Saturday, April 5th 2008
Bill Gates: Windows 7 May Ship Next Year
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said on Friday that Windows 7, the next major version of Windows, could come within the next year, far ahead of the development schedule indicated by the software maker. In response to a question about Windows Vista, Gates, speaking before the Inter-American Development Bank, said: "Sometime in the next year or so we will have a new version." Referring to Blackcomb or Windows 7, the code names for the next full release of Windows client software, Gates said: "I'm super-enthused about what it will do in lots of ways." Previously it was generally believed that Windows 7 OS would ship sometime in year 2010. The current version of Windows, known as Vista, shipped in January 2007. Microsoft's Windows XP is still widely available though, with no plans to be stopped until Windows 7 is released, Microsoft also announced yesterday.
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CNET News
156 Comments on Bill Gates: Windows 7 May Ship Next Year
A. dont like change to begin with
B. have never used the OS and jump on a hate vista bandwagon
C. the only time they tried it was on a 1.8Ghz athlon XP with 512mb of ram (what were you expecting? honestly)
D. they dont like it because when they have a problem they dont know how to fix it and shun the os forever
Excellent post been a few recently top stuff :toast:
so don't try to correct it yourself get your check book ready for the fixes to come with something new oh yea and it will be better we promise :) :banghead: lol
There are a few companies that stand by there work like EVGA, OCZ,NewEgg, just to name a few. The rest of the companies need to look at how these GOOD companies treat there Customers and change there ways. WOW did i just vent ???? :laugh: :roll: :D
vista is more a proof of concept design like auto makers show off at car shows, its pretty, its shiny, but its not something you probbly want to own/drive around if your into quility.
vista is form over function, as in my openion is macos(as it has been since 9)
hope they dont fuk it up, lets all hope the rummors are true, i want a small, fast modular os.....not more bloated crap full of lagacy code from the early 90's.......
Anyway, I've read some articles concerning Windows 7, and they talk of it turning modular with yearly / monthly payments. Modular sounds like a great idea for slower computers and for people who want to easily customize their OS. The rumors about the payments are what concerns me... if they pull that off I'll be going to Linux. :ohwell:
for me to change operating systems there really does have to be some major gain for me.. so far nobody has told me what they are..
more pretties.. but slower and buggier and needing a new computer to run it.. .. hmmm.. how f-cking stupid MS must think the average PC user is.. they are taking the piss to be honest..
trog
"i run it on my [insert crappy specs here] with full aero and its GREAT!!!"
"I run it and i love it, you just hate CHANGE..."
"You need to understand... that microsoft isnt going to give up an OS that they spent so much blah no such thing as sunk costs blah time and money."
"this happens with every windows version.." (except for 2000, and 2003 server, and well... i think NT4.0 but meh i could be wrong)
What none of these people understand is... there is GOOD change, and there is BAD change. Saying Vista bashers hate change is rediculous. And now all those people that hate vista bashing so much can thank all the bashers for getting M$ to release a better OS sooner! with DX10!!!
So yes... all of you that think no one is entitled to their opinion because you like your crap OS.
You're welcome.
(except for Solaris, who made a nifty start-up disk)
Of course, I'd be happy to be proved wrong :D. XP is getting a bit long in the tooth but it still handles all my needs, and there's no way I'm going to Vista just for DX10 that none of my hardware, and a tiny portion of my software, supports.
I just hope that Microsoft delivers on their original promise with Vista and writes Windows 7 in 100% managed code (.NET Framework). That would be the most stable OS ever released, period.
A) make Vista a requirement for several things
B) act as if they are cutting off XP so you have to use Vista
C) not fix (or get on other companies backs to fix) all of the hardware and software compatibility problems
If they made a few minor changes to the OS, changed their marketing strategy and given themselves 3-4 more months to fix bugs then Vista would've probably been way more popular than it was.
I can't wait for Windows 7. I've upgraded from Windows 98 to Windows 2000 to Windows XP to Windows Vista and have not been disappointed once along the way. Besides the XP to Vista Upgrade I got a new computer with every OS: a computer that was made to run that and the current performance intensive programs.
What I am hoping Windows 7 will have:
-Faster file system (NTFS has gotta go; WinFS anyone?)
-Keep Vista Aero, Windows Classic but also put a XP-like theme back in
-Get rid of the 32-bit RAM limit
-Keep the automatic driver finder (A very overlooked feature of Vista)
-Continue the whole theme of OS-Program-Hardware integration (Have the OS know what programs/hardware are made to do and have relating utilities and options to enhance their use)
-More gaming oriented options (Vista was going in the right direction: Games for Windows, Game Explorer, etc. But then it didn't with the whole flop of DX10)
-Performance mode: run windows in a stripped "no-special-features" mode either for performance or simplicity
I have about a million more things I'd like to see in Windows 7, but I cant think of them off hand.
-Indybird
for example
A. some ppl are afraiod of change and though that is understandable is no reason to bash and not simply try the os out.
B. the ppl who jump on the bandwagon are especially at the gun becauser they havent tried it though i totally understand the bugs and rumors going around make it un appeling.
C. The ppl running it on old computers are asking for it ..and though it doesnt run right on that system i honestly dont think thats fair ground to call out an OS..though i completely understand some ppl cant help their situation either they dont want o or they dont have enough money to upgrade their computer (nor would they want to especially if its done simply for an OS) i am honestly the latter of the 2 im a super poor bastard..i cant afford any parts and when i get my tax return i will be upgrading its still going to be tight..it was mer chance my computer could run it as i had upgraded my computer spacifically for crysis. And its not like im completely oblivious..though who remember mny remember the athlon XP rig i had and thats what i beta tested vista on.
D.And the problem if you have a problem with the Os it should be expected...GRANTED anything you need to pay an obsene amount of money for should include some sort of functonality..however that is not to say you couldnt expect it...vista is a NEW OS and as any new software comes out you have updates i would like you to give me one example of something that didnt need an update...im not talking about something you didnt BOTHER updating im talking about a new or old program that has had no updates because it doesnt need one...and though ppl may have technical diffuculties with vista it is not beyond their power to fix it....remember XP SP1? that had a huge arsanal of problmes and though i have never delt with that personally and maybe neither have these types of ppl thats not going without saying the problems didnt exist which i can assure you they did...and just like than you open up a registry modification prog you run msconfig and services.msc..and you get to work making it better and trying to figure it out...i mean its not like we dont know how to trouble shoot..ask anyone on TPU....the only rason 99% of us are here is because we sighned up because we had a problem...or else why would we be registered on a tech forum....?
im not calling anyone out..i can see both sides...iv lived on boh ends i understand...however have being from both ends of the spectrum i can still raise the valid arguments..because i find most of the time...those are infact the things holding ppl back and the majority of the time they can be over come with technical skill patience and a pack of cigarettes like all the other OS's before it.
I'm not going to spend my hard earned money on another OS anytime soon just so Bill Gates and his employees can make a profit and get paid.
If they want to do anything, they should come out with a Vista 1.1 that upgrades the current OS for a 90$-120$ price tag.
Microsoft :nutkick: Microsoft OS Users
And people wonder why Apple is growing so fast?...Microsoft kicked themselves and their consumers in the nuts hardcore with this.
I admit, I run visa :nutkick: (and i love me my bioshock in DX10), but its not like there are that many alternatives that run DX10. Plus, [insert more excuses here]...
Yeah, definitely not voting with my feet this time... But SOON! (oh god, please dont make buy a mac... NOOOOO.... AAAAAARGHGHGRR...<gurgle>..)
I believe he is, but he Created MS so even while retired he still has some say in company direction. Remember MR. Gates isn't some elected higher up...