Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Friday indicated that Windows 7, the next major version of Windows, could come within the next year or so. In response to a question about Windows Vista, Gates, speaking before the Inter-American Development Bank here, said: "Sometime in the next year or so we will have a new version." Referring to Windows 7, the code name for the next full release of Windows client software, Gates said: "I'm super-enthused about what it will do in lots of ways."
Unclear is whether Gates was referring to early testing of Windows 7 coming within the year, as opposed to a widespread release or debut. An early test geared toward developers would be conceivable.
Link: news.com
Unclear is whether Gates was referring to early testing of Windows 7 coming within the year, as opposed to a widespread release or debut. An early test geared toward developers would be conceivable.
Link: news.com
so don't.
ya, thats what im expecting.
No **** sherlock
Then keep digging, Watson!
Ok well maybe not...however i know people will care more about Windows 7 and its new features than the things i mentoned above.
That's been discussed countless times all over the internet.
Even Vista's product manager has quit:
http://www.geek.com/interview-why-nick-white-left-microsoft/
As for the product manager leaving...it hardly seems to be due to a bad relationship with Vista or anything, people leave all the time after a project be it a success or not, some people do like a change now and again.
That's been discussed countless times all over the internet.
Even Vista's product manager has quit:
http://www.geek.com/interview-why-nick-white-left-microsoft/
Well, Vista's lead art designer/director left Microsoft shortly after Vista to spawn a design firm with other ex-Microsoft staff, who in turn did one project for MS. Hardly a 'failure.'
95+: 1995/1996
98: 1997
98SE: 1998
me: 1999
2000: 1999
XP: 2001
Vista: 2008 (because without SP1 it is a POS)
Ver 7: 2009
Hah! That actually proves pista is a load of rubbish. And looking at the screenshots from the beta of windoze 7 it looks like they are going to rush creating it again, it really didn't look all good with the interfaces. Oh whatever happened to the good old days of 98 / 98SE, yes you would get a BSOD loads (even MS got it while installing a scanner) but you had a decent OS behind it that took them AGES to code and was throughly checked, hell I would trade pista for a decent version if at the expense I would have some problems now and again.
95+: 1995/1996
98: 1997
98SE: 1998
me: 1999
2000: 1999
XP: 2001
Vista: 2008 (because without SP1 it is a POS)
Ver 7: 2009
Hah! That actually proves pista is a load of rubbish. And looking at the screenshots from the beta of windoze 7 it looks like they are going to rush creating it again, it really didn't look all good with the interfaces. Oh whatever happened to the good old days of 98 / 98SE, yes you would get a BSOD loads (even MS got it while installing a scanner) but you had a decent OS behind it that took them AGES to code and was throughly checked, hell I would trade pista for a decent version if at the expense I would have some problems now and again.
Sorry to be rude, but this is by far the stupidest post I've read in Neowin for some time.
95+: 1995/1996
98: 1997
98SE: 1998
me: 1999
2000: 1999
XP: 2001
Vista: 2008 (because without SP1 it is a POS)
Ver 7: 2009
Hah! That actually proves pista is a load of rubbish. And looking at the screenshots from the beta of windoze 7 it looks like they are going to rush creating it again, it really didn't look all good with the interfaces. Oh whatever happened to the good old days of 98 / 98SE, yes you would get a BSOD loads (even MS got it while installing a scanner) but you had a decent OS behind it that took them AGES to code and was throughly checked, hell I would trade pista for a decent version if at the expense I would have some problems now and again.
There's too many things wrong with what you've just said. For a start, you're implying that ME wasn't a POS.
Either way, go crawl back into your hole, you don't know what you're talking about and lost your right to have a respected opinion.
95+: 1995/1996
98: 1997
98SE: 1998
me: 1999
2000: 1999
XP: 2001
Vista: 2008 (because without SP1 it is a POS)
Ver 7: 2009
Hah! That actually proves pista is a load of rubbish. And looking at the screenshots from the beta of windoze 7 it looks like they are going to rush creating it again, it really didn't look all good with the interfaces. Oh whatever happened to the good old days of 98 / 98SE, yes you would get a BSOD loads (even MS got it while installing a scanner) but you had a decent OS behind it that took them AGES to code and was throughly checked, hell I would trade pista for a decent version if at the expense I would have some problems now and again.
LMFAO
You seriously just made my day man
"yes you would get a BSOD loads (even MS got it while installing a scanner) but you had a decent OS behind it that took them AGES to code and was throughly checked"
hahahahahahahhaha
wow.just.wow
As for the product manager leaving...it hardly seems to be due to a bad relationship with Vista or anything, people leave all the time after a project be it a success or not, some people do like a change now and again.
Toadeater has no point. He just likes to complain about Vista. There is nothing in that article that says that Nick White left Microsoft over Vista.
95+: 1995/1996
98: 1997
98SE: 1998
me: 1999
2000: 1999
XP: 2001
Vista: 2008 (because without SP1 it is a POS)
Ver 7: 2009
Hah! That actually proves pista is a load of rubbish. And looking at the screenshots from the beta of windoze 7 it looks like they are going to rush creating it again, it really didn't look all good with the interfaces. Oh whatever happened to the good old days of 98 / 98SE, yes you would get a BSOD loads (even MS got it while installing a scanner) but you had a decent OS behind it that took them AGES to code and was throughly checked, hell I would trade pista for a decent version if at the expense I would have some problems now and again.
Sorry to be rude, but this is by far the stupidest post I've read in Neowin for some time.
That happens a lot. Make a list of who you see posting this stuff. It will be fairly short and have the same crap posted ad nauseum...
Are you retarded?
Even right now is a great time to just start thinking whether or not you want to try out a different Operating System.
Duke Nukem Forever is coming...just give it some time!
as for windows 7 coming in a year or so, id say itll be here in the or so. the bean counters wont want to throw too much moneys into it even if it does make it come out faster and be better. its a business, its about profit.
Last edited by Xerxes on 05 Apr 2008 - 02:45
Everything is always a work in progress on various levels.
2. End of 2009 counts as next year... that's 1.5 year from now. Plenty of time.
3. "New version" != retail (as already mentioned above). Most likely dumbed down public beta or something along those lines.
So, don't hold your breath peeps.
2. End of 2009 counts as next year... that's 1.5 year from now. Plenty of time.
3. "New version" != retail (as already mentioned above). Most likely dumbed down public beta or something along those lines.
So, don't hold your breath peeps.
Since when has Microsoft EVER released a "dumbed down" public beta?
WinMe didnt have a toilet paper version
You sure can... Can we call you whatever we want?
Seriously now, Why are they trapping themselves with release date 'announcements' again? There's a reason why EVERY developer does NOT commit on release dates for products. If for some justified or unjustified reason you miss the date, You get one hell of a backlash, Definitely when you're making something like an Operating System that serves the mass of the market.
seems like little billy cant keep his mouth shut for a change
Vista introduced a completely new driver model. Companies that have been writing drivers for the many years that XP has been with us had to learn a new way of not only writing them but making them fast and stable. It takes time for drivers to mature.
The good news is that Windows 7 uses the same driver model. So hardware vendors won't have to write new drivers. And vista drivers will be mature by then. So when Windows 7 comes out people are going to say how fast and stable it is when really it's the drivers that made it so and Vista users will have the same thing.
If you took a poll of Vista users who have the most stability and performance complaints you'll find that most are using Nvidia video cards and/or Nvidia motherboard chipsets. Nvidia drivers are worst for Vista. They suffer the most performance and stability problems right now and take the biggest hit from XP to Vista. Intel chipsets and ATI video cards take little to no performance loss from XP to Vista. And often times are posting improvements now.
Vista represents the first time that a new driver model was introduced into a consumer level OS. Technically Windows 95 was in the same boat, but hardware was so simple in the mid-90s that most "complicated" driver development could be accomplished by a couple guys in a handful of months.
Also, according to the latest tech-data released by Microsoft, certain companies contribute towards a disproportionately large share of the stability issues (nVidia, was at the top, ATI and Intel were also there, but in a more reasonable percentage compared to their overall market share).
"We just paid $200 for Vista last year and now they want us to pay again for a new OS? Hell no..."
or stay on winodws 98..or xp or whatever you dint upgrade from...
Does it really matter?
or stay on winodws 98..or xp or whatever you dint upgrade from...
Does it really matter?
I am talking about average Joe. I don't really care what Microsoft does because I don't pay for their software.
My guess will be that they will quietly back pedal on (some of) the bits that make Vista so hated (by so many). Hopefully they will give it a "classic window 2000 /2003 / XP theme so System Administrators wont have to struggle around looking for things that have been shifted about in the GUI.
it will either be the Windows ME (what ME was between 98 and XP (between vista and windows
Basically, it will either be a horrible piece of **** that will go down in history as a failure, or it will be an awsome OS that will be used for years to come and people will fight for its continued support when the next "omg! windoze Shorthorn comin out!!!" happens.
Windows 7 = More bugs, more bloat, more useless crap, more bugs than Vista.
While you're at it, why not attack everything else you haven't experienced?
I've been using Vista ever since it was RTM, and I personally like it. For me at least, it is almost just as fast as XP Pro, and I haven't experienced the crashes that I did with XP.
I'm looking forward to Windows 7, and I'm hoping that so many people won't trash it like they have Vista, especially the ones that have never actually tried Vista (and probably have never even seen a genuine Vista disk in person).
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