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Beyond XP SP3 and Vista SP1, Windows 7 Getting Better and BetterClaims Microsoft |
By Marius Oiaga, Technology News Editor
9th of July 2008, 07:53 GMT
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Believe it or not but Windows 7 will only better Windows. Already labeled as the agent of the evolution of Windows, rather than the platform's revolution, Windows 7 is getting better and better, due mainly to its advances through the stages of the development process, a growth which will guarantee that the final operating system is superior to Windows XP (now with Service Pack 3) and Windows Vista (now with Service Pack 1). The promise comes from Brad Brooks, corporate vice president, Windows Consumer Product Marketing, at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 in Houston, Texas on July 8, 2008.
Brooks applauded Vista despite the inherently associate pain it caused end users and
partners, and pointed to Windows 7 as the release to wash away all the sins of the current Windows client. "You know what, it's only getting better. It is only getting better as we move forward, because Windows Vista, it's an investment in the long term," he stated.
Microsoft is not saying all that much about Windows 7. In fact, with the exceptions of just a few details such as support for 32-bit and 64-bit, touch computing capabilities, a revamped graphical user interface, the MinWin core, and the evolution of Vista's architecture from the kernel to the graphics and audio subsystems, the Redmond giant is keeping Windows 7 under wraps. Still, the consensus is, confirmed initially by Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, and now by Brooks, that Vista will survive into Windows 7, and illustrative examples are the core set of features and capabilities of the operating systems along with the hardware requirements.
In this context, Windows Vista is not only a stage but also an investment for Windows 7, in Microsoft's perspective. "What do I mean by that? Well, the same architectural changes that we put in that caused the heartaches moving to Windows Vista are things that we are going to carry forward into Windows 7. And we are going to target roughly the same hardware specifications that we did when Windows Vista launched," Brooks added.
Skipping a generation of the Windows operating system is not the right way to go as far as Microsoft is concerned. With the proximity of Windows 7, officially planned no later than the beginning of 2010, but heading for general availability as early as the end of 2009, Microsoft is feeling an increasingly stronger temptation to skip Vista entirely from customers. The company is fighting such scenarios by emphasizing that Vista has to be a pit stop on the way to Windows 7.
"What does that mean for you? Make the investment now, because when you make the investment in Windows Vista, you're not only making it for Windows Vista; it's going to pay it forward into the next generation of the operating system that we call Windows 7," Brooks added.
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| Comment #1 by: sloeberke on 09 Jul 2008, 16:26 GMT |  reply to this comment | Windows 7 will become so much better !
I heard that before :
Windows Vista would be so much better than Xp !
And it didn't
If MS wants to spread that gospel again, then it has to make sure to be using a "good" beta testing panel - I mean not ONLY the guys that have been beta testing for the last 50 years.
I have applied numerous times in vain to become a beta tester - and I always see the same names popping up when it comes to it.
Be carefull MS - they might well become your last customers because you do everything that THEY want you to do.
I have so many proposals to make - but MS decides systematically to ignore them ...... so what can I do more to keep on loving MS ? |
| Comment #2 by: Radu on 19 Sep 2008, 11:52 GMT | reply to this comment | Windows Vista is not a failure to me. Since I've moved from XP to Vista, I've seen a much better design and better performance, no kidding. Some games lagged horribly, but Vista solved these issues and it has so much more software into it and capabilities.
And no, don't say I have state of the art PC specifications. It's an Intel Core 2 Duo, with an Nvidia GeForce 7600 (the graphics card being way too outmached and unable to use DX10 technology). So, I'm glad I have Vista. |
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