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March 27th, 2009, 13:04 GMT · By Marius Oiaga
Windows 7 Build 7068 Dogfooded, Leaked Screenshots |
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Forget Build 7057, the Release Candidate branch of Windows 7 has evolved all the way to Build 7068. Following the availability of Beta Build 7000, the Redmond company has been largely mute on the development process of Windows 7, although it became clear through leaked releases and information on development milestones such
as 7022, 7048, 7055, and 7057, that the software giant was producing a steady flow of interim builds, some of which it was serving to its close partners and sharing with select testers. Windows 7 Build 7068 is now being dogfooded over at Microsoft, and the leaked screenshots accompanying this article and coming from a company employee prove that the software giant continues to make progress toward the first fully fledged Release Candidate of the next iteration of the Windows client. Shinobu Takahashi, developer evangelist, Microsoft Japan, has shared the screenshots of Windows 7 Build 7068, obviously the Japanese localized flavor of the operating system. The full build number of the release is 7068.winmain.090321-1322. Reading between the lines so to speak, the version number indicates that the build was compiled on March 21, 2009. Microsoft has so far yet to confirm through its official channels any of the Windows 7 Builds superseding Build 7000 Beta of the operating system. However, the Redmond company managed to confirm indirectly that Windows 7 Release Candidate would be made available in May 2009. The official Windows 7 RC TechNet page went live a little earlier than May 2009, when the actual Release Candidate bits are scheduled to be made available. At this point in time there isn't much information available on Windows 7 Build 7068 beyond the screenshots offered by Takahashi, but there is speculation that the build was served to participants in the Technology Adoption Program and that the bits were actually served via Microsoft Connect.
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| Comment #1 by: Gimpguy on 28 Mar 2009, 01:24 UTC |  reply to this comment | Tis great news to hear it's still on the way. I was a Vista hopper, meaning, I skipped that OS in my years of Windows. Yes I hate it and always will. I do like Win 7 and have beta tested it, I like it but one thing remains.... PLEASE , once the OS is STABLE "I say that lightly" PLEASE do away with the Vista icons. If Win7 is as good as it's looking, it deserves better than Vistacons. Hopefully they are just used for testing purposes right now.
Aside from that, can't wait til final build. |
| Comment #2 by: jamesyb0i on 29 Mar 2009, 08:53 UTC | reply to this comment | woot windows 7FTW!!!!
looks nice as on that screeny, i'd love a laptop with that OS and have it a touch screen maybe |
| Comment #3 by: Randy Davis on 29 Mar 2009, 09:51 UTC | reply to this comment | Kind of pushy and fast on the pitch |
| Comment #4 by: intelminer on 29 Mar 2009, 10:23 UTC | reply to this comment | Build 7068? pssh, build 7086 is already out :P currently running it on a Dell XPSstudio 16" notebook, works like a dream! |
| Comment #6 by: vin on 29 Mar 2009, 12:36 UTC | reply to this comment | Over 1GB of RAM used, both CPU cores on 100% whilst running just notepad, Outlook and IM.
That's Microsoft Windows alright. |
| Comment #6.1 by: Joe on 02 Apr 2009, 13:13 GMT | Yeah maybe if you have a K6 processor screaming at 333Mhz |
| Comment #6.2 by: Gimpguy on 04 Apr 2009, 17:21 GMT | Odd, decided to try this myself. I am running Win 7 in Virtual Machine, opened up the following "with 512 allocated to VM" ...
Windows Media Player "playing a song"
NotePad
Paint
IE "browsing around"
Task Manager "checking out resources"
Had a couple of spikes to 89%, but stayed mainly between 28 and 41% CPU usage. I think if Notepad is using 100% then you have a hardware issue.
I suggest you bring the Kenback-1 in for repair immediately. |
| Comment #7 by: bsomeone on 29 Mar 2009, 12:38 UTC | reply to this comment | Funny how much this looks like my ubuntu desktop :) |
| Comment #8 by: Attention-2-Detail on 29 Mar 2009, 14:37 UTC | reply to this comment | Hmm...anyone else notice that the CPU is running max out on both the screenshots? This is bound to be a quality product! I mean, it has to be coming from Microsoft. |
| Comment #9 by: M$ on 29 Mar 2009, 16:48 UTC | reply to this comment | I really wouldn't mind if Microsoft released the OS next year.. as long as it is solid and bug-free |
| Comment #11 by: Obvious Man on 29 Mar 2009, 20:00 UTC | reply to this comment | Screenshots are of the English release with only a few apps using the Japanese locale. |
| Comment #12 by: Ryan on 29 Mar 2009, 21:15 UTC | reply to this comment | am i the only person who thinks win 7 looks EXACTLY like vista
AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH |
| Comment #13 by: myself on 29 Mar 2009, 22:34 UTC | reply to this comment | but whats new about this update??? bugfixes, interface, what? because this looks just like my win 7 built 7000 |
| Comment #14 by: Aaron on 29 Mar 2009, 22:52 UTC | reply to this comment | It looks remarkably like a different, better, OS I use. Can anyone guess what it is? Regardless of what OS you use, I think we can all agree that Windows is copying features from other UIs. They have been "borrowing" features for their last few releases. |
| Comment #15 by: Sujit on 30 Mar 2009, 09:42 UTC | reply to this comment | @arron oh yaa...then who borrowed windows interface?MS?haha apple,linux.So shut up u windows haters. |
| Comment #16 by: Jay on 01 Apr 2009, 01:31 UTC | reply to this comment | I too skipped vista never really like it. But 7 I like it somehow.Currently testing. Still using XP dual boot with ubuntu. Later in future maybe 7 & ubuntu. Still need windows to do certain task. But sooner or later we have to accept the fact that XP is going to be history. 7 is the next favourite Windows OS. |
| Comment #17 by: Gimpguy on 01 Apr 2009, 01:54 UTC | reply to this comment | @Sujit
Actually the Windows gui idea was taken FROM Apple which the idea was taken from Xerox, NOT the other way around. Regardless of how I feel about Mr. Gates. Steve is no better if not worse and they were all thieves of sorts fighting for new technology. Stolen? In a way, but you can't patent a gui, now anyway. Other ideas taken from Unix over the years but they ALL do this in reality, no matter what OS type we like.
Either way, you tell Windows haters to shut up, yet, you are COMPLETELY wrong. Do your homework. |
| Comment #18 by: Tandav on 10 Apr 2009, 10:45 UTC | reply to this comment | I have Win7Build 7057. Is it possible that this can be updated to Build 7068 through automatic windows update? OR do I have to download Windows 7 Build 7068 and install?
Thanks! |
| Comment #19 by: Romulous on 11 Apr 2009, 02:05 UTC | reply to this comment | I've been using vista for some time now and have found no problems with it. However I do not have crappy hardware that some people expect it to run on. |
| Comment #20 by: Locust on 14 Apr 2009, 11:59 UTC | reply to this comment | Are you going to accuse Honda for "stealing" from the original designer of the horse-drawn carriage, because both things have 4 wheels?
So what if elements of the Macintosh OS and Windows have elements in common? These elements are also shared by the graphical shells used by Linux variants. Accuse them of stealing, too! In fact, every single GUI convention in use today is nothing but an adaptation of that which has been in use for decades, so everything is "stolen," according to you.
OMG Microsoft uses color! They stole it from Apple! Apple has a patent on pixels! |
| Comment #21 by: nitin on 21 Apr 2009, 06:09 UTC | reply to this comment | win7 takes less ram than vista it is easy to work & i like it most in all versions of windows |
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