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Microsoft outlines Windows 7 RC1 features
MICROSOFT'S Release Candidate 1 of Windows 7 is available to download from today to the likes of Msdn and Technet subscribers only, as if you didn’t know already. It will be made public for, er... the public on May 5th, from Microsoft’s main site.
There have been some minor changes from the Windows 7 beta unveiled to the unsuspecting public since January. The spokesVole said there were 30 in all, but he didn’t know all of them nor provide a list as to what they might actually be.
He did mention scaling of the task bar, zooming and remote media streaming. With the latter being from any content on a Windows 7 computer, to anywhere no matter where they are.
They’ve taken Bluetooth audio support out of the RC1 release, although the Microsoft spokesperson thought that was only because they might not have been able to get it working in time – which is a tad worrying. He did mention that support for Bluetooth audio devices might be able to be obtained from the said manufacturers' websites.
One of the most signification changes in security comes with what Microsoft has taken out, rather than included. It has removed the ‘Autorun’ feature from everything that isn’t an optical drive. This was an exploit that was taken advantage of in recent virual attacks and the change really stems from those dangers.
What may or may not be common knowledge, as we’re unsure if this was contained in the leak earlier on this week, is that the installed RC will function *cough* until June 1st 2010 – with no need to upgrade the OS before then.
Business users will be able to download and install a virtual machine for Windows 7, where they can run applications inside a specially tuned XP virtual environment rather than on the actual corporate version of Windows 7. This is in an effort to keep these apps alive and well, which also means Windows 7 isn’t-entirely-nowhere-near-compatible with any Widows XP geared software and they can’t be run natively – eek!
In closing the phone briefing, and miffed that others got to actually see these changes in action, Voley stated they’re still on track for a final release date “no more than three years” after Vista – with a Jan 2010 delivery date. µ
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XP mode isn't an admission of poor application compatibility. In my testing Windows 7 Beta was as good as if not better than Windows Vista. But there are still some apps that don't work properly under Windows Vista or Windows 7 - particularly those written in-house or custom-written for the company, where the software wasn't written with the future in mind or mistakes were made that weren't punished by XP, and there's now no testing or development budget to make them work on the newer OS. A virtual machine is a poor, but workable, solution; XP Mode makes integration with other apps work better.
In 7 experiences here, xp was breeze, thers even consule to help integrate xp software to 7. If You OverStress Machine while installing, it can corrupt it. uninstall it & try again. IM is BAD, just turns processies up to 80 with 50% X2 cpu load at idle., spreads thruout ALL Partitions. Same Old IM.
Heres Point. Microsoft Is Consortium of developers whom bilk public. Universities & established software from DoD. Thats ALL Free for Microsoft. Theres Link to Low Cost, Keep Up Good Work, Be Testor. Develope Equipment Combos of Newest sort & Have Fun Too. Its Home Project Thing.
Reward Is NEW Software to UnderStand. Better Than Linex For IE Skill Developement. drashek
So let me get this straight:
- Windows 7 has poor or no backward compatibility with XP.
- Windows 7 also will require user retraining, as it is much changed from XP.
- Only the very expensive, premium versions of Windows 7 will permit running XP in a VM.
WHY then would anyone buy Windows 7, when they could move to Linux for exactly ZERO dollars, have about the same user retraining curve, MUCH better security, and still operate XP apps either in the free WINE or by running XP in a VM (and all without having to buy a new computer just to run Microsoft's latest cash cow)? Am I missing something here?
Why not cry about Windows-on-Windows at the same time, if you are even remotely concerned about running XP in a VM.
Would you prefer a 64-bit OS that didn't run any 32-bit app at all? Good luck with that one.
Otherwise, like nearly every other person out there, get used to the technology because lo-and-behold it actually is damn useful.
Here:Last April Apple bought P.A Semi which designs chips which was the first major clue that Apple may go at designing its chips all by itself. Shortly after that Apple hired Bob Drebin who was the engineering director for ATI. Even more recently Apple brought on board Raja Koduri who was a technology officer at AMD. Add on top of that a myriad of job postings for chip designers and engineers and you have the makings for designing your own chips
Ahso, new post state 23Oct for 7 Retail. Acer Has announced computer will be forthcoming just for 7 by then. TS Drashek
Raja NEW Song: There Were CampFired Legends that FlamesMan Speared. Msr Job Must be doing Heck of JOB. Don't Encourage flames, My Man. Vitalize. TS: APPLE Semiconductor Founder.
From my experience between Vista and Win 7 Ultimate x86 (build 7068) tis is not a bad upgrade.
Memory management was horrible in Vista as it ate your memory up without you knowing. Win 7 has somewhat inproved that mistake. I had to disable a tonne of features in Vista on a 2 gig set-up. Not anymore with Win 7.
I hate to say this but IE 8 is not bad either ? *Did I Just say tHAT? o.0*
While The RC indead expires on June 1 2010, most users will not want to use it after March 1 2010 as the OS will start a shutdown 2 hrs after bootup, the same happens to Beta users from Aug 1 2009
Does the new OS is better than XP , I will have a try !
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there are different kinds of beautiful and powerful consumer electronics with very cheap price , that you can easily find whatever you want!
It's back to DOS for me! I don't like how Windows NT runs my apps in a virtual 16bit environment. I heard OS2 is trying to do it too, run Windows in OS2?
Crazy! They won't get it going.. I bet DOS is still king at the end of the day.
Ooh sorry it's 2009, I forgot.