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#46 remixedcat

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Posted 04 January 2011 - 10:08

RTM? LOL


#47 BumbleBritches57

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Posted 05 January 2011 - 09:53

i thought Microsoft were doing the whol big version little version big version.

vista was a big version.

windows 7 a little version (kernel wise)

windows 8 (should be a big version.) ?

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Posted 05 January 2011 - 09:57

View PostBumbleBritches57, on 05 January 2011 - 09:53, said:

i thought Microsoft were doing the whol big version little version big version.

vista was a big version.

windows 7 a little version (kernel wise)

windows 8 (should be a big version.) ?

this is a multi-billion dollar company dealing with huge external market factors. It's never going to be that simple, is it?

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Posted 05 January 2011 - 16:16

View Postie9, on 04 January 2011 - 02:10, said:

Anyone flipping out on this quote needs to note that it is sarcasm. There is no way this was meant to be taken seriously, thus the abundance of x's
He is pointing out how absurd it is that people are claiming M2 has been finalized and they're using the same number of x's in their supposed build string :p

#50 Canouna

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Posted 05 January 2011 - 17:54

M2 is not finalized, the M2 just started in december!

http://img708.images...anstitrefvy.jpg

#51 Ci7

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Posted 05 January 2011 - 20:00

View PostCanouna, on 05 January 2011 - 17:54, said:

M2 is not finalized, the M2 just started in december!

http://img708.images...anstitrefvy.jpg

so , they would churn out another 60 something builds build till then ?

if that so , we won't hear anything untail winHEC '11 or/and PDC '11 as beta quality (even that events are scheduled)




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Posted 05 January 2011 - 21:03

View PostCi7, on 05 January 2011 - 20:00, said:

so , they would churn out another 60 something builds build till then ?

if that so , we won't hear anything untail winHEC '11 or/and PDC '11 as beta quality (even that events are scheduled)

Not for me, any build are welcome!

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Posted 06 January 2011 - 23:13

If this post is true, then apparently the build Microsoft showed at CES 2011 is an old one since it is Build 7867. I wouldn't be surprised since it's probably more stable than the cutting edge builds.
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Posted 06 January 2011 - 23:49

View Postcomputerwizkid, on 06 January 2011 - 23:13, said:

If this post is true, then apparently the build Microsoft showed at CES 2011 is an old one since it is Build 7867. I wouldn't be surprised since it's probably more stable than the cutting edge builds.
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Maybe with UI bits all over the place too. They're definitely trying to keep anything other than ARM compatibility under wraps for now. At least until a newer build leaks. :p

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Posted 06 January 2011 - 23:58

View Postremixedcat, on 02 January 2011 - 22:11, said:

funny how win 8 is really windows version 6.2

Coming from someone who knows about how the builds work. Tsk Tsk Tsk. LoL

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Posted 07 January 2011 - 00:10

View PostCanouna, on 05 January 2011 - 17:54, said:

M2 is not finalized, the M2 just started in december!

http://img708.images...anstitrefvy.jpg

That's what I was saying :p

But people are saying that M2 is finalized, and are taking the info the wrong way.

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Posted 07 January 2011 - 02:44

View Post4LeafLucky, on 06 January 2011 - 23:58, said:

Coming from someone who knows about how the builds work. Tsk Tsk Tsk. LoL


I was just making fun of it LOL......

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Posted 07 January 2011 - 03:33

I know this probably doesn't mean anything (User Agent Strings can be spoofed), but there have been multiple sightings of Internet Explorer 9 on Windows NT 6.2 in the wild. Keep an eye out for "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.2; Trident/5.0)" and "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; Trident/5.0)" or similar NT 6.2 strings in the coming days/weeks.

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Posted 07 January 2011 - 22:05

View Postamon91, on 06 January 2011 - 23:49, said:

Maybe with UI bits all over the place too. They're definitely trying to keep anything other than ARM compatibility under wraps for now. At least until a newer build leaks. :p

Good point. I hadn't thought of that :). Though the language they used at CES when referring to the build being Windows 8 but with Windows 7 UI gives me a hint that they have something big planned for the UI. Also any indication of Microsoft having yet another PDC again this year?

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Posted 07 January 2011 - 22:09

brilliant.. :rolleyes:

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