Windows 7 confirmed for 2010 - 17 screenshots...

Rik · May 26, 2008, 16:51:25

Or anyone, for that matter.

Steve · May 28, 2008, 09:49:14

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7422924.stm

If it doesn't work you will be able to hit it.

Rik · May 28, 2008, 09:50:06

Wanna bet?

madasahatter · May 28, 2008, 09:55:32

Interesting link Steve

Not exactly sure how much use that it's gonna be - at the moment, looks like a headline grabbing thing that only does bits here and there rather than something to completely replace mouse/keyboard

scook94 · May 28, 2008, 14:37:13

To me it looks like all desktops are converging to look almost identical - windows 7,linux and mac!

Rik · May 28, 2008, 16:05:57

Not, in itself, such a bad thing...

madasahatter · May 28, 2008, 17:01:34

a couple of interesting comments on here

Rik · May 28, 2008, 17:05:56

Vista MkII. Interesting concept. Or, put another way, the Vista we meant to ship the first time...

Inactive · May 28, 2008, 17:07:34

I have never tried Vista, however I cannot help thinking that it has not been a great success, it is hugely resource hungry, that cannot be denied, equally there are no significant improvements over XP that would make me spend money on buying it, I fear that W7 will be similar.

Rik · May 28, 2008, 17:11:22

On the basis of what's been said, I agree, In. Nonetheless, we'll end up moving to it when our hardware gives out on us...

Inactive · May 28, 2008, 17:14:57

I am hoping mine will last until a real option for XP is produced that does show significant improvements, highly unlikely I know.

Rik · May 28, 2008, 17:26:04

It will be called the octo-core from Intel.

Dopamine · May 28, 2008, 17:46:45

Quote from: scook94 on May 28, 2008, 14:37:13
To me it looks like all desktops are converging to look almost identical - windows 7,linux and mac!

... and since some manufacturers are now selling systems with a Linux OS preinstalled, at a corresponding cost saving, I wonder how much longer MS can rely on being able to sell whatever OS they choose to bring out next. £600 for a system with Vista or a fair bit less for the same system with Linux? Nobody has been able to break MS's dominance yet, but maybe good old price pressure will succeed and we'll all benefit from OSs that are improved and refined for performance's sake rather than to satisfy the financial needs of commercial organisations.

Rik · May 28, 2008, 17:51:47

I'd be all in favour of that.

Noreen · May 28, 2008, 17:53:22

I don't know if this has already been mentioned but I see there is now mention of IE8. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/27/ie8_fall_beta/

Rik · May 28, 2008, 17:58:35

I don't suppose that any software house considers that we, as users, would be quite happy if they just fixed the products they have already brought out.

Sebby · May 28, 2008, 19:14:32

They most certainly don't, Rik. In fairness, there's not a lot wrong with XP, at least since SP2, but I guess they feel it doesn't have the wow factor. I'm sure they were trying to make Vista more "Mac", and I'd imagine they'll continue to go down this route, i.e. concentrating on the UI.

Rik · May 28, 2008, 19:19:01

They always have.

Sebby · May 28, 2008, 19:29:54

But then wasn't Vista built from scratch? It makes you wonder...

Rik · May 28, 2008, 19:34:39

I'm just not sure which scratch!

madasahatter · May 28, 2008, 19:37:08

To be fair though Sebby, i would imagine that the vast majority of machines they sell will be bought by peeps who don't know anything apart from how to surf and e-mail, and for those peeps the look of the thing will be one of the reasons for trading up etc, so I don't think they are necessarily wrong to go down the UI route tbh. Just that the peeps who do know what they are doing take a lot less notice of the bells and whistles, so the look of the thing isn't as important.

Sebby · May 28, 2008, 19:38:36

I don't think they're wrong to put a lot of work into the UI, but I think they're wrong to let other areas suffer. Even Steve Ballmer described Vista as a work in progress. It doesn't inspire confidence.

madasahatter · May 28, 2008, 19:41:24

Quote from: Sebby on May 28, 2008, 19:38:36
I don't think they're wrong to put a lot of work into the UI, but I think they're wrong to let other areas suffer. Even Steve Ballmer described Vista as a work in progress. It doesn't inspire confidence.

When you put it like that - not really.........

Noreen · Jun 30, 2008, 10:21:56

Some interesting comments here. http://microsoft-watch.com/bb-article.html?bbPostId=B1v4kEBkXLLFBDaVmlmKxj4lCz4sYWSOJcFLrCz4xjWG4SBeO1&bbParentWidgetId=B92koKEwX2hcEsdaWI2J7pK

Rik · Jun 30, 2008, 10:24:24

Vista as she was meant to be?