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Windows 7 -- name's official, PDC at the end of the month

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Windows 7 -- name's official, PDC at the end of the month

Postby Vectrex_Kid on Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:10 pm

Microsoft confirmed it this week: the next version is officially called Windows 7. They'll show it at the PDC on the 28th. Rumours are a ribbon in Paint and WordPad, a new taskbar, and fewer UAC prompts.
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Re: Windows 7 -- name's official, PDC at the end of the month

Postby ctrl_alt_defeat on Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:02 pm

Version 6.1 by the way, if you look at the build strings. Same kernel as Vista. Which is fine, honestly, SP1 fixed most of what was wrong with Vista.
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Re: Windows 7 -- name's official, PDC at the end of the month

Postby QuakeWidow on Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:23 pm

As long as it's not Vista. Still on XP and staying there.
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Re: Windows 7 -- name's official, PDC at the end of the month

Postby Trip_Wire on Wed Oct 15, 2008 10:45 am

Hope they keep the drivers compatible. I don't want to go through 2007 again.
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Re: Windows 7 -- name's official, PDC at the end of the month

Postby sputnik on Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:12 pm

Windows 7 named after... 7 what? 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista... that's more than 7.
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Re: Windows 7 -- name's official, PDC at the end of the month

Postby Vectrex_Kid on Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:40 pm

sputnik wrote:that's more than 7

They count the NT line. 1 through 6, then 7. Don't think too hard about it. :geek:
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