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Windows 7 Pre-Beta Build Info Leaked
Attendees at the Professional Developer's Conference in Los Angeles will get their hands on a pre-beta build of Windows 7. Though they don't actually receive it until Tuesday, details of what's on the build are trickling out and ZDNet has the scoop.
Windows 7 Pre-Beta Build Info Leaked
Attendees at the Professional Developer's Conference in Los Angeles will get their hands on a pre-beta build of Windows 7. Though they don't actually receive it until Tuesday, details of what's on the build are trickling out and ZDNet has the scoop.
So what's in this soon-to-be-delivered Windows 7 pre-beta build? Here are a few new features Microsoft will provide, according to various individuals who've had a chance to see and hear about the forthcoming PDC pre-beta build.
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The Risk of Waiting for Windows 7
This blog addresses the popular sentiment among XP users to skip Vista and wait for Windows 7. Definitely some interesting points made but it seemed a bit light to me. Are you XP users willing to wait until 2010 for a new version of Windows?
The Risk of Waiting for Windows 7
This blog addresses the popular sentiment among XP users to skip Vista and wait for Windows 7. Definitely some interesting points made but it seemed a bit light to me. Are you XP users willing to wait until 2010 for a new version of Windows?
The first thing that you need to bear in mind is that there no firm date for the release of Windows 7. The ballpark guess range is between late 2009 or early 2010. Pundits are carpet-bombing that range with guesses as to when we'll see Windows 7, but remember that they are all guesses right now. And there's even no guarantee that the 7's release date won't fall outside of this range.
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Each person has to make up their own mind. Vista is not bad. There is no real reason not to switch. Just as there is no reason not to just stay with XP. Aside from Game compatibility. Since most games for windows now are Vista only. Cant rely on patches there all the time. As not all work.
If people are happy with XP so be it. If people are happy with Vista so be it. With PDC coming up tuesday we will see and hear a lot more information about Windows 7 and what to expect.
Each person has to make up their own mind. Vista is not bad. There is no real reason not to switch. Just as there is no reason not to just stay with XP. Aside from Game compatibility. Since most games for windows now are Vista only. Cant rely on patches there all the time. As not all work.
If people are happy with XP so be it. If people are happy with Vista so be it. With PDC coming up tuesday we will see and hear a lot more information about Windows 7 and what to expect.
Windows 7 Unveiled Today at PDC 2008
Hi all, Mike Nash here live from the Professional Developers Conference.
Today we are unveiling Windows 7 to the world here at the PDC taking place in Los Angeles this week. I am excited to be bringing you this news in the very first post on our brand new Windows 7 Team Blog here on The Windows Blog website. Here, we will focus on delivering to you all the important Windows 7 news and announcements. I look forward to utilizing this blog as a way to talk to you about Windows 7 in the future.
Windows is the world's most popular software product. With more than a billion customers worldwide, Windows has created an ecosystem of hardware and software developers that continue to offer growing choices and capabilities for consumers and businesses around the world. Because of this, we believe PDC is the perfect place to show off Windows 7 for the first time - in front of thousands of developers anxious to start taking advantage of the new advancements in Windows 7.
Windows 7 will build on the substantial investments the company has made in the fundamentals with Windows Vista - improving security, reliability and performance while improving security features that people expect. Windows 7 is designed to be compatible with the same hardware, applications, and device drivers as Windows Vista today.
Windows 7 will offer improved navigation, a new taskbar and a streamlined UI so that common tasks done in Windows are done easier and more quickly. You will be able to share data to all your PCs and devices in your home network or at work. With Windows 7 + Windows Live, you will be able to stay connected to the people that matter to you, and with Internet Explorer 8 you will get a faster, safer, more productive Web experience.
Along with Touch Gestures and Device Stage, Windows 7 enables you to get more out of your devices including the ones you use most often like your digital cameras, mobile phones and printers. Windows 7 makes it easier to use networked media devices to play music, watch videos, and display photos that are on your Windows PC.
And Windows 7 will offer more options than ever to customize and personalize your Windows PC with styles that match your personality.
Windows 7 is being designed to be a solid platform for developers so that they can enable next-generation solutions for Windows. Developers can be more productive and offer new capabilities to their applications utilizing new API's in Windows 7. Here at the PDC, we are delivering the first pre-beta of Windows 7 to developers. This was the first developer release of Windows in recent history to be API-complete when first delivered.
The next phase for the development team is getting to beta. For Windows 7 this will be a feature complete beta and we expect that to be available to customers in early 2009. Feature complete means that we will not be adding any new features once we get to beta (since they are all there) but will instead focus on fixing bugs that we find in our testing and in feedback that customers give us. By being API complete now and feature complete at the beta, we will also make it easier for our ecosystem partners to builds solutions for Windows 7. Watch this blog or www.microsoft.com/windows for information about how to get the beta when it's available.
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Hi all, Mike Nash here live from the Professional Developers Conference.
Today we are unveiling Windows 7 to the world here at the PDC taking place in Los Angeles this week. I am excited to be bringing you this news in the very first post on our brand new Windows 7 Team Blog here on The Windows Blog website. Here, we will focus on delivering to you all the important Windows 7 news and announcements. I look forward to utilizing this blog as a way to talk to you about Windows 7 in the future.
Windows is the world's most popular software product. With more than a billion customers worldwide, Windows has created an ecosystem of hardware and software developers that continue to offer growing choices and capabilities for consumers and businesses around the world. Because of this, we believe PDC is the perfect place to show off Windows 7 for the first time - in front of thousands of developers anxious to start taking advantage of the new advancements in Windows 7.
Windows 7 will build on the substantial investments the company has made in the fundamentals with Windows Vista - improving security, reliability and performance while improving security features that people expect. Windows 7 is designed to be compatible with the same hardware, applications, and device drivers as Windows Vista today.
Windows 7 will offer improved navigation, a new taskbar and a streamlined UI so that common tasks done in Windows are done easier and more quickly. You will be able to share data to all your PCs and devices in your home network or at work. With Windows 7 + Windows Live, you will be able to stay connected to the people that matter to you, and with Internet Explorer 8 you will get a faster, safer, more productive Web experience.
Along with Touch Gestures and Device Stage, Windows 7 enables you to get more out of your devices including the ones you use most often like your digital cameras, mobile phones and printers. Windows 7 makes it easier to use networked media devices to play music, watch videos, and display photos that are on your Windows PC.
And Windows 7 will offer more options than ever to customize and personalize your Windows PC with styles that match your personality.
Windows 7 is being designed to be a solid platform for developers so that they can enable next-generation solutions for Windows. Developers can be more productive and offer new capabilities to their applications utilizing new API's in Windows 7. Here at the PDC, we are delivering the first pre-beta of Windows 7 to developers. This was the first developer release of Windows in recent history to be API-complete when first delivered.
The next phase for the development team is getting to beta. For Windows 7 this will be a feature complete beta and we expect that to be available to customers in early 2009. Feature complete means that we will not be adding any new features once we get to beta (since they are all there) but will instead focus on fixing bugs that we find in our testing and in feedback that customers give us. By being API complete now and feature complete at the beta, we will also make it easier for our ecosystem partners to builds solutions for Windows 7. Watch this blog or www.microsoft.com/windows for information about how to get the beta when it's available.
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here's some screenshots of windows 7 from winsupersite.com
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows Welcome
looks like more ripping off of osx to me
here's some screenshots of windows 7 from winsupersite.com
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows Welcome
looks like more ripping off of osx to me
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Dang. No Aero or new taskbar in the build at PDC. That stinks. I wont be able to see that pretty stuff.
Interesting look they have going. Wonder how long before it hits Beta. This looks nice. Wonder how stable this build is.
Very interesting though.
Dang. No Aero or new taskbar in the build at PDC. That stinks. I wont be able to see that pretty stuff.
Interesting look they have going. Wonder how long before it hits Beta. This looks nice. Wonder how stable this build is.
Very interesting though.
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Microsoft Says Windows 7 Won't Be As Annoying
While this certainly makes for funny headline of the day, I didn't know Vista was “annoying†to begin with, did you?
Microsoft Says Windows 7 Won't Be As Annoying
While this certainly makes for funny headline of the day, I didn't know Vista was “annoying†to begin with, did you?
Microsoft has tweaked the design of Windows 7 in ways the company thinks will make it easier for people to switch between open windows, files and applications. It also is supposed to give PC users faster access to recently used files. It should make home networking more automatic.
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