| Tuesday, October 14 2008 |
Windows 7 is Microsoft's next client operating system. It will succeed the current release, Windows Vista. There has been some talk about whether the company would retain the name "Windows 7", which has been used so far, to refer to the OS, and it is the name that release candidates carry. Mike Nash, Vice President for Microsoft's Windows Product Management has confirmed in his recent blog post, that the OS retains the name "Windows 7", for its commercial release. Nash stated that since it's the seventh major release of the client OS, it would make sense calling it Windows 7.
Nash explained the thought behind not giving it a name based on its release date (eg. Windows 95/98) or using "aspirational monikers" (eg. Windows eXPperience/Vista), by saying that since the company doesn't release a new Windows version every year, and that using an aspirational name did not do justice to what they were trying to achieve. It made all the more sense caling it Windows 7, being the seventh release.
Nash explained the thought behind not giving it a name based on its release date (eg. Windows 95/98) or using "aspirational monikers" (eg. Windows eXPperience/Vista), by saying that since the company doesn't release a new Windows version every year, and that using an aspirational name did not do justice to what they were trying to achieve. It made all the more sense caling it Windows 7, being the seventh release.
User comments
w00t cant wait to see it in action!
Its got alot to live up to no pressure.
so I will have a Windows 7 running on an i7 processor with 7gb of ram & 7gb hard drive with 7monitors & 7 baliffs knocking on my door because of my 7 figure electricity bill, squeezing out my 7" window & escaping across 7 states & getting married with 7kids....
I always thought the Numbered Release of OS were better than the 1s with names (NT, ME, VISTA)
Can't wait for it! :D
Good. Finally a naming scheme which makes sense. I hope this is the no-bullsh!t, tweaked-to-the-hilt O.S. from M$ that everyone has been waiting for.
by: FreedomEclipse;1016462Damn thats alot of 7's :p:laugh:
so I will have a Windows 7 running on an i7 processor with 7gb of ram & 7gb hard drive with 7monitors & 7 baliffs knocking on my door because of my 7 figure electricity bill, squeezing out my 7" window & escaping across 7 states & getting married with 7kids....
can't w8 'til it comes out
I hope they bring the up-folder button back in windows 7:)
by: Scrizz;1016564I cant W7 for it to come out personally
can't w8 'til it comes out
I was gonna codename my next system build 'Arizona' but now depending when the whole '7' stuff comes out i just might call my new build '7 Deadly Sins'
by: twicksisted;1016659
I cant W7 for it to come out personally
:shadedshu
by: FreedomEclipse;1017135
I was gonna codename my next system build 'Arizona' but now depending when the whole '7' stuff comes out i just might call my new build '7 Deadly Sins'
:shadedshu
Damn Vista hasn't been out THAT long either... RIP Vista.
From what ive seen 7 is very Vistaish in appearance lol.
Good glad there keeping that name :).. :toast:
by: DaMulta;1016586Push Alt+Up key. :)
I hope they bring the up-folder button back in windows 7:)
by: CrAsHnBuRnXp;1017552It's not the same;)
Push Alt+Up key. :)
by: 1c3d0g;1016553no kidding, a long with that new file system, and re-worked kernel that was suppose to happen with Vista.
Good. Finally a naming scheme which makes sense. I hope this is the no-bullsh!t, tweaked-to-the-hilt O.S. from M$ that everyone has been waiting for.
by: DaMulta;1017720I know...i agree. :ohwell:
It's not the same;)
omg omg omg windows 7 or 'Heaven'
by: btarunr;1016426
Windows 7 is Microsoft's next client operating system. It will succeed the current release, Windows Vista. There has been some talk about whether the company would retain the name "Windows 7", which has been used so far, to refer to the OS, and it is the name that release candidates carry. ...
I don't buy that. I bet they'll market it as "Windows Mojave" since people loved that. :laugh:
I thought it said somewhere that Windows 7 was to be Windows Server 2008 RC1? :s
by: FordGT90Concept;1017922No, because if you look at the version number, it's still version 6.
I thought it said somewhere that Windows 7 was to be Windows Server 2008 RC1? :s
True. I have Windows Server 2003 RC2 x64 Edition and it is still version 5.2 (same as Server 2003). I think it was Wikipedia where I saw that--explains everything. XD
by: Triprift;1017547Early Builds will look that way, im sure 7 will look like vista but be totally different low level.
From what ive seen 7 is very Vistaish in appearance lol.
I said it looks like it not is :p
I can't wait to see what it's like!
I read somewhere that this is the last version of windows? They're changing the name after it or something (to something real weird).
I read somewhere that this is the last version of windows? They're changing the name after it or something (to something real weird).
got any proof?
by: eidairaman1;1018097I do, I have been using the beta... It is much like Vista, just a tad better.
got any proof?