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[Osiris]

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Microsoft To Cut Standard Applications from Windows 7

In a somewhat surprising move Microsoft confirmed to Cnet that the upcoming Windows 7 operating system will not make use of preinstalled email, photo editing and movie making applications that were included in Windows Vista. This means that Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Mail, and Windows Movie Maker will not be included in a standard Windows 7 installation.
The programs have been removed completely and Microsoft decided to provide access to the Windows Live versions only. Users who would like the functionality would have to download the Windows Live Wave 3, or probably Windows Live Wave 4, applications from the Internet. Some OEM bundled Windows 7 computer systems might come with those featured on the Windows 7 installation DVD.
The move looks like a major turnaround from Microsoft's previous strategy which focused on including as many applications as possible in Windows operating systems. The move makes sense in several aspects; It was not really logical to offer two applications that offered a similar functionality in first place. It meant twice the development force and technical support which can be drastically reduced by focusing on one application only.
Users on the other hand were confused with the additional choices that Windows Live offered them. Lastly that move will please many experienced Windows users who prefer to have a say in which applications get installed on their system. Experienced users do not use many of the default Windows applications and prefer to install third party software instead which usually offers better functionality, runs faster and less problematic.
If only they would decouple Windows Media Player and Microsoft Internet Explorer from the system as well. What are your thoughts? Is that a good move in the right decision or purely a business decision to save money and free resources?

 

[Osiris]

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Developers to get Windows 7 pre beta next month

Microsoft will be showboating Windows Vista, mark two 7 at its forthcoming Professional Developer Conference (PDC) event next month, where developers will be able to get their mitts on a pre-beta build of the operating system.
Meanwhile, the yawnfest surrounding speculation about what the OS will (or won't) come loaded with continues to mount in the blogosphere. Yep, MS is stripping Windows 7 down to its pants, vest and a Ribbon.
So, the upcoming operating system, some early code of which has already been probed by a US anti-trust committee sniffing around Redmond to see if its latest interoperability claims come up smelling of roses or onions, will not include email, photo-editing and movie-making apps that were part of Vista.
Instead those features will be packed into Windows Live as downloadable applications. The only problem for Microsoft is in convincing world+dog to find the enthusiasm to flick Google the finger and use its products online.
Windows senior veep Steven Sinofsky will be bigging up Windows 7 at PDC2008 in Los Angeles on 28 October. Microsoft wants everyone to get incredibly excited about “the next major version of the Windows client operating system.”
Indeed over the past few months the company has mounted a strategic marketing campaign to gently steer customers away from the unloved Vista OS. It's also started a corporate blog about Windows 7, which is perhaps the best indication that Microsoft wants to draw a line under the Vista mess.
But, as we have noted several times since rumours began swimming around the interweb that hinted at the possibility that Windows 7 could in fact be parachuted in early by Redmond, the next OS is based on the same kernel as Vista.
What does this mean in Microsoft speak?
“With Windows 7 at PDC2008 you will see advances across the full range of Windows – including the kernel, networking, hardware and devices, and user-interface,” said MS wonk Denise Begley yesterday.
“Learn more about opportunities to build on the platform's commitment to OS fundamentals, while also enabling you to enhance your existing applications and create new applications that use the new technologies and APIs in Windows 7.”
So there you have it: expect “advances”, “enhancement” and even some new tech built into the next platform, and, given that many features in Vista will be absent, it might even come with less bloat

Developers to get Windows 7 pre beta next month ? The Register

 

[Osiris]

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Get Windows 7 at PDC and WinHEC

According to this post on the Windows Vista Team Blog, there will be pre-beta copies of Windows 7 handed out at the Professional Developer Conference and WinHEC. ****, I want one.

At each event you will hear from lead Windows Engineers including Steven Sinofsky, as well as see firsthand the next Windows OS. Just announced today - at both shows we will handing out a pre-beta build of Windows 7. By attending these events, you will be one of a select few to receive a pre-beta build of Windows 7 to take with you. If that's not incentive to head to these events, I don't know what is ;-)
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[mikee]

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after that event chances are everyone with an internet connection will be able to get their hands on windows 7

 

[Kharn]

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The alpha got released BEFORE it got into many hands an stoped working, you had to play with the BIOS to get it working right.

 

[KSoD]

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Well i would make a remark but held back by NDA...

 

[Osiris]

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Windows 7 To Be Named Windows 7

Mike Nash, VP for Windows Product Management, has made a post on the Windows Vista blog stating that the code name “Windows 7” will in fact be the operating system's actual name. There you have it. Love it? Hate it? Let us know.

And, as you probably know, since we began development of the next version of the Windows client operating system we have been referring to it by a codename, "Windows 7." But now is a good time to announce that we've decided to officially call the next version of Windows, "Windows 7."
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[Apokalipse]

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Windows 7 To Be Named Windows 7

Mike Nash, VP for Windows Product Management, has made a post on the Windows Vista blog stating that the code name “Windows 7” will in fact be the operating system's actual name. There you have it. Love it? Hate it? Let us know.

And, as you probably know, since we began development of the next version of the Windows client operating system we have been referring to it by a codename, "Windows 7." But now is a good time to announce that we've decided to officially call the next version of Windows, "Windows 7."
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Wow, original.....
Longcat is Long!

 

[Puddle Jumper]

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Supposedly MS has been running Windows 7 internally for quite a while now and it is already pretty stable. When I heard this last week they also said we should be hearing more about 7 in the next month or two.

 

[KSoD]

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Of course they have it running. This is how the first sets of tests are done.

But sadly that doesnt translate to us. They have many PC's there but nothing with some of the config's we run.

It is quite stable cause right now it is still basically Vista with a few added features. It isnt til close to Beta 2 that they start making the real changes.