New Windows 7 Milestone outed
22 Apr 2008 | 09:21 BST
UAC gets neutered in the name of usability
A CHINESE WINDOWS ENTHUSIAST claims to have got her mitts on a copy of the latest milestone release of Windows 7, and is posting the gory details on her bog.
The official release title is Windows 7 Milestone 1 Version 6.1 (build 6574.1). Snappy codenames aside, so far Windows 7 - due to succeed Vista in 2009 or 2010 - still has the version soup of its predecessor, incorporating Business, Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate, Home Basic N, Business N and Starter versions.
Driver support appears slightly better in this latest release, although obviously still way behind that of Vista (which some would argue is way behind XP anyway).
The Vista eye candy is slightly tweaked, and My Computer gets a face lift. Security Centre becomes Health Centre, and the much-maligned User Account Control now gets a 'forget me for a few minutes' feature for when you're doing low-level tasks, which seems like a darned good idea given the annoyance it has already inflicted on unsuspecting citizens.
Windows geeks can find some screencaps of the tweaked UI and a short video over at ThinkNext. µ
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