happy, and lets admins do their thing.

Software Protection Platform:
. Microsoft needs to realize that piracy will happen, regardless of whether anti-piracy software is used. Further more, Microsoft
needs to let pirated copies receive updates (perhaps limit pirates to service packs only). Also, MS needs to enable the changing
of a pirated key to a legit one easy, requiring no more then a restart (repair installs are a bear).

Legacy Support:
. Full virtualization for prior versions of windows, allowing everything from programs to drivers from prior versions to run in windows 7.
MS needs to pull their weight, and create a method for allowing drivers from prior versions of windows to work with 7. Forcing
hardware manufacturers to make new drivers makes the manufacturers and users unhappy.

Vulnerabilities:
. MS has always been the one to keep outsiders in the dark about their source code. By opening up parts of their source code, they can shorten the
time from discovery of a vulnerability to patch much shorter. Also, a team of thousands of programmers working on 7 will shorten the development time.


Too bad MS doesn't appear to care about their market share :)

Sources:
Wikipedia
Myself