nX07 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I was talking with a friend of mine in I.T. at the company I work for, and he has a friend who works at Microsoft and is on the Windows Development Team or whatever title you'll give them. Anywhom, I brought up Vista Ultimate and its "extras", and he told me that because of the ''unexpected" flood of Vista issues microsoft had to divert it's resources elsewhere and have SP1 cover more than internally-planned. Also, believe it or not, supposivly the Driver and Application Compatibility issues (Which technically was not Microsofts' fault and thus didn't need to do anything) made Microsoft very unhappy since it gave many software/hardware developers more than enough time to prepare, and basically forced Microsoft basically play hound-dog to all those companies. He mentioned that come Late Q2 to Early Q3 of 2008, Microsoft will have a "wave" of Extras coming covering functionality, aesthetics, and even performance (seems a bit unfair if performanc extras will only be for Ultimate users though). Take it the way you want it, which is probably with a grain of salt, but hey salt can be tasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUBBYJR2005 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 can you ask him spefically what we getting please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guruparan Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 What nX07 is true...I had a private chat too 2 weeks ago & asked about windows 7 & mobile , live platform updates....since as nX07 said, resource were relocated for partners & team along...but for sure Live platform is coming bold. Windows 7 - nothing will be shown public until beta & only in RC build most of the full features will be available (anyway tats for good) Mobile UI & engine, core are making a revamp.. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathachew Veteran Posted December 19, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 19, 2007 What nX07 is true...I had a private chat too 2 weeks ago & asked about windows 7 & mobile , live platform updates....since as nX07 said, resource were relocated for partners & team along...but for sure Live platform is coming bold.Windows 7 - nothing will be shown public until beta & only in RC build most of the full features will be available (anyway tats for good) Mobile UI & engine, core are making a revamp.. :-) Let's see if my guruparan translator works.... You're talking about Windows 7? nx07 is talking about Windows Ultimate Extras. Translator bonked out soon after initialization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafael Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I too had a private chat with a team member. He mentioned new Ultimate Extras are soon to come, like this new checker's game (preview below). EXCITING! (not factual) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Well I don't really buy this friend of a frioend stuff. But that performance thing could be the game mode thing that was supposed to be in Ultimate, where it pretty much shuts down the OS and more or less turns the computer into a console when playing games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boifido Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Well if it is true Q3 2008 is a bloody long time away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I have information that is similar to this. Not enough for a story on the front page though ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htwho Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Isn't SP1 rumored to be out by end of February? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmarE D Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Well I don't really buy this friend of a frioend stuff.But that performance thing could be the game mode thing that was supposed to be in Ultimate, where it pretty much shuts down the OS and more or less turns the computer into a console when playing games. First time I've ever heard of this. That would be a very nice feature. I actually wondered about something like that a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nX07 Posted December 20, 2007 Author Share Posted December 20, 2007 ^^^^^ That would be a nice feature indeed, but it should at least be available to Home Premium users as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Veteran Posted December 20, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 20, 2007 I too had a private chat with a team member. He mentioned new Ultimate Extras are soon to come, like this new checker's game (preview below). EXCITING! LOL! Looks fun, but I bet it's buggy. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 ya right, has hell frozen over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neoauld Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 so whats first Duke Dukem Forever, or Ultimate extras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doli Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 so whats firstDuke Dukem Forever, or Ultimate extras Extras since they are already out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I too had a private chat with a team member. He mentioned new Ultimate Extras are soon to come, like this new checker's game (preview below). EXCITING! (not factual) I'd rather get a free USB flash drive and use Home Premium. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted December 21, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 21, 2007 ^^^^^That would be a nice feature indeed, but it should at least be available to Home Premium users as well. It was only ever meant for Ultimate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaddog Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 It was only ever meant for Ultimate. Really? I thought it was going to be a Vista "feature" originally. At least, from what I remember of the betas, it was planned as such at one time. I haven't heard this talked about in quite some time though and was really bummed that nothing ever came of those rumors last time. I really hope that this is something they're working on and not just an internet pipe dream. That said, if it ever does see the light of day and comes to fruition I can easily see them limiting this functionality to Ultimate along with an enhanced version of Xbo-- er... Windows Live as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 ^ That's why its called ULTIMATE extras. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mirumir Subscriber¹ Posted December 21, 2007 Subscriber¹ Share Posted December 21, 2007 Isn't SP1 rumored to be out by end of February? It has almost nothing in common with extras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted December 21, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 21, 2007 Really? I thought it was going to be a Vista "feature" originally. At least, from what I remember of the betas, it was planned as such at one time. I haven't heard this talked about in quite some time though and was really bummed that nothing ever came of those rumors last time. I really hope that this is something they're working on and not just an internet pipe dream. That said, if it ever does see the light of day and comes to fruition I can easily see them limiting this functionality to Ultimate along with an enhanced version of Xbo-- er... Windows Live as well. I mean I could be wrong, but I thought that was one of the things that was supposed to be in Ultimate from the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Googintosh Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I too had a private chat with a team member. He mentioned new Ultimate Extras are soon to come, like this new checker's game (preview below). EXCITING! (not factual) :laugh: Post of the week. :star: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaddog Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 I mean I could be wrong, but I thought that was one of the things that was supposed to be in Ultimate from the beginning. Well I've got a copy of Ultimate and was beginning to wonder where the added value is, so, hopefully you're correct. It'd be nice to get something for nothing. (Again.) I'm tellin' ya, beta testing is the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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