yannis Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Here is a screenshot from my WSUS server today morning. Notice the "Windows 7 Client" category in the Windows family of products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qdave Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ci7 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 it could be windows 7 would be hitting beta 1 status soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneakybit Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Windows 7 would be a good name for Microsoft to keep, for this new Windows. First it was Windows ME then Windows XP followed by Windows Vista. Silly names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
member Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 On Windows Update Catalog: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petroid Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I'm fairly sure that the new Windows Vista certified program requires that all drivers be compatable with Windows 7 as well in order to recieve the Vista certified mark. This will explain the addition of drivers into the Windows 7 Client section! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notuptome2004 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I'm fairly sure that the new Windows Vista certified program requires that all drivers be compatable with Windows 7 as well in order to recieve the Vista certified mark. This will explain the addition of drivers into the Windows 7 Client section! Well since windows 7 is built upon the new driver model and WPF framwork that was built for windows vista i dont see there needing to be a huge change in how the driver will work , i mean sure they may have did already some enhacnments and small changes but nothing as big as going from Win32 / GDI++ API to WPF API Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted August 20, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 20, 2008 Well since windows 7 is built upon the new driver model and WPF framwork that was built for windows vista i dont see there needing to be a huge change in how the driver will work , i mean sure they may have did already some enhacnments and small changes but nothing as big as going from Win32 / GDI++ API to WPF API huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notuptome2004 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 huh? sorry to confuse you what i was saying is that since windows 7 is intended to work with current vista drivers that their is likely to be hardly no change to the under the hood technologies that run windows vista and future versions so that you wont see 2 different drivers for the same hardware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39 Thieves Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 sorry to confuse you what i was saying is that since windows 7 is intended to work with current vista drivers that their is likely to be hardly no change to the under the hood technologies that run windows vista and future versions so that you wont see 2 different drivers for the same hardware And you know this *how*? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notuptome2004 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 And you know this *how*? yes Microsoft spent 7 years developing new graphics and audio and network frameworks just to Toss them all out for windows 7. Windows 7 is being built on top of all this so it comes natural that windows vista drivers will work just fine with windows 7 it just may bea case that ther may be minor changes to how they work on the windows side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted August 21, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 21, 2008 yes Microsoft spent 7 years developing new graphics and audio and network frameworks just to Toss them all out for windows 7.Windows 7 is being built on top of all this so it comes natural that windows vista drivers will work just fine with windows 7 it just may bea case that ther may be minor changes to how they work on the windows side Makes sense to me. They spent so long redesigning the driver system for Vista, and they already said Vista focused more on the technical side rather than the swishy side of things, so I don't see why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dDrumz Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Windows 7 would be a good name for Microsoft to keep, for this new Windows.First it was Windows ME then Windows XP followed by Windows Vista. Silly names. I would prefer it to be called Windows OS XI Cheetah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ci7 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I would prefer it to be called Windows OS XI Cheetah huh another pathatic cat name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeza Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I would prefer it to be called Windows OS XI Cheetah No..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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