Adios Vista! Windows 7 On The Horizon

[Isaac]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/te...29soft.html?em

LOS ANGELES — Microsoft introduced what it said would be a slimmer and more responsive version of its Windows operating system on Tuesday, while unceremoniously dropping the brand name Vista for the new product.

The new version will instead be branded Windows 7, because it is the seventh of a long line of operating systems for PCs developed by the company since the 1980s. The company did not say when it would sell Windows 7 to the public.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I missed a chance at a preview of Windows 7 when other coworkers were chosen to attend a conference of sorts at Microsoft. But from what I understand, it's little more than Vista SP2. I imagine they've thrown a couple "new features" in there as well to justify selling it as it's own OS, but it's the same OS with a host of fixes.

What I haven't heard is if they'll be releasing a SP2 (sans new features) for Vista. That would be intensely lame of them to have made all of those fixes, which would be applicable to Vista, and not make them available.

[Moonliner]

And if you take the time to think about it some marketing guy must have pulled '7' out of his butt.

Windows/386
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows NT
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows 2003
Windows Vista

[scaeagles]

I don't own a PC that runs Vista, nor do I own a Mac, and this may be a bit off topic, but the recent Apple commercials with the buzzer over the name Vista and the allocation of Microsoft resources to marketing make me laugh. They are really brilliant.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Well, if you only count the ones that most consumers are familiar with:

1. Windows 95
2. Windows 98
3. indows XP
4. Windows 2000
5. Windows 2003
6. Windows Vista.

7

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Well, if you only count the ones that most consumers are familiar with:

1. Windows 95
2. Windows 98
3. indows XP
4. Windows 2000
5. Windows 2003
6. Windows Vista.

7

You would have to add Windows 3.11 and/or Windows ME to that list at the very least.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Well, if you only count the ones that most consumers are familiar with:

1. Windows 95
2. Windows 98
3. indows XP
4. Windows 2000
5. Windows 2003
6. Windows Vista.

7

I would also argue that "Most Consumers" haven't got a clue what Windows 2003 is either.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

I would also argue that "Most Consumers" haven't got a clue what Windows 2003 is either.

Alright, I'll pull 2K3 and concede ME.

[Andrew]

Windows versions (consumer name / product version):

• Windows 1.0
• Windows 2.0
• Windows 3.0, 3.1, 3.11 (including Windows for Workgroups)
• Windows NT 3.1, 3.51
• Windows 95 / 4.0
• Windows NT / 4.0
• Windows 98 / 4.1
• Windows ME / 4.2
• Windows 2000 / 5.0
• Windows XP / 5.1
• Windows Server 2003 / 5.1
• Windows Vista / 6.0
• Windows Server 2008 / 6.0

The next product version is 7.0, but as GD said Windows 7 should really be Vista SP2 and thus 6.1 or 6.2.

[Isaac]

Don't forget there was brief period of time when there was Windows '97.
My high school library had it for a few months.