[WIN7] Dedicated Windows 7 Discussion

[foxmulder881]

Originally Posted by Goose1981

I haven't used virus protection in any version of windows i've had.. first windows flavour i installed was 3.1 i think. Long time ago now.

Most advanced users can get away with running a naked system due to their knowledge of file structures and types etc.
I certainly know when something isn't right on my system.

[DiGiTaL MoNkEY]

Originally Posted by vader

Why all the fuss over an early Alpha build of Windows 7 looking like Vista?

Its only running the same GUI as vista atm for testing purposes, the GUI will be changed/designed when the other parts of the O/S are ready.

Originally Posted by TX3

I would love to be a Microsoft photographer, travelling the world and taking thousands of pictures for desktop backgrounds and then emailing them directly to the imaging and design department while I sip a Creme Brulee Martini on some Mediterranean island.

First you have to be a great photographer then you need to be asked by microsoft to actually do the work for them

[foxmulder881]

Originally Posted by DiGiTaL_MoNkEY

First you have to be a great photographer then you need to be asked by microsoft to actually do the work for them

The photography isn't the hard part, it's finding the right landscape/scenarios to photograph.
Being invited by Microsoft would be the hard part. Although luck would play a major part I'd say.

[DiGiTaL MoNkEY]

Originally Posted by foxmulder881

The photography isn't the hard part, it's finding the right landscape/scenarios to photograph.
Being invited by Microsoft would be the hard part. Although luck would play a major part I'd say.

Yah true, i recall checking out the photographers site a while back where he had a selection of photos that "didnt" make it into the windows vista release, which looked fantastic. But i must say there is a hell of a lot of post-processing on the photos as most of them look nothing like the original pictures.

Anyways back on track with windows 7

[Goose1981]

Originally Posted by foxmulder881

Most advanced users can get away with running a naked system due to their knowledge of file structures and types etc.
I certainly know when something isn't right on my system.

Yeah, i'm not what i would call "advanced" though.

[foxmulder881]

Originally Posted by Goose1981

Yeah, i'm not what i would call "advanced" though.

Yeah but Goose, I know that you know enough about an OS to know what's a nasty/harmful file and what isn't.

[Warpy]

I think 2013 sounds more realistic.

Microsoft Corp. has dropped two strong hints in the past two days that the next version of its Windows operating system will arrive in 2009, shaving up to a year off previous expectations. It could also be a signal that Microsoft intends to cut its losses with Windows Vista, which has been poorly received or shunned by customers, especially large companies. Microsoft has long said it wants to release Windows 7 about three years after Vista, which was released to manufacturing in November 2006 but not officially launched until January 2007. Given Microsoft’s recent track record - Vista arrived more than five years after XP — most outsiders had pegged sometime in 2010 as a safe bet for Windows 7’s arrival.

Microsoft is targeting the middle of next year for some sort of release milestone for Windows 7 — the only codename known at the moment — though whether that would be a final release to consumers or an RTM, which allows businesses and resellers to start installing it, is unknown. Gates also said that he was “super-enthused about what [Windows 7] will do in lots of ways” but didn’t elaborate. What could those be? Microsoft has divulged a few things. Responding to criticism that Windows has become unnecessarily bloated, the company has 200 engineers developing a slimmed-down kernel called MinWin that uses 100 files and 25MB, compared to Vista’s 5,000 files and 4GB core and is so small it lacks a graphical subsystem. Microsoft has also confirmed that the operating system will come in consumer and business versions and in 32-bit and 64-bit editions.

Source: Computer World

[DiGiTaL MoNkEY]

I'm curious to know if they might release it as a big service pack (rather than a new O/S) considering the issues they are having with vista, they'll keep the same interface but sort out all the underlying issues people seem to complain about.

Or Vista is going to be like Windows Me, and Microsoft want to replace it quickly..

[tfroggydawg]

Why would they.

They have long term plans, I doubt it involves a new OS so soon.

[DiGiTaL MoNkEY]

Hasn't Gates already left Microsoft??

[Warpy]

Originally Posted by DiGiTaL_MoNkEY

Hasn't Gates already left Microsoft??

Yup I reckon, but he still has his middle finger in the pie.

[chainbolt]

Originally Posted by Warpy

I think 2013 sounds more realistic.

Windows 8 is scheduled for 2018.

[devteam]

This is the new interface.

[Mad Mike]

Vista could be the new ME. IF Bill is to be believed.

MIAMI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp.(MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) co-founder Bill Gates said on Friday he expected the new version of Windows operating software, code-named Windows 7, to be released "sometime in the next year or so."

www.reuters.com

[FLB]

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/win7_6519.asp

That shows what Windows 7 really looks like currently. Build 6519.