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Waethorn — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:27:06 GMT

"And I'd point out that Microsoft has said publicly that Windows 7 will ship in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions."

Windows 7 is based on Windows Vista code, so it makes sense that they would continue to offer it in a 32-bit version, if only because of the simple nature of copying the already-existing code over. If Windows 7 isn't a major difference from Windows Vista, I'll be curious to know if they plan on some different UI work for the post-7 version. Honestly, I think the whole Start Menu thing is getting kind of long in the tooth, even though Windows XP did change it up a bit (and for the better). After Windows 7 ships, we'd have been looking at the Start Menu for at least 15 years already.

I kind of wonder what the next major UI change would look like. Interacting with a computer maybe shouldn't always be just "click a program icon to launch a program", regardless of how they're organized on the screen, be it a Windows Start Menu, a Linux rip-off of the Start Menu, or Mac OSX Dock. I think there needs to be more of fluidity between the operating system and the programs, so that users don't realize that they are actually using one application over another. Web-based computing sort-of has that, but the whole web-browser style execution is what's limiting it. The user shouldn't know they are actually in a web browser, but until they resolve issues of speed and functionality, it's not even a relevant platform for most.

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JayZJay — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:40:35 GMT

Paul, your understanding is that Windows 7 will be the last version of Windows where 32-bit support will be offered, correct?