Windows 7

[woodyear99]

http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/02/25/compal.on.win.7.in.sept/

Microsoft said shipping Windows 7 in Sept.
Microsoft could have Windows 7 on shipping PCs by September, Compal president Ray Chen said today at an investor's conference. The PC contractor executive understands from plans that the software should be available in either late September or early October. The news would corroborate word of an April release candidate that would let Microsoft finish, manufacture and deliver Windows 7 well ahead of the holidays.

Compal builds systems on behalf of Acer, HP and other major PC makers.

Amelia Agrawal, a spokeswoman for Microsoft, maintains the official company position that Windows 7 will be available within three years of when Vista shipped. However, the company's upgrade program plans and other leaks have increasingly suggested that the public goal, which would put the release in early 2010, is deliberately conservative and meant to avoid embarrassment in the event of an unexpected delay. Microsoft has acknowledged a shortened development track that includes just one public beta and one readily available release candidate before the ship date.

While Windows 7 itself has proven stable in testing, the company is believed under significant pressure to release it this year. One of the first significant declines in Windows revenue surfaced in Microsoft's most recent financial quarter as continued hesitation over Vista as well as a preference for Windows XP in netbooks have both hurt the company's core business. Windows 7 improves both performance and user interface elements, and is explicitly designed to run more smoothly on netbook-level hardware.

[woodyear99]

Microsoft Windows 7 Build 7057 x86 & x64 now available at your favorite torrent retailer.

Improved taskbar and full-screen previews

The taskbar at the bottom of your screen is what you use to switch between the applications you’ve got open. In Windows 7 you can set the order in which the icons appear and they’ll stay put. They’re easier to see, too. Click once on the new large icons or bigger preview thumbnails and you’re ready to go. You can even see a full screen preview before switching to the window.

Jump Lists

With Windows 7, we focused on keeping the things you use most right in front of you. One example: The new Jump List feature. It’s a handy way to quickly reach the files you’ve been working with. To see the files you’ve used recently, just right click on the icon on your taskbar. So right-clicking on the Word icon will show your most recent Word documents. Plus, if there are other files you want to keep handy, you can just pin them to the Jump List.

Internet Explorer 8

Available now, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 helps you do what you want online, faster. With innovations to the address bar, search, tabs, and the Favorites bar, Internet Explorer 8 brings you more information, with less effort.

Windows Live

With Windows 7, some features previously included in the operating system are now available for download through Windows Live Essentials, a set of free applications available for your PC and supported by Windows 7. You can download Windows Live Messenger, Photo Gallery, Mail, Writer, Movie Maker, and more. With these great applications, you can improve your Windows experience, and benefit from faster delivery of these features and services.

[Spazosaurus]

I dont know what screen shot you have there, but it's NOT windows 7 or any recent build.

Come to think of it, all the info you've posted is old since IE8 has since gone RC.

The main improvements in this build is the fixing (finally) of the uac bug where turning it off completely actually stopped certain programs from opening altogether. Also there's a new log on/off screen and user thumbnails. Nothing to really shout home about.

[woodyear99]

Just posting release info from www.rlslog.net

http://www.rlslog.net/microsoft-windows-7-build-7057-x86-dvd-ind/

Will double check this release later

[Redfish]

Ok after some Oh Sh.. moments and almost messing up my poor hard drive lol I managed to do a resize and get a partition to install a recent 32bit build 7077 copy of Windows 7.

Man this is the first OS I can say I love. It's so seemless in doing tasks and looks good doing it!!!

A must have even if you wanna dual boot with xp/vista but you'll soon just want to use Windows 7 alone

[woodyear99]

What's new in 7077? Hmm is there a way around the june expiration? lol
I might update current windows 7 build

[Redfish]

I dunno nah but I seeing under system properties this one listed as Windows 7 ultimate. I didn't have the previous builds so can't really say what's new.

Here trying to figure out how long the evaluation period for this one will last but I am sure there is some work around to that as usual with these things lol

[Saxito Pau]

This is DEFINITELY an incentive for be to actually buy a copy of 7:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-windows-xp-vista-win7,7631.html

If you thought Microsoft was going to dump Windows XP completely, think again.

Zoom

Windows 7 is approaching its official release date not too long from now, and this week Microsoft unveiled one of the "secret" technologies that will ship with Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate.

Called XP Mode or XPM for short, the new feature essentially virtualizes the legacy Windows XP operating environment within Windows 7. That is, users will be able to install all applications that were previously only fully working with Windows XP, on their Windows 7 desktop without having to resort to a dual-boot solution.

Indeed, Windows 7 comes with "compatibility mode" but XPM isn't the same. XPM is actually built on the same platform as Microsoft's Virtual PC 7 product. This isn't the same as running an XP environment through a hypervisor. It was previously believed that XPM would be a Hyper-V client for Windows 7, but it is not.

However, XPM will utilize virtualization technologies in recent processors from both AMD and Intel, such as Intel's VT.

Users will be able to install a Windows XP application, and launch it seamlessly on the same Windows 7 desktop, along side Windows 7 versions of the same application, without actually affecting the core operating system. This fact alone, allows Microsoft to continue to support Windows XP in a virtualized environment, thereby giving legacy support without actually building loads of legacy code into Windows 7. This not only improves Windows 7's stability and speed, but also security.

At this time, Microsoft is claiming that XPM provides near perfect Windows XP compatibility within Windows 7.

Microsoft will include a full license of Windows XP SP3 with every copy of Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate for use with XPM.

[Nephilim]

you guys think this will work with drivers too?

i mean will you be able to install drives from xp and use the xp system to interact with hardware?

why im asking is cuz the only reason i still running xp is cuz our somewhat oldish printer is not supported by hp in vista

if that is the case...i fking pre-ordering this shit...

[TriniXaeno]

If it does what Nephilim asks, then this is indeed hype worthy. If it does not, then it is know different than what we currently do (which is run XP using VMWare on Vista/Linux/Mac/etc....)

Though the inclusion of the license is nice, saves having to use your old xp license on the vm. So you can keep it for an old rig or something.

[Spazosaurus]

If this works for drivers, Windows 7 will be bloody perfect. I installed the latest rc and was flabaghasted to learn that my Creative Sound blaster did not work, even though a driver was installed for it. That just cant work.

[TriniXaeno]

Windows 7 Release Candidate Hits the Streets

Microsoft’s Windows 7 Release Candidate is now available, the company announced Thursday. Registered developers can get their copy of Windows 7 RC1 through the MSDN and TechNet developer programs.

Mortals like you and I will have to wait until Tuesday, May 5, when anyone interested in testing Windows 7 RC1 will be able to download it from the Microsoft site for free. The company will make the download available some time during the day on Tuesday, though it isn’t saying exactly when.

To get your copy on Tuesday, go to Microsoft.com and log in with your Live.com credentials. You’ll get a free product key and a link to download the disk image. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions will be available. It doesn’t matter if you’re already running the Windows 7 beta or not. RC1 will reflect the same code that will be found in Windows 7 Ultimate, the desktop environment with the most bells and whistles. So, early testers can experience the full capabilities of the next Windows.

More here:

http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Windows_7_Release_Candidate_Hits_the_Streets

I haven't been keen to dip my toe in the betas but from all the positive feedback thus far, think I'll give this a spin asap. Probably on my TV PC.

Windows 7 iwmc

[Redfish]

^^ you real stick dey Noob, I even resized my little HHD to give Mr. 7 a test run and I am quite impressed. Thing moves alot faster at getting things open etc.

Try it you just might like it 

[TriniXaeno]

lol, I'll leave the alpha and beta testing to you guys.

Once sanctioned by your good selves, then it will earn a spot on an HD in my fleet.

[W1nTry]

Update:

To avoid interruption, it’s recommended that you and your customers rebuild test machines by using a valid Windows operating system before Windows 7 Beta and Windows 7 RC expire. Windows will automatically notify you that the expiration process is about to begin. Two weeks later, your PC will shut down every two hours. For Windows 7 Beta, the bihourly shutdowns will begin July 1, 2009. The software will expire August 1, 2009. For Windows 7 RC, the bihourly shutdowns will begin March 1, 2010. The software will expire June 1, 2010.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/windows-7-rc-restarts-expiry,news-31039.html

[Arcmanov]

Windows 7 RC is officially available to all today.

Get dat shiznit.



...and system requirements are 'finalized'.

[Netizen1]

Acquiring... should be done in next 40 mins or so

Grabbing x86 and x64 versions one time

[Arcmanov]

Steups...stop showin off nah.  My 'measly' 2MB takin a whole 4 hrs to dl the thing.

[Spazosaurus]

Wait...men STILL making a big deal out of this? I install this and cast it aside more than a week ago since it has even worse support form my creative sound card.

[Netizen1]

Steups...stop showin off nah.  My 'measly' 2MB takin a whole 4 hrs to dl the thing.

Guess I shouldn't tell you it done already.... both ISO's