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Microsoft reveals their next OS - Windows 7
MinLo:
--- Quote from: chip! on October 28, 2008, 07:38:04 am ---Here's some new features of Windows 7 revealed today at the PDC2008 conference:
http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/PDC_2008%3A_The_7_Coolest_New_Features_in_Windows_7
More info and good break down of the new User Interface:
http://www.neowin.net/news/live/08/10/28/introducing-the-windows-7-ui
what do you guys think?
i think it could be very nice, considering also that they are projecting that it will be smaller and lighter than vista, using the same hardware..
Windows 7 is supposed to be released late in 2009 or early 2010. (last time i checked)..
more screen shots: http://winfuture.de/screenshots/Windows-7-Meilenstein-3-Build-6.1.6780-3500-2.html
attached:
-Screenshot of a new Windows 7 build 6801 showing the redesigned taskbar
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Chip have they released the possible min specs required yet??
Wouldn't it be funny if it failled as miserable as Vista and XP still was the popular choice and percentage leader :D
Quantum:
--- Quote from: MinLo on November 19, 2008, 06:25:22 am ---Chip have they released the possible min specs required yet??
Wouldn't it be funny if it failled as miserable as Vista and XP still was the popular choice and percentage leader :D
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They've stated before now that they're aiming for "no more" than the Vista requirements, I think they'd quite like lower but ultimately it's going to be a very polished version of Vista. The pre-beta is has to be said doesn't appear to be much of an indication of what changes are in store in terms of performance (very little difference), so we'll just have to wait for betas to come out and see how it develops.
chip!:
the more videos that i watch about Windows 7, the more i cant wait to have it.... it looks awesome.. finally what an OS should do.
it borrows a lot from Linux and Mac OS, but all 3 of the OS's have been borrowing from each other for years and years, so i dont care about that..
i am excited for Windows 7 because it looks like the best GUI for controlling your open/running programs that I have seem on any platform yet.. not to mention its a Windows machine, so we dont have to deal with the *nix community for software nor the Apple monopoly on your life (if you go that route)...
minor recap on Windows progression.. that i remember clearly..
pre 3.1 is kinda fuzzy for me, so i'm leaving that out.. but clearly... DOS -> 3.1 was HUGE!
i just dont think there were any major/serious competitors prior to Windows 3.1.. OS2 and Apple IIe didnt come out strong until around the 3.1 era? (anyone wanna look up the specifics on that?)
Windows 3.1 --> 95.. huge improvement..
Windows 95 ---> 98... not much improvement..
Windows 98(&me) --> XP.. huge improvemtent..
Windows XP --> (&vista) --> Windows 7... amazing improvement.. (however, i cant STAND windows XP.. imho, what a shitty OS compared to how user friendly Vista is.)..
who has thoughts on that? :)
MinLo:
I had to fix and secure a Vista comp for my girlfriends mom and I though it was terrible.....Right after Vista had released she bought a computer with it installed......Besides having to search for drivers for her printer (even though the printer box advertised "Vista ready out the box"), finding her a free firewall was a pain at the time(at the time it was either PC TOOLS new one or the built in Windows firewall)........Tera's mom and the other people who lived there had minimal comp knowledge......Everytime I went to her moms house I would run Spybot and Adaware, I would get gigantic amount of problem results........Plus the fricken permissions popup got so annoying.....
I have only used XP and Vista extensively.......I've been on comps with DOS,3.1, ME but never owned one enough to tinker with them......
I hope ur optimism is right Chip because I DO NOT WANT VISTA but I want something better than XP!
@Q, do you beta test for Microsoft at all?......If you do or read something I'd appreciate your input once the ball starts rolling on Win 7.....
Quantum:
Yeah I do a bit of beta testing, I'll post about it when I start :)
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