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Windows 7 is Windows 7
2008-10-14, 3:55 PM #1
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/10/13/introducing-windows-7.aspx
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2008-10-14, 4:03 PM #2
I like the name. Not dumb like Longhorn
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2008-10-14, 4:23 PM #3
So wait...Vista is obsolete now? Someone please tell me because I am far too lazy to actually read that article.
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2008-10-14, 4:26 PM #4
Originally posted by petmc20:
So wait...Vista is obsolete now? Someone please tell me because I am far too lazy to actually read that article.


Considering they're extending coverage of XP until like 2014, I would say that Vista would rather be forgotten than considered obsolete.
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2008-10-14, 4:26 PM #5
Vista isn't obsolete.. Windows 7 isn't coming out for a year or two.
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2008-10-14, 4:31 PM #6
Sounds pretty good to me.
2008-10-14, 4:32 PM #7
Originally posted by TimeWolfOfThePast:
Considering they're extending coverage of XP until like 2014, I would say that Vista would rather be forgotten than considered obsolete.


No they aren't.

And Windows 7 is on track for a release in 2010.
2008-10-14, 4:40 PM #8
I was exaggerating.
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2008-10-14, 4:50 PM #9
Um. They've always announced the next windows right after the current one comes out. Vista is 2007; so the next one will be about 2010. That's normal.

Windows 7 is what Vista was supposed to be. It's the original re-write, that they cut all the features out of to make vista.
2008-10-14, 5:16 PM #10
Originally posted by mb:
I like the name. Not dumb like Longhorn


Except its version number is 6.1.

2008-10-14, 5:26 PM #11
Who needs a fancy name? As long as its stable, they could call it Windows ****.
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2008-10-14, 7:55 PM #12
Originally posted by TimeWolfOfThePast:
Who needs a fancy name? As long as its stable, they could call it Windows ****.


If it's not stable, they should call it Windows ****. :neckbeard:
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2008-10-14, 7:58 PM #13
If its not stable, its called windows me


LOLOL GET IT
[01:52] <~Nikumubeki> Because it's MBEGGAR BEGS LIKE A BEGONI.
2008-10-14, 8:38 PM #14
Originally posted by The Mega-ZZTer:
Except its version number is 6.1.

It's the "seventh" release of the Windows NT line:

1. NT 3.1
2. NT 3.5
3. NT 4
4. Windows 2000
5. Windows XP
6. Windows Vista
7. Windows 7

The server products don't count since they are essentially the same as their consumer counterparts. 2K workstation and server, XP and 2003 Server, Vista and 2008 server.
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2008-10-14, 8:42 PM #15
Actually that's the slashdot reverse engineered makesense explanation.

The official reasoning is here: http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/10/14/why-7.aspx and they use version numbers.

So Windows 6.1 is Windows 7.

2008-10-14, 9:03 PM #16
Originally posted by Emon:
It's the "seventh" release of the Windows NT line:

1. NT 3.1
2. NT 3.5
3. NT 4
4. Windows 2000
5. Windows XP
6. Windows Vista
7. Windows 7

The server products don't count since they are essentially the same as their consumer counterparts. 2K workstation and server, XP and 2003 Server, Vista and 2008 server.


What's the difference between NT and 98 and ME?
2008-10-14, 9:40 PM #17
oh man, so i'll be using xp still when win7 comes out? ****, will i be one of those people who still used 95 when xp came out?
2008-10-14, 9:41 PM #18
I dont remember the last time i used XP
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2008-10-14, 9:48 PM #19
Originally posted by Squirrel King:
What's the difference between NT and 98 and ME?

NT was completely separate, built from the ground up, for servers and workstations. One of the biggest differences was a kernel that didn't suck. The Wikipedia article on Windows NT has a lot of good information.
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2008-10-15, 3:41 PM #20
Originally posted by JLee:
If it's not stable, they should call it Windows ****. :neckbeard:


Most people call all their versions that anyway...
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