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Windows 7 beta discussion thread (pg. 12)
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
the food was awesome though. |
hahaha thats the only reason why i go to their product showcase, its almost weekly in our building :p |
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| Jer |
| Also: Taskbar re-arranging and dragging right out of the box GODDAMN IT'S ABOUT TIME |
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| Orko |
Just installed build 7068 64bit. Talk about a smooth install. It had all my drivers!! Even LAN, which did not work a few builds ago. Cannot tell you how good it feels to just install the OS, and not have to deal with drivers.
The OS also looks beautiful. Very modern, and I love all the transparency (I know, a lot of that comes from Vista). What I do want to see is multiple desktops.
Has anybody played around with the task bar? Its pretty swanky. Drag it over IE, and you can see all the tabs as previews. Scroll over the tabs to see it, and you can even close the tab from the preview. Also works for windows explorer, and multiple windows of a single program. Really neat. |
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| Jer |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Just installed build 7068 64bit. Talk about a smooth install. It had all my drivers!! Even LAN, which did not work a few builds ago. Cannot tell you how good it feels to just install the OS, and not have to deal with drivers.
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Isn't that fantastic? I installed it on my HP DV6000 series and usually you have to go back to HP for a load of drivers.. Not this time. One run through Windows Update and I was good to go, not a single hitch.
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Has anybody played around with the task bar? Its pretty swanky. Drag it over IE, and you can see all the tabs as previews. Scroll over the tabs to see it, and you can even close the tab from the preview. Also works for windows explorer, and multiple windows of a single program. Really neat. |
It's not just IE, but every application that'll group in that manner.. SUCH an improvement to my workflow. I've noticed that as opposed to just highlighting the taskbar entry, there's actually a light trail that actually FOLLOWS your cursor in the trackbar. So friggin' awesome. It took getting used to, but now I honestly don't want to go back. I'll be installing RC1 and using it for the full year if I don't upgrade immediately. |
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| Orko |
| Anyboy know about the new terminal? I thought I had read that they were introducing a new terminal, but I cannot seem to find any info on it. I do a lot of server administration, and it would be nice to play around with. |
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| hardcore trancer |
| Any words on the release date? rumors has it that we are going to see some laptops from Best Buy and Futureshop to come preloaded with Windows 7 in a few months?anyone else know about this? |
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| Orko |
| No way. These beta copies expire on the August 1st. They won't release it for real, before the beta trial is over. |
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| El K Dee |
| quote: | Originally posted by hardcore trancer
Any words on the release date? rumors has it that we are going to see some laptops from Best Buy and Futureshop to come preloaded with Windows 7 in a few months?anyone else know about this? |
will happen only mid 2010. |
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| Invasionmix |
| quote: | Originally posted by El K Dee
will happen only mid 2010. |
I heard rumours that it will be ready for Labour Day/Back to school shopping.
What I wonder is the pricing for it, will be be the same price as Vista and Vista being pulled off the shelf, or will it be a bit more compared to Vista, and Vista still on the shelves. |
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| El K Dee |
Hmmm..this is the most recent news I could find...says Christmas time this year...
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Sources: Windows 7 moving toward 2009 release
Microsoft is moving forward with plans to launch Windows 7 this year, although the company still refuses to publicly commit to that goal.
PC industry sources in Asia and the U.S. tell CNET News that they have heard things are on track to launch by this year's holiday shopping season, which has been Microsoft's internal target for some time.
Microsoft is also putting the finishing touches on a program to offer Vista buyers a free or low-cost update to Windows 7. That program could kick off as early as July, sources said.
The company has run such "technology guarantee" programs in the past, typically allowing each PC maker to set the exact rules, but essentially offering buyers after a certain time to get a free upgrade to the next version. (TechArp has a post with even more details on Microsoft's planned Windows 7 Upgrade Program.)
In an interview at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, Microsoft senior VP Bill Veghte cautioned that the release still could be pushed into 2010, depending on customer feedback.
"I'm telling them that it could go either way," Veghte said in that January interview. "We will ship it when the quality is right, and earlier is always better, but not at the cost of ecosystem support and not at the cost of quality."
That remains the company's official position, although the wheels are spinning toward a release in time for Windows 7 machines to be sold this holiday season, PC industry sources tell CNET News.
The response to test versions of Windows 7 has been in stark contrast with the issues that dogged Windows Vista, which was a much more fundamental update to the operating system. Although Windows 7 adds things like an improved taskbar and snappier performance, the operating system shares most of the same underpinnings as Windows Vista. (Click on the video at right to hear me talk Windows 7 on CNET Editors' Office Hours.)
Microsoft has reiterated that it plans just a single beta for Windows 7. That beta launched in January and Microsoft this week stopped offering downloads of the test version. The company has said it will have a near-final "release candidate" version, but has not said when that will come.
Earlier this month, Microsoft confirmed that it plans to sell at least six distinct versions of Windows 7, although it also said it will focus its efforts around two editions--Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional. (By way of comparison, Microsoft announced the different versions of Vista in February 2006 before ultimately making the code available to business customers in November 2006).
For those that can read Chinese, here is ZDNet Taiwan's earlier report on the subject.
ZDNet Taiwan's Agnes Kuang contributed to this report. |
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-1....html?tag=mncol |
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| Invasionmix |
That article was from Mid-February, this one is from April 1st
Will Windows 7 arrive this year or next? Last week's "accidental" Windows 7 Release Candidate download page, dated May 2009, and repeated leaks to the Web of Windows 7 builds are strong indications that we'll see the next manifestation of Windows in about two months.
Microsoft has not confirmed the projected May delivery date and the Windows 7 RC download page is now gone (click here for a captured screenshot). But a late-May release candidate would mean cutting it close for a final release before the back-to-school weeks of late summer. That leaves us with the more important 2009 holiday season, which despite the dismal economy, is something Windows 7 can't afford to miss.
Here are three reasons why Microsoft is likely to have Windows 7 locked and loaded on computers before the holiday rush.
Back to School Timing Would Be Rushed
Even if the Windows 7 release candidate does arrive in late May, that may be too late to have Windows 7 finalized for the pre-Labor Day back to school crowd, given all the changes Microsoft has made to Windows 7.
Microsoft Watch blogger Joe Wilcox wrote that "four to six weeks minimum" will be needed for bug and application testing because of all the user interface changes made between the public beta and the upcoming release candidate of Windows 7.
The next logical time for a release is for the holidays. Veteran Microsoft blogger Ed Bott writes that if the release candidate is in May, Microsoft will have time to do testing before releasing to its OEMs in late July, RTW (releasing to Web) in late August, and then doing a retail launch in late September.
Bott writes: "If OEMs get code in July, they can have systems ready to deliver to customers in September, maybe even with a simultaneous retail launch ... holiday sales are crucial, and a September release allows for a full-on marketing blitz for the fourth quarter."
Microsoft Keeps 'Accidentally' Saying 2009
Last week's allegedly accidental Windows 7 RC download page is the latest in a series Microsoft slip-ups hinting at a 2009 release of Windows 7.
Last October, Jerry Shen, CEO of Microsoft OEM Asus, said in an interview: "In the second half of next year we will put Windows 7 on Eee PCs."
Also in October, Microsoft said on its WinHEC Web site that, "There is not another WinHEC planned before Windows 7 is released." WinHEC is scheduled for early May 2009.
At the WinHEC conference in early November, Microsoft Director Doug Howe showed a slide saying that the Vista Velocity program would go through next spring and then continue with Windows 7.
He was then quoted as saying, "Definitely the holiday focus is going to be on [Windows] 7."
January Release Will Remind People of Vista
Releasing Windows 7 in the first month of a new year could bring back memories of a certain other Windows OS infamous for missing the holidays and launching in the new year. As everybody now knows, compatibility problems and memory hog gripes marred Vista's launch, resulting in negative perceptions that remain today.
Any comparisons to Vista - even for something non-technical like a release date - could hurt Microsoft, considering that Vista seems stuck with one of the worst reputations of any version of Windows.
Microsoft unmistakably wants to differentiate the two OSs (even if they are both based on the same code). Missing the holidays and releasing Windows 7 in January would be the exact route it took with Vista in 2006/2007.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/1624..._windows_7.html |
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