It does appear to be a large move up from the quick launch option typically seen on the taskbar. The idea there is having more items right in plain view to choose from. Some may tend to complain about that however like many were with Vista's sidebar and gadgets. Everything at once?!
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Pheonix iz pro
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I can't wait for this! I have the PreBeta and cant wait for the Beta1
Pheonix iz pro
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Thanks for this thread!
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Well there's one big makeover you count on namely the calculator in 7. That can be seen in a slide show someone made up at http://www.flickr.com/photos/31242879@N00/sets/72157608452379413/show/
There's another thing to know about the next version to come. While some XP drivers may work well for certain addon devices if no Vista drivers were written for them the next version(7) will make them ? rather useless! Keep this in mind since 7 will be the upgrade of Vista not any previous version of Windows.
Vista itself is not a resource hog but a newer version that is intended for the much newer hardwares seen now then when XP first came out. The requirements are higher on memory like XP is over previous versions like 98.
People that haven't been running their own systems too long and have not worked with the older versions are generally unaware of the large changes seen across the board not just with only the new version. I went right after Vista here when it first came out in order to more or less take notes on how different it would be.
More stable in many ways over XP, improved crash control when a game or app locks, a small increase of ram needed as expected since 98 was 16mb compared to XP's recommended 128mb minimum to Vista's 512mb. It's incremental compared to now seeing memory capacities like 8gb, 16gb, and even just being seen now 32gb for a desktop board.
People that haven't been running their own systems too long and have not worked with the older versions are generally unaware of the large changes seen across the board not just with only the new version. I went right after Vista here when it first came out in order to more or less take notes on how different it would be.
More stable in many ways over XP, improved crash control when a game or app locks, a small increase of ram needed as expected since 98 was 16mb compared to XP's recommended 128mb minimum to Vista's 512mb. It's incremental compared to now seeing memory capacities like 8gb, 16gb, and even just being seen now 32gb for a desktop board.
Irishwhistle
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Sabrinna, just as a warning, I recommend that you delete that post... downloading a Windows 7 torrent file is illegal and hence can't be discussed here.
Read the rules: http://www.computerforum.com/52038-forum-rules.html
Read the rules: http://www.computerforum.com/52038-forum-rules.html
I deleted the post.
Get used to the Vista kernel since that will still be seen there in the next version. The bulk of the changes will be seen with the main gui itself. You will likely be seeing one other new standard as well namely USB 3.0 being put into effect there since that just came out in August.
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Twist86
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Nice...good to see a slide show...shows me all the stuff I gotta remove when I get a copy in a few years
Only thing am looking forward to on 7 is the CPU-GPU for better gaming...if they don't screw that up I will get the OS after the reviews come in.
Someone else lately started another thread on the WARP feature that suppliments older video cards by creating a form of virtual vpu rather then a need for a high end card. MS is looking what sells more pcs there. How many never have any games installed? While many simply browse and check the mail MS is looking at what will draw people to the next version and anything that follows 7 later.
Kewl Munky
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I've seen it being mentioned a lot that this won't be released until 2010. I was told that it was originally planned for 2011, then they wanted it in 2009 because of how bad vista was, and possibly even late 2008. Though we know we won't be seing it in 2008 now.
I'm really hoping that They fix vista to the point where I don't have to worry about upgrading to windows 7 or else microsoft decides to have some moral and release an update for vista owners, but we all know that won't happen.
I'm really hoping that They fix vista to the point where I don't have to worry about upgrading to windows 7 or else microsoft decides to have some moral and release an update for vista owners, but we all know that won't happen.
MS is on a regular time schedule since the original release announced was 2010 not 2011. The first Release Candidate beta version is due out in June of 2009. At this time everything is still in the relatively early prebeta stages.
SP2 beta is already on the system here with the final release soon to be seen early next year. That right now is simply a roll up of several updates.
SP2 beta is already on the system here with the final release soon to be seen early next year. That right now is simply a roll up of several updates.