A few more changes from Windows 7 Beta to RC…

re: A few more changes from Windows 7 Beta to RC…

SwampYankee — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:52:15 GMT

Can one just do an upgrade wit this build or does one need to do a complete reinstall?

re: A few more changes from Windows 7 Beta to RC…

Waethorn — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:20:45 GMT

And now for something completely different:

www.youtube.com/watch

Maybe NSFW.... ;)

Brought to you by the CBC. Hilarity ensues.

Enjoy!

re: A few more changes from Windows 7 Beta to RC…

Waethorn — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:31:28 GMT

""Here you go. Try and spin out of this "factoid"."

"LMAO. THAT'S the way to link, "robertsjoe". Nicely done."

"Microsoft Windows 7 would be finalized in April 2009 at the latest and ship to consumers no later than June 2009"

Since losta likes to play games with comments, Paul didn't actually say when Vista SP2 was going to be shipped in that statement. He only predicted it was going to be FINALIZED April 2009. He also only predicted that Windows 7 would SHIP June 2009, not that it was shipping in April 2009.

Congratulations losta. You get the Academy award for outstanding achievement for acting.

Oh....except according to you, that award category doesn't exist.

;)

re: A few more changes from Windows 7 Beta to RC…

mikegalos@msn.com — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:07:15 GMT

Just to keep Paul's predictions on the record, the article that robertsjoe labeled incorrectly then linked to correctly then quoted incorrectly...

Paul predicted back in December 5, 2008 that:

Microsoft Windows 7 would be finalized in April 2009 at the latest and ship to consumers no later than June 2009

His prediction for Apple Snow Leopard in a comment on that article was August 2009

re: A few more changes from Windows 7 Beta to RC…

lotsamystuff — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:55:34 GMT

"Can you show me where he mentions "Vista" there?

Thank you!"

You're welcome:

"Windows 7 and SP2 [<----THERE IT IS!] share more code than people realize as well, by the way ... My understanding is that Vista SP2 [<----THERE IT IS!] and Windows 7 will be the baseline for both application and device compatibility going forward, and that’s a big part of the code sharing between these two releases."

or as "tayme" said in the same thread:

"Oh, Paul...Even though what you stated is factual, you left it wide open for the anti-MS crowd to continue the W7 is Vista 2 campaign."

...which plays off something Paul has said repeatedly:

"So I'm excited and a bit scared by Windows 7. Yeah, I get it, its [sic] Windows Vista done right."

community.winsupersite.com/.../i-think-i-can-address-the-windows-7-minor-or-major-update-question-now.aspx

re: A few more changes from Windows 7 Beta to RC…

shark47 — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:51:27 GMT

"LMAO

THAT'S the way to link, "robertsjoe". Nicely done."

Can you show me where he mentions "Vista" there?

Thank you!

re: A few more changes from Windows 7 Beta to RC…

lotsamystuff — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:31:33 GMT

"Please provide a link to where he said this"

"Here you go. Try and spin out of this "factoid"."

LMAO

THAT'S the way to link, "robertsjoe". Nicely done.

re: A few more changes from Windows 7 Beta to RC…

cgdams — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:56:39 GMT

Said it before, and i'll say it again, just for the records:

After having used it, i do like the new taskbar and it's stacked look quite a it better than the taskbar, Vista style.

I think MS should leave the default settings the way they are now.

re: A few more changes from Windows 7 Beta to RC…

rohde — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:21:26 GMT

I wonder why Paul thinks that his stance on the taskbar is the right and true UI way of doing it.

I bloody love how the taskbare works in the beta, and I would hate it if they changed it to Paul's vision. Unfortunately Paul has probably a lot of clout, and they might cave in to him. I hope not.

re: A few more changes from Windows 7 Beta to RC…

scaramouch — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:32:59 GMT

I think Sinofsky should give Paul another edition of Windows 7 - then he will stop screaming.

Come on Paul, you used to be a cool guy.

5. The current Windows 7 taskbar view is so much better.

re: A few more changes from Windows 7 Beta to RC…

darkmax — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:06:05 GMT

Bydia,

it happens to me as well. all you need to do is to go to the Computer Management --> Storage, to reassign the other drive letter.

re: A few more changes from Windows 7 Beta to RC…

Bydia — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:36:30 GMT

RE: 25. Dual Boot partition drive letter assignment.

I usually have a folder of shared greenware (programs that do not need to be installed and can be run from dual boot OSes on all my computers) in a folder on C:\). Win7 behaved weirdly when I tried to install on what I thought was D:\ (drive 1 or partition D). It changed it to C:\ and my original C:\ disappeared. I do not like the new way.

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robertsjoe — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:27:43 GMT

@Dipsh t Admin: ""Paul, still think Vista will be released in April? As you previously said."

Please provide a link to where he said this."

Here you go. Try and spin out of this "factoid".

community.winsupersite.com/.../when-will-windows-7-ship-my-prediction-april-2009.aspx

re: A few more changes from Windows 7 Beta to RC…

Dipsh t Admin — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:59:13 GMT

"Paul, still think Vista will be released in April? As you previously said."

Please provide a link to where he said this.

"Sounds like Snow Leopard compared to Leopard :)"

Lindy, I fixed it for you.

re: A few more changes from Windows 7 Beta to RC…

Bydia — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:46:47 GMT

Paul, anyway you could get them to add folders to the favorite shortcut area of the file explorer... then it would be great like XP. See this video: http://tinyurl.com/MyWin7Wish This would allow a user to create their own power navigation in the file explorer. Sorry, about the audio in the video. I cannot fix it.