First Look At Windows 7 Beta 1

The other A. N. Other writes "It seems that Microsoft couldn't keep the lid on Windows 7 beta 1 until the new year. By now, several news outlets have their hands on the beta 1 code and have posted screenshots and information about this build. ZDNet's Hardware 2.0 column says: 'This beta is of excellent quality. This is the kind of code that you could roll out and live with. Even the pre-betas were solid, but finally this beta feels like it's "done." This beta exceeds the quality of any other Microsoft OS beta that I've handled.' ITWire points out that this copy has landed on various torrent sites, and while it appears to be genuine, there are no guarantees. Neowin has a post confirming that it's the real thing, and saying Microsoft will be announcing the build's official availability at CES in January."

They're glowing!

[sexybomber]

The sound of ZDNet's Hardware 2.0 writers blowing their loads over this is deafening.

Re:Shill me one more time!!!

[slugtastic]

Hey, dont judge them. After all, in today's economic situation, they do need to get paid somehow.

Re:why aRe:They're glowing!

[gbarules2999]

All I learned from their screenshots is that it looks like KDE and that there's a picture of a fish in the wallpaper. Wow. Revelation of the day.

Re:List of changes between it and Vista plz.

[tomhudson]

"What are the improvements? Have they added in WinFS yet?"

They tried to - they're in the process of copying the files now ... the dialog box says "Copying files" and to please wait another 10.459 years for the operation to complete ...

Re:Waporware

[Anonymous Coward]

Remember when during waiting of win95 many magazines were worried what will happen to McAfee and other virus-scanner companies when the new windows is fully virustolerant?

Well, whatever one might think about windows 95, "virus-tolerant" is certainly an apt description!

Re:All the fun of a recession

[gargletheape]

The economy has tanked since Vista shipped.

You think Vista caused that? I don't see any evidence, but somehow it seems plausible.

How sweet of them!

[aGF2c2hleA]

I think their plan is to mimic the look and feel of Gnome or KDE, you know, to ease the transition for mom and pop when they switch to linux

Who would want the pirated version?

[Lord Byron II]

I can understand somebody wanting the pirated version of a video game, or even a release-version of an OS, but who in their right mind would tie up their Internet connection for a day and risk the legal trouble and possibility of a virus/worm/backdoor to download a beta copy of an operating system that's built on the most reviled version of Windows since WinMe?

It's apparent

[HangingChad]

It's apparent that Windows 7 represents a radical name change from Vista. A bold new direction in OS branding.

And people say innovation is dead in Redmond.

Re:why aRe:They're glowing!

[yoyhed]

So what exactly is it that makes XP OK (in comparison with previous versions, like 2000) and Vista too bloated (in comparison with previous versions, like XP)?

The fact that modern hardware eats XP for breakfast, and shits out Windows 3.1.

Re:All the fun of a recession

[4D6963]

Yeah, people just "grab free distros". Like my sister who just bought a laptop with Vista, I asked her if she liked it and she just said "oh no I just grabbed an ISO of Debian through BitTorrent, burnt it and installed it over the Vista install. By the way, is ZFS any good or should I just stick to ext3?". I was like "wow!". Then she proceeded to ask me if she needed to vi into /etc/fstab to mount her iPod.

Re:why aRe:They're glowing!

[socsoc]

I use OS X daily; it has many virues

Would that be virtues or viruses?

God Damn! It's Good to be KING !!

[Anonymous Coward]

Windows is all the rage. Was then, is now, will be then. God Damn! It's Good to be KING !!

Re:All the fun of a recession

[shutdown -p now]

Then she proceeded to ask me if she needed to vi into /etc/fstab to mount her iPod.

Wow, your sister sure is stupid - she should know better and use Emacs for that!

Re:They're glowing!

[routerl]

Anyone know what these people are so excited about?

The graphics are slightly shinier?

Re:God Damn! It's Good to be KING !!

[NeverVotedBush]

Settle down, man. This is just another "Mojave" commercial.