Windows 7 Beta Screenshots Leaked

Windows 7 Beta Screenshots Leaked 587

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @04:02AM from the they're-prevolutionary dept.

Slatterz writes "Screenshots of what is said to be the next version of Microsoft's Windows operating system have been leaked onto the internet. The ThinkNext.net blog posted a range of screenshots over the weekend which it said represents Windows 7. Overall, the screenshots show a distinctly Vista-like interface, but there is still plenty of time for tweaks and changes to take place."

Windows 7 Beta Screenshots Leaked

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Sure those are pics? (Score:5, Funny)

by religious freak ( 1005821 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @04:05AM (#25116995)

Funny thing is they're not actually screen shots, they're running videos... guess they haven't fixed the memory management or paging issues in v7 either.

Re:Sure those are pics? (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @04:12AM (#25117025)

Erm... Did you try scrolling down? You know, to the screen shots?

In case it gets slashdotted (Score:5, Funny)

by Big Nothing ( 229456 ) writes: <tord.stromdal@gmail.com> on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @04:12AM (#25117031)

For those of you who cannot read the article due to slashdotting, here are some highlights:
* It's main color is no longer blue, it's brown
* The default desktop image features a graphical heron
* The start button is now a circular orange button
* Task bars or "Panels" can now be found both at the top of the screen AND at the bottom.
* The new graphical bells and whistles previously referred to as Vista Aero is now called "Beryl".
* Beryl is cooler and runs much smoother than Aero. It requires much less hardware power than Aero.
* The new version of Windows is said to be much more stable and secure than any previous version.

And the one they missed out (Score:5, Funny)

by Chrisq ( 894406 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @04:17AM (#25117065)

They missed this one [wikimedia.org] from their screen-shots.

Re:Why do we say 'Leaked'? (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @04:38AM (#25117177)

As Groucho would have said: "Windows leaks, but I repeat myself."

Re:In case it gets slashdotted (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @04:45AM (#25117215)

Sounds a bit like it was developed by interface Nazis. Think I'll stick to KDE, thanks!

Re:Sure those are pics? (Score:4, Funny)

by rishistar ( 662278 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @05:04AM (#25117311) Homepage

Yeah, but I don't think its that much like their currently pushed Microsoft OS. I mean, the screen shot offering a Russian Mail Order bride isn't something I've seen in Vista.

Re:*Yawn*, I think I'll stick with Ubuntu. (Score:5, Funny)

by ozphx ( 1061292 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @05:24AM (#25117405) Homepage

If you cant afford a 2 gig stick of ram you can't afford the power to run a computer. Or food.
Get a job, hippy.

Re:Ribbon Bars (Score:5, Funny)

by erikdalen ( 99500 ) writes: <erik.dalen@mensa.se> on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @05:26AM (#25117423) Homepage

Yeah, you're the only one using those applications.

Re:Pointless (Score:3, Funny)

by Enter the Shoggoth ( 1362079 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @05:46AM (#25117525)

Call me old fashioned, but I still use TOPS-20 with a teletype...

Re:Pointless (Score:2, Funny)

by Enter the Shoggoth ( 1362079 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @05:48AM (#25117535)

...and that's only since I recently upgraded from a plugboard

Re:*Yawn*, I think I'll stick with Ubuntu. (Score:5, Funny)

by gingerTabs ( 532664 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @05:50AM (#25117551) Homepage

(I'm poor, and it works, why would I upgrade?)
You are the cause of the credit crunch! Support the economy with inappropriate consumerism

Re:In case it gets slashdotted (Score:4, Funny)

by Chemisor ( 97276 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @06:47AM (#25117857)

> It's main color is no longer blue, it's brown
Windows: the biodegradable edition!

Re:Pointless (Score:3, Funny)

by dugjohnson ( 920519 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @07:02AM (#25117929) Homepage

Fingers, man, fingers! Who needs to count to more than 10 anyway?

Re:Pointless (Score:5, Funny)

by PopeRatzo ( 965947 ) * writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @07:19AM (#25118005) Journal

What about the XP Search Doggy?
What ever happened to that little fella, anyway? He was there one day and then...gone!
Say, I wasn't supposed to feed him, was I?

Re:Pointless (Score:5, Funny)

by slimjim8094 ( 941042 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @07:31AM (#25118081)

And here I was wasting time by clicking Settings on the search bar... :P

Re:Pointless (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @07:32AM (#25118093)

One of my pet peeves about XP is that when I disable the search dog in the normal way, it looks at me, wags it's tail, turns around and walks away.
I just fucking told it I don't want any cute animated characters in my OS, so why should disabling it be animated?

Re:Pointless (Score:4, Funny)

by wisty ( 1335733 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @07:58AM (#25118295)

Is SFU and SUA what the developers in Microsoft use to do real work?

Re:I can see they fixed the big problem with Vista (Score:3, Funny)

by robably ( 1044462 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @08:00AM (#25118321) Journal

No. It brings to mind the vision of a middle-aged tea-lady with saggy brown stockings and curlers, smelling of stale bread and mildew, holding a large brightly-coloured banner saying "NEW!", while she coughs, spits, scratches her arse, and then falls down dead.

Re:Pointless (Score:5, Funny)

by Hal_Porter ( 817932 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @08:01AM (#25118341)

One of my pet peeves about XP is that when I disable the search dog in the normal way, it looks at me, wags it's tail, turns around and walks away.
I just fucking told it I don't want any cute animated characters in my OS, so why should disabling it be animated?
It used to be worse in the betas. Then if you tried to disable the search dog, Rover, it would just replace him with Cujo who was larger and would sometimes go crazy and chew up your files.

Re:*Yawn*, I think I'll stick with Ubuntu. (Score:5, Funny)

by wisty ( 1335733 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @08:07AM (#25118393)

Besides, some of like to use our computers for something other than running the OS. For example, Gentoo users can use the extra RAM to re-compile their kernel.

Re:Pointless (Score:5, Funny)

by Daimanta ( 1140543 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @08:19AM (#25118497) Journal

Call me old fashioned, but I still use punching cards as input. Much purer and reliable to me.

Re:Sure those are pics? (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @08:19AM (#25118505)

This is the voice of the automated DMCA-takedown pulice speaking. /. is now considered far too serious a site to contain jokes. Please desist or face execution.

Re:I can see they fixed the big problem with Vista (Score:3, Funny)

by JamesTRexx ( 675890 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @08:25AM (#25118577) Journal

Yeah, for those that want a bitch of an OS. :-P

Re:Sure those are pics? (Score:5, Funny)

by NotBornYesterday ( 1093817 ) * writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @08:39AM (#25118687) Journal

This must be that new Mojave I've heard so much about ...

This reminds me of a joke... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @09:21AM (#25119133)

What's the difference between vista and windows 7?
Lipstick.

Re:Wagging Tail (Score:5, Funny)

by TaoPhoenix ( 980487 ) * writes: <TaoPhoenix@yahoo.com> on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @09:23AM (#25119159) Journal

I seem to recall Microsoft like that idea so much that they paid their former CEO a huge amount of money to look at you, wag his tail, and walk away.
Delicious!

Re:Pointless (Score:4, Funny)

by QuantumHobbit ( 976542 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @09:30AM (#25119235)

Call me old fashioned but I still use butterflies to alter wind patterns allowing cosmic rays to flip bits on the hard drive. http://xkcd.com/378/ [xkcd.com]

Re:Pointless (Score:2, Funny)

by ahankinson ( 1249646 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @09:53AM (#25119579)

Huh. I guess there's another meaning for the acronym "SFU" that I didn't know.

Re:This reminds me of a joke... (Score:3, Funny)

by Khakionion ( 544166 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @10:03AM (#25119735)

Did you just call Ballmer a pig?!

Re:Pointless (Score:2, Funny)

by Abstrackt ( 609015 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @10:28AM (#25120147)

My finger counting goes up to 11.

Re:Pointless (Score:5, Funny)

by noidentity ( 188756 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @10:44AM (#25120415)

Call me old fashioned, but I still use toggle switches as input and blinking lights as output. Much purer and reliable to me.

Re:Pointless (Score:3, Funny)

by darkpixel2k ( 623900 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @11:10AM (#25120805)

Call me old fashioned, but I still use Unix with the command line interface. Much cleaner and faster to me.
Heck yeah. X is simply a tool for using the higher resolutions your monitor supports to fit more 80x24 terminals on the screen and position them in your preferred order.

Re:Pointless (Score:4, Funny)

by bishiraver ( 707931 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @01:25PM (#25123507) Homepage

funny, mine goes up to 1023.

Re:Sure those are pics? (Score:2, Funny)

by Jaroslav.Tucek ( 1344577 ) writes: on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @04:47PM (#25127075)

> The interface is very inconsistent. It's also constantly popping up message windows
So, it is consistent after all?

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In case it gets slashdotted (Score:5, Funny)

And the one they missed out (Score:5, Funny)

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This reminds me of a joke... (Score:1, Funny)

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