Adios Vista! Windows 7 On The Horizon

Isaac · 10-29-2008, 08:58 AM

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

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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 · 10-29-2008, 09:16 AM

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.

scaeagles · 10-29-2008, 09:22 AM

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.

Moonliner · 10-29-2008, 09:23 AM

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

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Windows 98
Windows ME
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Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows 2003
Windows Vista

Ghoulish Delight · 10-29-2008, 09:25 AM

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

Isaac · 10-29-2008, 09:27 AM

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

Moonliner · 10-29-2008, 09:28 AM

Quote:

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.

Ghoulish Delight · 10-29-2008, 09:37 AM

Clearly no one at Microsoft would want to count ME. And I consider the change from 3.11 to 95 a radical enough jump to disconnect it from the lineage. Someone who's never touched Windows 95 but has had experience with any of those later versions would be able to navigate Windows 95 fairly intuitively. Put them in front of 3.11 and they're in for a shock.

innerSpaceman · 10-29-2008, 09:41 AM

Yeah, shenanigans. Windows ME at the very least. 7 is HUH?

Still, I suppose any improvement on Vista is to be welcomed, no matter what it's called. And you can't blame them for dropping the name that finally equated Microsoft with FAIL.

Ghoulish Delight · 10-29-2008, 09:42 AM

There was never a Windows 97. Windows 98 was supposed to be out in 97. There may have been beta versions in 97, but those would have carried the code name "Memphis", not Windows 97.

There WAS an Office 97, that is often what causes people to think they've seen a Windows 97.

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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	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. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	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.
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Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	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 __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	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 __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Clearly no one at Microsoft would want to count ME. And I consider the change from 3.11 to 95 a radical enough jump to disconnect it from the lineage. Someone who's never touched Windows 95 but has had experience with any of those later versions would be able to navigate Windows 95 fairly intuitively. Put them in front of 3.11 and they're in for a shock. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Yeah, shenanigans. Windows ME at the very least. 7 is HUH? Still, I suppose any improvement on Vista is to be welcomed, no matter what it's called. And you can't blame them for dropping the name that finally equated Microsoft with FAIL.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	There was never a Windows 97. Windows 98 was supposed to be out in 97. There may have been beta versions in 97, but those would have carried the code name "Memphis", not Windows 97. There WAS an Office 97, that is often what causes people to think they've seen a Windows 97. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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