Not only am I shocked that Windows 7 comes with no email client out of the box, but it isn't even compatible with its own company's mail, calandaring and contacts solution. On my Mac it takes just a couple of clicks to set up exchange support for Apple mail, iCal and Address book all of which are available out of the box. Even Linux in its Ubuntu form comes with evolution mail supporting exchange mail, calendars and contacts.
Further more, isn't the clue in the name? Windows live essentials, i.e. essential apps, i.e. a bloody email client! So in an attempt to slim down Windows 7 which is admittedly much slimmer than Vista but nowhere near as slim as OSX or Ubuntu, Microsoft have chosen to axe essential apps resulting in a much poorer out of box experience.
I like Windows 7, it is certainly the best Windows yet with much to commend. But this just shows that the words 'joined up thinking' and 'Microsoft' cannot be used in the same sentence!
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Just forcing people to pay for Outlook. After all if Windows does it out of the box there is no point buying the upgrade. And lets face it Office Home and Student doesn't come with Outlook so that is another revenue stream. I guess they would also argue that corporates and public authorities are likely to provide a web portal to their outlook server as Devon County Council does.
So Joe Public and small businesses that might rent a server solution lose out.
Apple have no axe to grind because they aren't selling Outlook!
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