User experience was so poor with Windows Vista that Microsoft wanted to distance itself from the product, but it’s unlikely that they just came up with a whole new product a few months later in response. What’s underneath in Windows 7, it it the same Vista core with the irritants removed and a freshened user interface? Or is it actually a dramatically different product?

Topics: Windows, Vista, Microsoft, operating systems, Windows 7, consumer dissatisfaction, Product fiascos