Fantastic name for codename "Windows 7"

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16-10-2008, 10:23 PM
scottish

Fantastic name for codename "Windows 7"

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Originally Posted by zdnet.com

It’s official. The final name of the product codenamed “Windows 7″ will be “Windows 7.”
Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President, Windows Product Management, announced the decision via the Windows Vista Team Blog on October 13.

“(A)s you probably know, since we began development of the next version of the Windows client operating system we have been referring to it by a codename, ‘Windows 7.’ But now is a good time to announce that we’ve decided to officially call the next version of Windows, ‘Windows 7.’”
Microsoft is attributing the name choice to a desire for greater “simplicity.” (Funny, “clarity” was the same reason the Softies gave for going with Vista for the Windows release codenamed “Longhorn.”)
I think the name choice is a good one. There’s no way Microsoft was going to stay on the Vista track, with the negative perceptions many have of the current Windows release. So it’s on to numbers now for the product that increasingly seems like the “anti-Vista.” ….
What do you think of Redmond’s decision to stick with Windows 7 as the final name of the next release of Windows client, expected in late 2009?

Apparently it's the first windows OS to be called by its codename, as various other programs have been, but not a windows :P
16-10-2008, 10:30 PM
Pyroka

Genius. Absolute Genius.
16-10-2008, 10:42 PM
HotelUser

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Originally Posted by Pyroka

Genius. Absolute Genius.

Erm...it's not exactly world changing, not having a different codename:rolleyes:.
16-10-2008, 11:42 PM
Captain

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Originally Posted by HotelUser

Erm...it's not exactly world changing, not having a different codename:rolleyes:.

You obviously don't understand the concept of sarcasm.
17-10-2008, 12:54 AM
HotelUser

Obviously not:O!
17-10-2008, 01:07 AM
Sammeth.

It makes sense to be fair.
17-10-2008, 07:14 AM
Fehm

Its alot simpler than XP and vista you can see that it's Version 7 of Windows :)

Whens it being released?
17-10-2008, 10:53 AM
scottish

January 2010

:P

I better use my senses this time :P
19-10-2008, 05:16 PM
Kyle!

I've tryed the beta (the one seeded to devs i think) and its not that much different from Vista (looks wise) but i'm sure it will be a lot more stable and hopefully get more performance out it.
19-10-2008, 05:26 PM
Muppet

http://img.habboupload.com/1224436977.bmp

Screenshots have been leaked, sorry about bad quality pic.

http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/1...ts-leaked.aspx

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