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chip!:
so... Windows 3.1 is patient 1? 

haha

TheHalf™:
What we need to know about Windows 7 Release Candidate.
Posted by Ed Bott @ 9:09 pm @ the ZDNet website.

Microsoft has finished its work on the Windows 7 Release Candidate and has announced a distribution schedule. For those who are thinking of evaluating this release, I’ve put together this FAQ. If you have any additional questions, ask them in the Talkback section; I’ll update this post as needed.

Complete article ----> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=880&tag=nl.e589

TheHalf™

chip!:

--- Quote from: Synbios on April 27, 2009, 12:53:10 pm ---1: Windows 3.1
2: Windows 95
3: Windows 98
4: Windows 2000
5: Windows XP
6: Windows Vista
7: Windows 7

--- End quote ---


I found this article which apparently gives the one and only reason why its going to be 6.1 instead of 7.0:  an attempt at increased application compatibility.


http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/10/14/why-7.aspx

And here's how the Windows releases are counted and numbered:

1. Windows 1.0
2. Windows 2.0
3: Windows 3.0
3.1: Windows 3.1
4: Windows 95
4.0.1998: Windows 98
4.10.2222: Windows 98 SE
4.90.3000: Windows ME
5: Windows 2000
5.1: Windows XP
6: Windows Vista
6.1: Windows 7

so, they did the same version numbering thing with 98 - 2000 - XP...

FTA:

"Windows 2000 code was 5.0 and then we shipped Windows XP as 5.1, even though it was a major release we didn't' want to change code version numbers to maximize application compatibility."

"We learned a lot about using 5.1 for XP and how that helped developers with version checking for API compatibility.  We also had the lesson reinforced when we applied the version number in the Windows Vista code as Windows 6.0-- that changing basic version numbers can cause application compatibility issues. So we decided to ship the Windows 7 code as Windows 6.1"

chip!:
http://www.blogsdna.com/3083/how-to-upgrade-windows-7-beta-build-7000-to-windows-7-rc-build-7100.htm

How to Upgrade Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 to Windows 7 RC Build 7100

1. Download Windows 7 RC build 7100 (if you downloaded Leaked Windows 7 RC which is not in the form of ISO then Skip to Step Number 3)

Filename: 7100.0.090421-1700_x86fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRC1CULFRER_EN_DVD.iso  (32bit)

2. If you have downloaded Windows 7 RC in the form of ISO DVD then Burn ISO on dvd and copy all files & folder to your Hard Disk Drive. You may use ISO file mounting tool to extract files.

3. Now Access Source directory within Widows 7 Copied files & folder.

4. Open the file cversion.ini in a text editor like Notepad.

5. Replace miniclient value from 7100 to any lower build for e.g 7100 to 7000

6. Now Save the file cversion.ini

7. Run installer.

The above steps will be required for an RC to RTM upgrade installation.    ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D

chip!:
Some interesting benchmarks on Windows 7 RC1 compared to Vista and XP...  guess which OS is winning?

http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=3557&p=15

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