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re: It’s official: Windows 7 is … Windows 7

drylight — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:45:22 GMT

People! Windows 7 is NOT a codename. Vista is a 6.x build, so the next major release will be, yes go for it, you know it... 7! Windows 7 is the next release. So it's not a codename but the actual release version. A codename is something like "Avalanche" or "Lightning".

re: It’s official: Windows 7 is … Windows 7

mikegalos@msn.com — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:55:25 GMT

tayme

No, I was the one asking for examples of other company's innovating in the OS market.

re: It’s official: Windows 7 is … Windows 7

tayme — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:50:30 GMT

@mikegalos - Wasn't it you claiming that MS is the only company that innovates in the OS market. That is OPINION....not FACT. It is opinion and not fact because there is absolutely no way that you can know what every OS provider in the world is working on at any given time(plus, its just not true). I remember well the attempts at conversation that John Papola and others had with you regarding that, and you just kept repeating opinions...not facts.

Does that meet you needs? (I am guessing not...but what the hey...)

--tayme

re: It’s official: Windows 7 is … Windows 7

mikegalos@msn.com — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:12:27 GMT

tayme

"Mike uses opinion and bias for his statements"

Back it up or retract. (Not the bias, we all have those, but the allegation that I present my opinion as fact)

re: It’s official: Windows 7 is … Windows 7

Andre Da Costa — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:06:49 GMT

I am going to make a quote from your recent Windows 7 FAQ:

Quote:

"Q: Why Windows 7?

A: Since Windows Vista is really Windows 6.0, Windows 7 will presumably be version 7.0. Current beta versions list the version number as 6.1, which is the same version number as Windows Server 2008. This will change."

Windows Vista is NT 6.0, Windows 7 remains NT 6.1. The kernel version will not be incremented as you assume you had predicted. The reason for this is compatibility, something Steve Sinofsky described he wants to bring 'forward' in his interview with Ina Fried on CNET. Its a safety net as I am learning, not all applications are programmed to do OS version checking. So, an application coded to see NT 6.0 or NT 5.1 would encounter errors on installation when it sees NT 7.0. Microsoft does not want to go through that again, at least not until NT 7.0 actually arrives in the future.

Still, regardless its NT 6.1, it still could be the major version, since XP was 5.1 and was considered a major released that introduced the improved Start Menu, Task Panes, improved compatibility compared to Windows 2000 Pro and the first consumer version of Windows built on NT.

re: It’s official: Windows 7 is … Windows 7

DRWAM — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:24:20 GMT

She'll like it. It choked on the first DVD try after awaking from hibernation. but it did fine after restart, and played a Webkinz game while watching, with only 2GB RAM and all the included software, even that dang McAfee and Google junk. The screen is pretty too. It runs better than my Inspiron 8200 with 1 GB RAM with XP. Also, it has no problem with MS Office, as well as MS works that was included. I see minimal difference with 4GB RAM, bt it was speedy to begin with.

re: It’s official: Windows 7 is … Windows 7

tayme — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:05:41 GMT

@DRWAM - My sister was in the market for cheap laptop...was going to buy a used, naked one from where she works for $200. I told her about this one and she went and got it. I am going over to her place tomorrow night to install the extra RAM, clean all of the crapware off, and migrate her data for her. I'll be very disappointed if it doesn't live up to the image you have been portraying...I'll have to get one of my east coast buddies to come over and lay the smackdown on your candy *** <--- ;-)

--tayme

re: It’s official: Windows 7 is … Windows 7

tayme — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:01:38 GMT

@Delmont - I am not a "Mac guy" and what I "don't like" is that Mike uses opinion and bias for his statements. Other than that, he is obviously a very smart guy, when it comes to Windows...but due to that bias, not so much when it comes to other Operating Systems.

--tayme

re: It’s official: Windows 7 is … Windows 7

Delmont — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:54:18 GMT

DRWAM,

Did you know I have an almost 4 year old Dimension 9100 that runs Vista great?

The Mac guys aren't going to like us. How dare we keep admitting Vista runs good/great for us?

re: It’s official: Windows 7 is … Windows 7

DRWAM — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:12:52 GMT

Mike, it will be iPhone 3G + or plus. That's my guess, as lame as it sounds. But dammit Jim, I'm a doctor not a phone repairman!

Did you know that I bought a $400 Vista laptop that works pretty darn well?

re: It’s official: Windows 7 is … Windows 7

Delmont — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:01:34 GMT

See what you Mac guys don't like is Mike uses logic and facts for his statements. Whereas you Mac people use pure emotion.

re: It’s official: Windows 7 is … Windows 7

mikegalos@msn.com — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:50:40 GMT

tayme

I followed your link to see who posted.

re: It’s official: Windows 7 is … Windows 7

gorath — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:48:01 GMT

Mike, you really do come across as a ranting fanboy a-hole most of the time (as do some others here)

I think you need to learn to chill.

re: It’s official: Windows 7 is … Windows 7

lotsamystuff — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:37:33 GMT

@mikegalos: Just keep digging that hole. I don't care about those particular opinions, per se, so please quit changing the subject.

As a point of curiosity, what exactly *is* your "sell by" date on opinions? A week? Three days? Two? Should Paul delete his archives when his writings and opinions get stale and lose their shelf appeal? One of the things I admire about Paul is his willingness to take a stand and have an opinion, even when he's dead-on wrong (like the time he gave effusive praise and four Paul-heads to Windows '95). He may be wrong, but he doesn't criticize others when they point it out; he rightly turns it back on them and says, "Hey, jackass--when did YOU last have an opinion?"

You make yourself a target because of *your* obsessive commenting, your arrogance and your dismissive attitude towards those with whom you disagree.

As do I. And I got over it. As should you.