Forget Vista SP1 and DirectX 10.1 - Windows 7 Is the Next Generation Gaming Platform

[Gigacore]

Windows 7 Milestone 1 (M1) Ultimate Edition Build 6.1.6519.1 might not show it yet, but it is evolving to become the next generation gaming platform from Microsoft. Windows Vista brought to the table the jump from DirectX 9.x to DirectX 10, and Vista Service Pack 1 delivered the first update to the graphics infrastructure taking the version to 10.1. At this early stage in the development of Windows 7, Microsoft has failed to offer any clues as to the future of the most popular gaming platform worldwide. The company did not even reveal if DirectX 11
will be a component of Windows 7 or if it would be served as a standalone product. But this does not mean that Windows 7 is not aimed at revolutionizing the way users game on their PCs, courtesy of the WGX Windows Platform Development.

"The WGX Windows Platform Development is an agile development team focused on making games a first class citizen on the Windows OS platform. Tasked with defining and implementing the Windows Gaming Platform efforts for Windows 7 and beyond, this team is staffed to plan and develop specific platform enhancements for gaming on Windows. In addition this team coordinates and works in close cooperation with Windows gaming development efforts taking place across other groups in the Interactive Entertainment & Devices (IEB) division. Initially tasked with leading the future efforts on the Windows 7 platform and gaming improvements to Vista for E&D, this team is the owner of the Windows gaming platform for Microsoft," reads an excerpt out of the details for a position of Software Development Engineer on Test on the WGX Windows Platform Development team.

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[Choto Cheeta]

can we do some work

[Gigacore]

@ choto, wot ?

[New]

Thanks for the info

[infra_red_dude]

^^^ He meant, is it only for gaming??!

[debsuvra]

can we do some work

Yeah I also want to do some good and great works in the Upcoming Vienna.

Forget Vista SP1

I already forgot it and started using Leopard !

[Voldy]

@Gigacore Thanks for the news buddy
i wonder who gonna want these crap just becoz it has dx11 or an updated version of dx10.1 and is it really only for gaming then its the most lamest thing MS would done after Vista release in OS platform look what vista had done earning complements such as "CRAP" from the users

[nish_higher]

is this gonna be Microsoft campaign to turn PC into XBOX 720 ?

[Voldy]

@Gigacore
i also want to add these that Windows 7 screenshots has been leaked
here althrough i think jugding by looks i think OS appears in the screenshots is faked but i will posted it coz its related to these thread . Here read the full story

Leaked Screenshots Reveal Windows 7 is Vista Refined



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 whatsnext.ru 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]

Source:Wired,CyberNetnews
and if u want to screenshots its available at whatsnext.ru

[nish_higher]

these are fake sceenshots and this modded windows is available for download also.

[Gigacore]

^ he he