Windows 7 to be officially named... Windows 7

[soumya]

Microsoft is expected to be handing out pre-betas of Windows 7 to devs at WinHEC and PDC soon, and it looks like it's settled on an official name for its next-gen OS -- ahem, Windows 7. Yep, the code name is the real name, which is a first for Windows. According to Mike Nash on the Vista blog, the company went with Windows 7 because it "just makes sense" as the seventh release of Windows, and MS doesn't want to come up with a new "aspirational" name like Vista -- it "doesn't do justice" to the goal of staying "firmly rooted" in the ideas of Vista.

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What name would you have given to the next version of Windows?

[desiibond]

Windows Seven

[QwertyManiac]

Argh, the excessive quotes in the paragraph. I hate both Giz and Engadget.

But Windows 7 sounds so odd, ossseven...

[zyberboy]

wts the difference bw win7 n vista,is it entirely new coding?

[Indyan]

No. Its an evolved version of Windows 7 - expected to be a much more refined version of Vista.
I think its a good move by Microsoft - going back to the basics, sends the right signal.

[utsav]

Would hav loved to c it named vienna which was decided b4

[ravi_9793]

Originally Posted by zyberboy

wts the difference bw win7 n vista,is it entirely new coding?

Windows 7 will be build on same foundation used for windows vista.

[x3060]

so essentially both are same or is win 7 gonna act like vista sp2 ?????

BTW, windows 7 is a nice name

[amitash]

I like windows seven...sounds more professional

[ravi_9793]

Originally Posted by x3060

so essentially both are same or is win 7 gonna act like vista sp2 ?????

BTW, windows 7 is a nice name

windows 7 will have many new features... like sensors. Also it will have IE8, WMP 12, and new microsoft paint.....and many more.

[casanova]

Originally Posted by QwertyManiac

Argh, the excessive quotes in the paragraph. I hate both Giz and Engadget.

But Windows 7 sounds so odd, ossseven...

Coz 7 is an odd number.

Vienna was good as well

[Hitboxx]

Nice, Windows 7 sounds adept and upto the point and very professional. Good.

Personally I would have named it Windows Vyacheslavovich for the peppy flavour.

It is destined to be the best ever OS on the planet, though I would love to see some OS from non-Earthly segments in this lifetime.

[SunnyChahal]

Ghanta!Windows 7 sounds stupid.

[naveen_reloaded]

i like windows 7... its some wht good ... instead of coming with someother name .. like longhorn in the prev...

[Abhishek Dwivedi]

Windows 7...7 is OK but would be cooler if they spell it like "Se7en"...moreover "Windows Vienna" sounds so peaceful...

[comp@ddict]

Yeah itz MS's 7th OS, so obv WINDOWS 7

[Anorion]

x3060... yeah, a LOT of people are thinking along the same lines as windows 7 being a glorified vista SP2. Vista is about twenty times more secure than XP, but twenty times more bugging as well. The interface is horrible.

[ravi_9793]

Originally Posted by Anorion

x3060... yeah, a LOT of people are thinking along the same lines as windows 7 being a glorified vista SP2. Vista is about twenty times more secure than XP.

welcome new mod

[NucleusKore]

On topic: Windows 7 sounds good
Short, sweet, professional

Off topic:

Originally Posted by ravi_9793

welcome new mod

Some men are born great, others have greatness thrust upon them. Our new mod has only three posts, is it one of our forum members in another avatar?

[ravi_9793]

Originally Posted by NucleusKore

On topic: Windows 7 sounds good
Short, sweet, professional

+1

Some men are born great, others have greatness thrust upon them. Our new mod has only three posts, is it one of our forum members in another avatar?

He may be from Digit or close to admin.

[Krazy_About_Technology]

I think Windows Seven is a good name, but there could have been something better. Using a numeric postfix was, i thought abandoned with Windows XP, but it seems Windows 7 puts it back. Vienna sounds good waise.

Windows 7 will ofcourse be a refined version of Vista with lot of focus on maintaining compatibility with "Made for Vista" applications as well as performance and bloating issues. We have already begun seeing these kind of changes with the news of removal of the Windows Photo Gallery and Messenger (am i right : ) from it. Microsoft has said officially that in Windows 7, the major focus will be these two things. i think they will tune out the plethora of technologies they introduced in Vista and make them faster and more reliable then ever. Interface, i guess, will also get some makeover but in some post beta 1 builds only, not before that. Lots of new features may appear as well. .NET based applications will get a definite boost in performance, that i am very sure. I think the platform will be very tightly integrated with the core of the new OS.

One thing that i am very happy with now (NOW, when i have my new AERO capable Dell Inspiron lappy ) is the shift to the new, hardware accelerated display architecture. It works fantastically well and the smooth and subtle animations it provides appear very pleasing to me personally. And this has also gave rise to Windows Presentation Foundation which allows declarative UI designing and with tools like Expression Blend 2, UI designing is a much more smooth and artistic affair then ever.

Originally Posted by Anorion

.....The interface is horrible.

Excuse me Sir, but for how much time you have been using the Vista Aero UI?? And for how much time you had used it without rehearsing to yourself that Vista or its UI is a crap. I think you should use it with +ve attitude and try exploring the small things that have been tweaked to give better UI experience. Personally, i love the new, dynamic AERO ui, the new explorers as well as the new dialogs and wizard styling. These things have become very user friendly, and easy on eyes. Ya, there are things that are not perfect, like clicking twice to get to the wallpaper changing options, but you have alternatives as well. I mean, for example, why do you need to go to Desktop Properties when you can change the wallpaper right from any explorer window where you see a nice snap! In my opinion that is more natural. Please do post your comments on that and try to elaborate why do you think so.

[NucleusKore]

Originally Posted by Krazy_About_Technology

Windows 7 will ofcourse be a refined version of Vista with lot of focus on maintaining compatibility with "Made for Vista" applications as well as performance and bloating issues.

I would definitely buy a license if it is a HIGHLY refined version of Vista, WITHOUT internet explorer and windows media player, and outlook express. They can give all these things in an addon cd for those who are really interested.

[Anorion]

@Krazy_About_Technology
Hey the Queen has not knighted me yet, so don't call me sir. My major problems with Vista is the feature bloat, memory usage of the interface and compromise on accessibility. Another problem is that older programs crash on the OS. Been using it for over a year now, and continue to do so because it gives me no virus problems.

@NucleusKore
IE is bound to be there

[ax3]

ok ..... no problem .....

[Indyan]

Originally Posted by NucleusKore

I would definitely buy a license if it is a HIGHLY refined version of Vista, WITHOUT internet explorer and windows media player, and outlook express. They can give all these things in an addon cd for those who are really interested.

A computer without IE would be heavily crippled. For eg. IE is required to open help files (chm). I dont see how the presense of IE or WMP is gonna cause a problem. You can always use something else as the default.

[MetalheadGautham]

The name sounds good. Neat, simple and professional. I hope the OS feels the same way. I want it to be completely modular. And I hope MS keeps up its old promise of WinFS. If they can't, they are always welcome to implement ReiserFS4 support in Window_7, since its expected to become stable around the time Win7 releases, and is the fastest file system in the world today.

[comp@ddict]

Here see these too::

http://www.overclockers.com/index.ph...re&Itemid=4264

http://www.tech2.com/india/news/soft...dows-7/49501/0

[NucleusKore]

Originally Posted by Indyan

A computer without IE would be heavily crippled. For eg. IE is required to open help files (chm). I dont see how the presense of IE or WMP is gonna cause a problem. You can always use something else as the default.

Is IE an ABSOLUTE necessary to view chm files?

[IronManForever]

^^ Why are you concerned about IE and WMP? You can always use Firefox/Chrome and VLC for that matter.

I personally like the name 7. Or maybe it could have Vienna as a nickname. Like Windows 7 : Vienna.

@ Anorion. Welcome!

[Indyan]

Originally Posted by NucleusKore

Is IE an ABSOLUTE necessary to view chm files?

Yeah. I had actually corrupted my IE v7 installation, so I did try looking online for alternate chm readers. Didnt find any decent ones. I did find one which didnt use ie engine but it was crap.

Btw, MS announced today that Windows 7 would have WIndows 6.1 core