Windows 7/Vienna BETA

[miniquake32]

Hey guys do any of you know about windows 7 beta releases??-- THX

 

[psyko12]

Just read about this on some "site" although it's sketchy because its only a beta, plus it might be unstable

 

[Ongaku]

I remember testing Vista in the beta days, how fun it was ;P

 

[CrackerJack]

The beta is already out.

 

[psyko12]

Hey guys, Is this what Bill Gates demonstrated the Touch Screen interfaced Windows 7? Or was that vista?

 

[Triprift]

That was windows 7 psyko suppose to have a new slimline kernal too apparently.

 

[psyko12]

Ah I see ty! Heh it has aero theme too? Wow, hope this os does not have uber high specs and I saw a copy of the beta with a build number in its name on a certain "web site" heh

 

[Triprift]

Id say considering the kernals gonna be heavily stripped down that it shoudnt be as damanding as Vista.

 

[candle_86]

i wouldn't use it right now yall, its still an alpha not a beta. Beta is due out later this year with RC1 comming in late 09

 

[xfire]

And how much is a touch screen going to cost? "To get the complete experience"
If it works well on a normal screen then will it have features that will make people switch from XP or Vista.

 

[pagalms]

Runnin' on VMWare right now.

 

[farlex85]

That looks absolutely identical to vista atm, except for perhaps the little arrows on the taskbar over there. Still probably gonna be a bit before it takes shape.

 

[pagalms]

Visualy it is identical to Vista atm. It will be the last thing that Microsoft will change before 7 comes out.

 

[farlex85]

Visualy it is identical to Vista atm. It will be the last thing that Microsoft will change before 7 comes out.

Have you noticed any internal difference?

 

[pagalms]

It has a new kernel called MinWin
But since it's runnin on WM, it's not fully functionable (no drivers, etc). Ill install it on HDD and check that thing closer. Looks good till now

 

[Lillebror]

The official word from Microsoft’s Windows Engineering Chief Steven Sinofsky seems to be that MinWin — the slimmed-down Windows core many expected to be at the heart of Windows 7 — is not going to be part of Windows 7

No, MinWin aint gonna be the new kernel for win 7 Its still using the vista kernel, but its gonna get optimized, Slimmed down and just alot better.

 

[pagalms]

Heh, i missed something
BTW some interesting info can be found here

Control panel is changed - no classic look anymore.
Ok tomorrow i'll install it on HDD and take some screenies

 

[NeotonicDragon3]

Runnin' on VMWare right now.

Where did you find it?

 

[pagalms]

Where did you find it?

Check PM

 

[psyko12]

Wow, if it's true from what I've read that it eats lesser resources then maybe it could go as fast like win2k or faster like xp and maybe faster? Hehe, they say its module programming or sthing along the lines like that which lessens BSoDs? Hmm I found a beta release from a certain "bay".

 

[pagalms]

I just got BSOD in 7

edit: another one
endless...
Must reinstall

 

[Error 404]

I just got BSOD in 7

edit: another one
endless...
Must reinstall

Well, it IS an Alpha test.
It cant be that bad: Sounds about as stable as Windows ME!

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

No, MinWin aint gonna be the new kernel for win 7 Its still using the vista kernel, but its gonna get optimized, Slimmed down and just alot better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minwin#Kernel

Yes, it is.

 

[Triprift]

I thought they were using the minwin kernal when did that change im sure thats what read earlier

 

[FatForester]

That's a link to wikipedia, with another warning at the top regarding the factual accuracy of the information. I wouldn't trust anything just yet, there's still a lot that is bound to change.