Windows 7 "almost finished Beta" released and shown

2008-10-28 13:45:11

#1

Benzin: Member; +576|6265

http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/wind … ilds-medi/

I must say, it does sound like this will be cool. Perhaps Microsoft has learned from the follies of Vista???

2008-10-28 13:47:19

#2

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6720|The Twilight Zone

I really like the looks. They said they will reduce number of services/programs so hopefully is won't be such a memory hog OS like Vista is.
good info +1

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2008-10-28 13:57:36

#3

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6899

Looks Nice

2008-10-28 13:58:35

#4

Benzin: Member; +576|6265

.Sup wrote:
I really like the looks. They said they will reduce number of services/programs so hopefully is won't be such a memory hog OS like Vista is.
good info +1

If it turns out that way, I would certainly toy with the idea of upgrading to Windows 7. But then, my next computer purchase/build may not be until Windows 8 ... so yea ...

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2008-10-28 14:32:37

#5

menzo: ̏̏̏̏̏̏̏̏&#; +616|6712|Amsterdam‫

looks slick

https://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee37/menzo2003/fredbf2.png

2008-10-28 14:57:16

#6

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|6957|Devon, England

It sounds cool as hell, but I thin the look that it shares with Vista is hideous...

It all just looks so bulky and... Ugh

2008-10-28 15:09:16

#7

bad-man: now say you sorry; +34|6114|one windy city

is this the next gen XP or vista??? or a whole new OS?

2008-10-28 15:17:00

#8

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6463|Winland

A new system like that means new incompability. Like Vista wasn't enough already.

If it really is a "real" new system, which I somewhat doubt. MS should move on from the NT kernel, it may be nice, but it's still nothing but a pimped piece of 90's tech. We don't want any more "If the Vista drivers won't run, try the XP ones. If they won't run, try the 2000 ones, if they don't work, try the NT4 ones."

Spoiler (highlight to read):
Yes, I actually had an NT4 driver run in Vista a little while ago, for an old parallel SCSI extension card.

I really hope the driver and hardware management will improve over Vista. The driver reset function is still far from good, and the hardware limitations are just retarded.

And Link, it looks bulky because that shot is from something like a 640x480 screen

@bad-man: Vista is the new XP, which is the new 2000, which was the new NT4 (or Win9k/ME, you can say, 2k was the first user-oriented NT OS).

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-10-28 15:58:46

#9

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6759|N. Ireland

Looks more and more like OSX with each version. Which isn't a bad thing - it looks, well, pretty.

2008-10-28 16:03:42

#10

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|7005|Toronto | Canada

Am I the only one that thinks Vista looks better?

2008-10-28 16:08:04

#11

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6720|The Twilight Zone

kylef wrote:
Looks more and more like OSX with each version. Which isn't a bad thing - it looks, well, pretty.

What you said is pretty expected.

2008-10-28 17:27:25

#12

JoshP: Banned; +176|5955|Notts, UK

Winston_Churchill wrote:
Am I the only one that thinks Vista looks better?

Am i the only one that thinks xp > all?

2008-10-28 17:42:27

#13

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6419|what

Does it support directX11?

lol

2008-10-28 18:01:10

#14

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6720|The Twilight Zone

JoshP wrote:
Winston_Churchill wrote:
Am I the only one that thinks Vista looks better?
Am i the only one that thinks xp > all?

You're not alone. But lets give Win7 a chance. If it fails then we blame Microsoft.

2008-10-28 22:25:29

#15

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6463|Winland

JoshP wrote:
Winston_Churchill wrote:
Am I the only one that thinks Vista looks better?
Am i the only one that thinks xp > all?

XP is still the best multi-support OS in the MS range, being able to handle virtually every program from the DOS days to now. The thing is, the UI in XP isn't very intuitive, and many things just won't work really good, like the integrated networking.

I run both Vista and XP. XP on the machines that I don't need to use muxh in person (like the servers and folders) and Vista on my gaming computer and laptop. With XP dual-boot, just in case.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-10-28 23:08:16

#16

Benzin: Member; +576|6265

Personally, I do that Microsoft will make this a much lighter OS compared to Vista. I mean, they want to run it on netbooks and tablets with touchscreens and multi-touch touchscreens. You can get Vista to run on an Atom-powered Netbook, but after you start installing things to it ... well, you can imagine the result. A pig.

2008-10-29 11:59:46

#17

_Dominiko_PL: TITS or gtfo.; +97|6787|Polish state of EU

If its all gonna be true, the OS whateverX will get pwned

2008-10-29 12:02:57

#18

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6759|N. Ireland

love the BBC video - multi-touch fails for the demonstrator, must have been a nightmare lol! Poor MS..

2008-10-29 12:18:26

#19

Benzin: Member; +576|6265

_Dominiko_PL wrote:

If its all gonna be true, the OS whateverX will get pwned

Apple has already had their shit ruined by PsyStar. If I was in the market for a computer, I might actually look into one those Mac clones. Things are dirt cheap in comparison to the original.

2008-10-29 13:50:04

#20

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6983|Riva, MD

The taskbar looks gay and Mac-like

I don't like that at all.

2008-10-29 15:33:43

#21

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6915

Given the fact that they knocked about a year off the release date, I can guarantee it'll be shitty and break a lot.

2008-10-29 16:22:56

#22

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6419|what

ghettoperson wrote:
Given the fact that they knocked about a year off the release date, I can guarantee it'll be shitty and break a lot.

That's what service packs are for. lol

2008-10-29 16:27:50

#23

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6834|NYC / Hamburg

YAY! Let's bash win7 before it's even near completion

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2008-10-29 16:28:56

#24

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6720|The Twilight Zone

max wrote:
YAY! Let's bash win7 before it's even near completion

Thats what Microsoft is for.

2008-10-29 16:43:41

#25

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6915

max wrote:
YAY! Let's bash win7 before it's even near completion

Damn straight. And anyway, does that really sound like a good start to an OS to you? Especially a MS OS... It took them long enough to get Vista working after release, and they didn't try to cut any corners to make a release date on that one.

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