Windows 7 Stays as the Product's Final Name

btarunr · Oct 14, 2008

Windows 7 is Microsoft's next client operating system. It will succeed the current release, Windows Vista. There has been some talk about whether the company would retain the name "Windows 7", which has been used so far, to refer to the OS, and it is the name that release candidates carry. Mike Nash, Vice President for Microsoft's Windows Product Management has confirmed in his recent blog post, that the OS retains the name "Windows 7", for its commercial release. Nash stated that since it's the seventh major release of the client OS, it would make sense calling it Windows 7.

Nash explained the thought behind not giving it a name based on its release date (eg. Windows 95/98) or using "aspirational monikers" (eg. Windows eXPperience/Vista), by saying that since the company doesn't release a new Windows version every year, and that using an aspirational name did not do justice to what they were trying to achieve. It made all the more sense caling it Windows 7, being the seventh release.

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ShadowFold · Oct 14, 2008

w00t cant wait to see it in action!

Triprift · Oct 14, 2008

Its got alot to live up to no pressure.

FreedomEclipse · Oct 14, 2008

so I will have a Windows 7 running on an i7 processor with 7gb of ram & 7gb hard drive with 7monitors & 7 baliffs knocking on my door because of my 7 figure electricity bill, squeezing out my 7" window & escaping across 7 states & getting married with 7kids....

eidairaman1 · Oct 14, 2008

I always thought the Numbered Release of OS were better than the 1s with names (NT, ME, VISTA)

SimFreak47 · Oct 14, 2008

Can't wait for it!

1c3d0g · Oct 14, 2008

Good. Finally a naming scheme which makes sense. I hope this is the no-bullsh!t, tweaked-to-the-hilt O.S. from M$ that everyone has been waiting for.

Triprift · Oct 14, 2008

FreedomEclipse said:
so I will have a Windows 7 running on an i7 processor with 7gb of ram & 7gb hard drive with 7monitors & 7 baliffs knocking on my door because of my 7 figure electricity bill, squeezing out my 7" window & escaping across 7 states & getting married with 7kids....

Damn thats alot of 7's

Scrizz · Oct 14, 2008

can't w8 'til it comes out

DaMulta · Oct 14, 2008

I hope they bring the up-folder button back in windows 7

twicksisted · Oct 14, 2008

Scrizz said:
can't w8 'til it comes out

I cant W7 for it to come out personally

FreedomEclipse · Oct 14, 2008

I was gonna codename my next system build 'Arizona' but now depending when the whole '7' stuff comes out i just might call my new build '7 Deadly Sins'

Scrizz · Oct 15, 2008

twicksisted said:
I cant W7 for it to come out personally

:shadedshu

FreedomEclipse said:
I was gonna codename my next system build 'Arizona' but now depending when the whole '7' stuff comes out i just might call my new build '7 Deadly Sins'

:shadedshu

J-Man · Oct 15, 2008

Damn Vista hasn't been out THAT long either... RIP Vista.

Triprift · Oct 15, 2008

From what ive seen 7 is very Vistaish in appearance lol.

AsRock · Oct 15, 2008

Good glad there keeping that name

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CrAsHnBuRnXp · Oct 15, 2008

DaMulta said:
I hope they bring the up-folder button back in windows 7

Push Alt+Up key.

DaMulta · Oct 15, 2008

CrAsHnBuRnXp said:
Push Alt+Up key.

It's not the same

Swansen · Oct 15, 2008

1c3d0g said:
Good. Finally a naming scheme which makes sense. I hope this is the no-bullsh!t, tweaked-to-the-hilt O.S. from M$ that everyone has been waiting for.

no kidding, a long with that new file system, and re-worked kernel that was suppose to happen with Vista.

CrAsHnBuRnXp · Oct 15, 2008

DaMulta said:
It's not the same

I know...i agree. :ohwell:

sfnox · Oct 15, 2008

omg omg omg windows 7 or 'Heaven'

FordGT90Concept · Oct 15, 2008

btarunr said:
Windows 7 is Microsoft's next client operating system. It will succeed the current release, Windows Vista. There has been some talk about whether the company would retain the name "Windows 7", which has been used so far, to refer to the OS, and it is the name that release candidates carry. ...

I don't buy that. I bet they'll market it as "Windows Mojave" since people loved that. :laugh:

I thought it said somewhere that Windows 7 was to be Windows Server 2008 RC1? :s

Wile E · Oct 15, 2008

FordGT90Concept said:
I thought it said somewhere that Windows 7 was to be Windows Server 2008 RC1? :s

No, because if you look at the version number, it's still version 6.

FordGT90Concept · Oct 15, 2008

True. I have Windows Server 2003 RC2 x64 Edition and it is still version 5.2 (same as Server 2003). I think it was Wikipedia where I saw that--explains everything. XD

eidairaman1 · Oct 15, 2008

Triprift said:
From what ive seen 7 is very Vistaish in appearance lol.

Early Builds will look that way, im sure 7 will look like vista but be totally different low level.

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