Windows 7 Beta Is on the Horizon, Forget XP SP3 and Vista SP1

[CadCrazy]

The first Beta of Windows 7 is on the horizon, and in this context it's right about time to look beyond Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1. The next iteration of the Windows client has been a palpable presence only through the Milestone 1 build dropped at the end of 2007, with the Redmond company gagging all details on the operating system and its development process. At the same time, with the evolution of Vista's successor toward the first Beta stage, Microsoft is increasingly focusing on Windows 7.

This week, and all month for that matter, the next version of Windows has started to increasingly take shape, with the Redmond company contouring it little by little with the EULA webpage, the Engineering Windows 7 mouth piece, the WSUS product category and the drivers and updates pushed to the Microsoft Update Catalog. Now a representative of the Microsoft Update group has taken it to the next level and revealed that the software giant was gearing up for the first Windows 7 Beta.

"Yesterday a new product category for Windows 7 Client was published to Windows Update and was made available to WSUS (another one for Windows 7 Server should be appearing soon as well). As with all of our other new product categories, this is for Microsoft teams who are publishing Windows 7 beta drivers/updates in the near future. In the future, we’ll try to let you know about new categories ahead of time," revealed a member of the Microsoft Update team. (emphasis added)

At the same time, the Windows Server Update Services team offered their own take on the matter: "The MU team has published a note regarding a new category on Windows Update and WSUS in preparation for Win 7 beta updates and drivers in the not so distant future." (emphasis added)

The not so distant future and the near future sound as abstract as possible, and are by no means reliable deadlines. But taken into consideration that Microsoft is already starting to prepare Windows 7 Client drivers and updates, and will do the same for Windows 7 Server/Windows Server 2008 R2, the actual Betas are closer than ever. Come October-November 2008, the Redmond company will greenlight the Windows 7 conference road-show, with events such as PDC2008, WinHEC2008 and Tech-Ed EMEA. In this regard, there have already been speculations pointing to the first Beta of Windows 7 going live around PDC2008, at the end of October.

via[http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windo...P1-92277.shtml

[Garbage]

hmm... When we can get that Beta ?

[CadCrazy]

Read the last line

[Garbage]

at the end of October.

hmm... Thanks...

[The Conqueror]

But I dont think there would be a change in GUI until the second or the third beta.
IMHO, Microsoft should not hurry but make windows 7 the best OS by careful planning and decisions.

[Abhishek Dwivedi]

i think Windows Sev7n is already a hurry...this is too early i think...
ne ways....r they giving free copies for Windows Sev7n Beta 'cause i'd like to have one

[CadCrazy]

It might be first beta cake I would eat

[jal_desai]

i dont think it is early... win95..win98...win2000...winME...winxp... the difference between each of them is not more than 3 yrs.. only vista was launched 7 yrs after xp... and this costed microsoft much... so i think they are back to their old strategy... so dont be surprised if they declare the launch of Windows Midori in 2012...

[clmlbx]

link says 404 page not found

good to hear the news

[Garbage]

Originally Posted by clmlbx

link says 404 page not found

good to hear the news

Here is the link...

Windows 7 Beta Is on the Horizon, Forget XP SP3 and Vista SP1
He just messed up with last bracket!

[CadCrazy]

Originally Posted by clmlbx

link says 404 page not found

good to hear the news

Abe sara news to maine cut aur paste kar liya hai. Isliye page not found error aa raha hai

[x3060]

they really should not hurry.i hope they get things right this time round.

[naveen_reloaded]

good one,,,

[Abhishek Dwivedi]

i really hope thy give free DVDs for few....

am kinda now adictd to thir free DVDs n stuff

[The Conqueror]

Good News

[Ecko]

Leaked Versions available on P2P

[The Conqueror]

Originally Posted by Ecko

Leaked Versions available on P2P

But they may contain trojan/virus

[Abhishek Dwivedi]

windows 7 has been on p2p from a long time...but whn i askd anandk abt thm, he said thy r fake...i too think thy r fake...

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

Cool !!
Am using Vista Biz SP1 ! it beats XP hands down on a 2GB RAM.
Vista boots faster then XP SP3 !!
And am ok with it on my new computer.
Expect Windows 7 to be successor of Vista, not much, it won't run on 512 MB RAM any way.

[anandk]

Speculations ! Forget whats yet unborn; Enjoy the present

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

^^^^^^^^^^ don't worry
start win7club right away and be happy

[hellgate]

Originally Posted by Abhishek Dwivedi

windows 7 has been on p2p from a long time...but whn i askd anandk abt thm, he said thy r fake...i too think thy r fake...

the Win 7 M1 iso that was available on p2p were real (not all but a few were the original stuff released my MS), but the iso thats available now in the name of Win 7 M2 is a fake.its just a customised version of Vista SP1.

[Abhishek Dwivedi]

how do u knw if it were real?did u download n try it?

[hellgate]

^^^ i didnt but my frnd who has a broadband connection did download 3 copies of the M1 out of which 1 was real.though the prob is u need to change ur systems time top install this now and is a pita with other progs installed in ur main os.

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

don't know what you are upto
but just install that in a Virtual Machine.

[casanova]

Yes, only Windows Vista had a huge gap but it was not seven years as Windows 2003 was released after XP.

I would love to test this.

@a_k_s_h_a_y
Great avatar

[Abhishek Dwivedi]

Originally Posted by a_k_s_h_a_y

don't know what you are upto
but just install that in a Virtual Machine.

installd wht?? M1?? can u post some screenshots??

i can't forget xp..........

As far as system requirments isn't a concern...........