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[MrChainsaw]

Is the beta going to be available to public? If it is and I can install it in 10mins or less I'm getting the beta.

[Rudy]

OMG! People liking and using Windows 2000 should be banned from the Internet and confined to Intranets only!

why? Windows 2000 is a very good OS in its own rights, unfortunately it's not updated anymore so I wouldn't count on it for anything critical but it's still a good OS

[Quillz]

Not sure what happened to my previous post, it might got deleted but i will repeat.

Windows 2000 GUI is the best looking OS GUI till this day. That classic view had specific shade of gray color which is not found in any of other Microsoft Releases.

Windows GUI is getting worse and worse with Windows XP release.

I miss Windows 2000 Professional, and it was and it's still the best OS ever released.

I think Windows 7 is going to be better then Vista, much better GUI wise which one step forward. I'm glad Microsoft is going to remove Windows Mail. We really don't need duplicates Live Mail -> Windows Mail and things like that.

Could you explain what "specific shade of gray" is being used, and where, that isn't in any other Windows release? Because Windows Classic on both XP and Vista look identical to Windows 2000, other than the icon sets used. Not to mention that while Windows 2000 may have had a different shade of gray, it can still be duplicated in XP and Vista by changing the hex color codes.

[George P Global Moderator]

Windows 2000 was a good OS back in it's time. But for today, even if they did update it still with security patches, when you have to add in support for newer tech and so on, then you'll end up changing the core OS anyways. Thus, you get a new Windows version in the end.

Like it or hate it Vista has done needed core OS changes, doing those was never going to be a smooth transition in the end, but it had to happen.

[BajiRav]

why? Windows 2000 is a very good OS in its own rights, unfortunately it's not updated anymore so I wouldn't count on it for anything critical but it's still a good OS

It is updated regularly. So far two major updates called Windows XP and Windows Vista. Next scheduled update is Windows 7. ;)

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[Kenji]

Im undecided about the new task bar... I like the idea but its a bit on the large side..Hopefully you can make it smaller.

[afusion]

It is updated regularly. So far two major updates called Windows XP and Windows Vista. Next scheduled update is Windows 7. ;)

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I know, I am clever. :p

haha I'll lol to that! :laugh:

Doesn't it make you wonder why Apple is rushing Snow Leopard for January to compete with Windows 7? It makes you question the quality control aspect too.

[profets]

Im undecided about the new task bar... I like the idea but its a bit on the large side..Hopefully you can make it smaller.

you're kidding right?

as has been mentioned many times before, the new taskbar is a whole 10 pixels larger. and if you cant afford 10 pixels of screen real estate, then there is an option for 'smaller icons' which brings the taskbar height down to the old size

[profets]

haha I'll lol to that! :laugh:

Doesn't it make you wonder why Apple is rushing Snow Leopard for January to compete with Windows 7? It makes you question the quality control aspect too.

maybe they were expecting a later ship date for win7 and were hoping to go up against it with osx 10.7 Lion or something.. j/k

[Ambroos]

OSX Snow Leopard is just like Win7 will be. Cleaning up and performance boosting. No really special new features that you'll notice (except maybe the taskbar in W7)

[sjaak327]

Well, of course there is branch caching, that might really be a very nice new feature, especially for companies, and bitlocker doing usb sticks come to mind as well.

Also I'm very very pleased with the new media center, as it really provides new features and things that really should have been implemented long ago (like the ability to resume and fast forward movies other then the build in format used by media center, now these also work on xvid and similar formats).

Regarding Snow Leopard, maybe Apple will finally be able to make SMB packet signing work (one of the 300+ new features of Leopard as promised by Apple, that particular feature still doesn't work in Leopard 10.5.5).

That way domain admins don't have to lower security just because they have some OSX machines on their domain...

[Ambroos]

One thing I don't like, but that just is a part of the new Media Center update (also available for Vista) is that recorded tv is now saved in a new format (.wtv, old was .dvr-ms) that can also record in HD. Only thing is, it uses about 1GB for 10 minutes. A one hour recording took 6GB of space. Standard definition. That's HUGE, ten times as much as old .dvr-ms...

[smooth_criminal1990]

yehyehyeh, nice eye-candy an all that, but does windows explorer have tabbed-browsing?

[sjaak327]

Wow, I have one recorded show that takes up 1,2 GB of space and lasts for 38 minutes, but I have to admin that I haven't changed, nor did I find a way yet to change the recording quality settings.

edit after a quick google, it became apparent that you cannot change the quality for digital tuners, that's where I get confused I guess, as on my main media center I have an analogue tuner.

[Brandon Live Veteran]

OSX Snow Leopard is just like Win7 will be. Cleaning up and performance boosting. No really special new features that you'll notice (except maybe the taskbar in W7)

Well that's not really fair. I mean, I think there are already some cool uses for my new feature popping up.

[Ambroos]

Yea, of course, but it still is mainly under-the-hood. No big changes.

yehyehyeh, nice eye-candy an all that, but does windows explorer have tabbed-browsing?

Tabbed browsing... Is that really so important? Everyone keeps asking for it, but I think having two explorer windows open and just dragging each one to a side does a fine job for quick file transfers from one folder to another.

[Digitalx]

Yea, of course, but it still is mainly under-the-hood. No big changes.

Tabbed browsing... Is that really so important? Everyone keeps asking for it, but I think having two explorer windows open and just dragging each one to a side does a fine job for quick file transfers from one folder to another.

Thats right, tabbed browsing of windows explorer though some may find it great for most part is useless and more of a pain then a gain.

[Ambroos]

Thats right, tabbed browsing of windows explorer though some may find it great for most part is useless and more of a pain then a gain.

Exactly. I can't even count how many people asked me how to disable tabs in IE7 because they found it to complicated. Better not change things that are good.

[azz0r_wugg]

OMG! People liking and using Windows 2000 should be banned from the Internet and confined to Intranets only!

Windows 2000 is probably the best performing OS Microsoft ever released.

Zippy, feature streamlined and good for gaming at the time.

[Calum Veteran]

I think, if implemented right, tabbed browsing in Windows Explorer could be really useful. However, it's not a major thing that needs addressing and there are more important issues and features. For example, the new taskbar is amazing and I'm glad something like this got focus over something like a tabbed Windows Explorer.

It would be nice to see a tabbed Windows Explorer though. It would make positioning the Windows easier when copying as you wouldn't have to try and get them side by side, you could just drag and drop the files to the tab you want to move/copy them to and keep your one Windows Explorer window the size you wish always :)

[George P Global Moderator]

I think Win7 will be more than just a new taskbar. Sure that's the main focus now, but I expect other new and cool features as well.

[Nomad77]

I think Win7 will be more than just a new taskbar. Sure that's the main focus now, but I expect other new and cool features as well.

I don't know why you would want to use IE anyways. Firefox is where it's at.

[Ci7]

I don't know why you would want to use IE anyways. Firefox is where it's at.

he didn't even mention IE

[AltecXP]

Not sure what happened to my previous post, it might got deleted but i will repeat.

Windows 2000 GUI is the best looking OS GUI till this day. That classic view had specific shade of gray color which is not found in any of other Microsoft Releases.

Windows GUI is getting worse and worse with Windows XP release.

I miss Windows 2000 Professional, and it was and it's still the best OS ever released.

I think Windows 7 is going to be better then Vista, much better GUI wise which one step forward. I'm glad Microsoft is going to remove Windows Mail. We really don't need duplicates Live Mail -> Windows Mail and things like that.

If there was a 2000 x64 I'd still be using it.

[notuptome2004]

If there was a 2000 x64 I'd still be using it.

and i am sure you would use windows 3.1 if it had a 64bit version yet lacked hardware device drivers and software compatabilty and stuff . but that is beside the point you would still try and sue it cause it is 64bit and uses hardly no resources