Windows 7 Screens

[Aberforth]

Windows 7 shots were leaked onto the net a few minutes ago, the user interface looks very similar to vista as i am sure that part is still being worked on. The M1 is not a standalone installer but requires Vista to upgrade.

Source: http://www.techpowerup.com/index.php?51988

 

[Nothinman]

Who cares? It's obvious that nothing major has really happened yet. Which is kind of strange considering the amount of manpower that MS has, in a year they should've had something tangible produced.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Who cares? It's obvious that nothing major has really happened yet. Which is kind of strange considering the amount of manpower that MS has, in a year they should've had something tangible produced.

They did, Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1

Bill

 

[Nothinman]

They did, Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1

Aren't those seperate development teams from Windows 7? I know there's some interdependencies and such but one would think that there could be teams working on things set for release with Windows 7 that could be worked on in parallel with Server 08 and Vista SP1.

 

[Aberforth]

MS is probably working on dozens of OS kernels, but Longhorn was a subset of Vienna(blackcomb) which is now Windows 7. Since windows XP, all desktop operating systems by MS (internal and commercial) are based on Windows Server codebase (NT).

 

[atbnet]

I saw a video on YouTube which claimed to be Windows 7. It looked like Vista with 7 instead of Vista on the bootup and other screens. I've been using Vista for a year but I am always interested in seeing what's next.

 

[Nothinman]

MS is probably working on dozens of OS kernels,

I wouldn't say dozens unless you're counting each branch separately. The main kernels they should have are NT, whatever's in Windows Mobile and maybe whatever's in the XBox 360 but I thought that was based on the NT embedded kernel as well so that might just be considered a branch of the NT kernel. I can't imagine they're doing anything with whatver they called the crap in Win9x and I don't know what other OSes they might be developing in there.

I've been using Vista for a year but I am always interested in seeing what's next.

Yea but it's going to be pretty pointless right now since the majority of the work is going to be under the hood.

 

[SunnyD]

Pretty much definitely a fake. Just look at the "About" page... Microsoft Windows Version 6.1.

Unless something DRASTICALLY has changed, Windows 7 will be Version 7.0.

 

[Arkaign]

Bring it on! Vista has been the most poorly-received OS I've ever seen from Microsoft. It's good for me because people actually pay me to install XP (which is getting harder to find) on new systems, but it's a little disheartening after awhile. I always offer to troubleshoot people's issues with Vista before going with a full XP installation, as well as a tutorial on common question areas. But far too often, people are just totally fed up with Vista and don't want to hear it, or they have hardware/software that just will not work properly under Vista.

So let's get crackin with Vienna/7!