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Solve : Leaked Screenshots Reveal Windows 7 is Vista Refined? |
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Answer» HERE The successor to Windows Vista, tentatively named Windows 7, isn't due until 2009, or possibly even 2010, but development is well underway and screenshots of the early milestones are ALREADY leaking onto the web. The latest review is from the Russian site *Blocked Russian URL* and boasts an thorough screenshot gallery of Windows 7 in action. Although the review itself is in Russian, parsing it through Google Translate yields a few notable items in these early builds of Windows 7. The first thing you’re likely to notice is that Windows 7 looks very much like Windows Vista, suggesting an incremental evolution rather than the radical design changes we saw moving from XP to Vista. Among the notable new features is a new option in the initial Windows setup screen that allows you to create a “HomeGroup.” A HomeGroup appears to somewhat similar to the WorkGroup concept that’s been in Windows for a while, but in this case you’re designating other machines to enable photo sharing, music sharing and more. Another welcome new feature is the ability to pin items to the Windows Start menu using either drag-and-drop or with a new “pin” icon that will move them from the recent items SECTION to a permanent home at the top of the start menu. There’s also a new Windows Recovery Center which you can use to rollback the system without LOSING any of your data. The reviewer admits that s/he hasn’t tested the feature, but if it works as advertised it would offer an easy way to recover a damaged system without having to reinstall from a disk. It also includes as option to recover from a backup disk. Obviously with Windows 7 still years away from official release there’s no telling what will other changes will be unveiled before it lands on your desktop, but these early builds suggest that Microsoft is working hard to smooth some of Vista’s rough edges. [Update: As a number of commenters have pointed out, it's possible these are fake. However, I'm inclined to believe them SINCE the match with some other leaks from other sources. Of course you're free to disagree and definitely take them with a grain of salt, that's why this post is filed in the “rumors” category] Links to more screenshots at the above site.Do you really think windows 7 will have a 32 bit option? I doubt it. last I heard, vista was supposed to be the last microsoft os built for 32 bit. screenshots are probably fake I have no IDEA. I'm just messenger. Maybe all those screenshots are fake after all, as the author warns.They do look far too similar to Vista, IMHO, to be a new OS. I also think that MS will release a 32 bit version, mainly because the current 64 but options have a very limited userbase. Personally I think the hardware manufacturers need to get themselves in gear and churn out some more 64 bit drivers, and software developers need to get working on (working) 64 bit builds of their programs. According to Wikipedia, it took 8 years for MS to go from 16 bit to 32 bit (Windows 1.0, 1985, to Widnows NT, 1993), and it's now taken them 12 years to release a mainstream (as opposed to Itanium) 64 bit OS in the form of Windows XP Pro X64. Previous releases have replaced older ones, i.e. 16 bit was replaced entirely in time. Why keep dragging on 32 bit compatibility? 32 bit CPUs are no longer sold, and most 32 bit processors (as they're older) will not actually be fast enough to give a good experience with the latest operating systems, if the system requirements continue to gallop along as they are doing right now.There are also some videos on youtube, but who knows... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1UnGOJnq9A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YwCev1p1U4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSPV_HLwITk |
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