I figured you would. I almost made the post for 'normangerman' instead of 'Windows enthusiasts' but decided it would probably be pointless.
If you get time to explore it real good, have you figured out what things aren't backwards compatible? Office Documents readability for example.
Does it have a new filesystem yet? Can it read ext3 or other such filesystems? I'm guessing features like that wouldn't be until the final release.
I'm sure they're bragging about better security. They'de have to be freakin idiots if it isn't put together really well in that respect. I'm sort of hoping it sees a bad virus within the first month after commercial release.
This is, I think, a very critical realease for Microsoft and if it sees half the problems previous Windows have then it could be the beginning of the end of their virtual monopoly.
I've already got it, and Ican tell you that it's a hell of a lot more responsive than XP. Highly recommended.
Are you kidding me If you have XP it's no real use! The current GUI (which was only planned to be in the beta before being completely revised) is shocking. The "new features" list just keeps getting shorter and the release date keeps getting further away. Two of the better components in it IE7 and WMP11 are available for download if you run XP, WMP looks better on XP without the translucent look of Vista as well.
Vista's constant delays are also pushing back office 2007 which looks and works brilliantly.
Wait for Windows Vienna (NT7). For Microsoft history nerds I mean buffs until mid 2001 XP was codenamed Whistler and the next major release codenamed Blackcomb (a lot of skiers at MS HQ). In between these two releases their was a minor release planned codenamed Longhorn, now known as Vista.
Ballmer even said after the release of XP something along the lines of "The really cool stuff is still one or two releases away."
"To the rational mind, nothing is inexplicable; only unexplained. " The Doctor
i did,and wish i had'nt- oh it looks great and works fine- but alas nothing else i have seemed to - including my new wireless modem-printer-etc -you name it it doesnt work so we had to do a clean start- what a job that was-i wish someone would inform people that these thing happen-
but then when vista does comes out i will be first in line i guess.at our local shop-so please microsoft get the drivers right -
It's not Microsoft that makes drivers and it's a really fair bet that not much that is autodected on install is anything they did but was in the interest of the hardware venders to allow inclusion of. They just need to build something that runs various basic setups in will encounter and let people know how to build drivers for the product they want to sell. A beta release is likely not to have many drivers and it could be embarassing for both a hardware company and for Microsoft to have drivers bundled in the OS that turn out to have conflicts on many systems. Maybe the next pre-release will have more, but beta software should always be used with the notion that things may very well break and in many cases that things will break.
i did,and wish i had'nt- oh it looks great and works fine- but alas nothing else i have seemed to - including my new wireless modem-printer-etc -you name it it doesnt work so we had to do a clean start- what a job that was-i wish someone would inform people that these thing happen-
but then when vista does comes out i will be first in line i guess.at our local shop-so please microsoft get the drivers right -
Ummmm how can I put this nicely? I can't it looks sh!t and works worse
Put two windows side by side and ask the average computer user to tell you which one is active? Overlay multiple windows, WHAT A MESS.
For thos who still have any interest in the (lack of)features list the new file system WinFS which was going to be a piller of the OS, but then became so minor it could be shipped at a later date now is gone altogether???? MS MAY AS WELL CHARGE $$$$$$ FOR AN EMPTY BOX! I really can't understand how the office team have done such a great job with 2007 and the Windows team have done pretty much SFA except make a big service pack
PS meandean you didn't upgrade your primary system did you?
No, I don't even run windows except that my wife does on her laptop. I have XP on a partition on this computer but it's crashed and I'de rather use the space for something else than bother fixing something I almost never use.
I posted the link for... because I felt like being the first to post it even though I don't use it I started downloading the 64 bit so a friend of mine could try out some software for his work on it instead of buying xp64 but it ate up too much of my connection and was going to continue for too long.
There's also a link to the currently best community supported and possibly the easiest to use (after additional automated setup of commercial but free softwares) Linux OS in my signature if anyones interested in that as well. It will get shipped to you for free if you can't be bothered downloading so if one is bored and has an extra hard drive or lots of free space for another partition...
wow i see someone downloaded the office 2007- i bet thats great- has to be for the price they charge for it.not game to try after the vista problem i had. i just hope bigpond gets the new drivers out in time or we wont be on line- laugh
just a thought we all need on average $1000 to update next year--between windows and office we will be lucky if thats enough no wonder bill gates is retiring-
Office 2007 works great, I've been using it since November last year, Beta 1 TR was the first glimps of the polished new interface for Word, Excel, Power Point & Outlook. I use Word & Outlook a great deal at Work and they are probably as stable as the 2003 releases. Looks great,works great and is ready to ship on time, but the braniacs at MSHQ are holding it back so it releases alongside Vista.
Free tech support for all wait for Windows Vienna..... though given the cowpat that is Vista it may be 10 years before it arrives
"To the rational mind, nothing is inexplicable; only unexplained. " The Doctor
On a Vista related note IE7 is now in beta 3 for XP and server 2k3, it's starting to look less like they've just thrown the interface together in the dark
"To the rational mind, nothing is inexplicable; only unexplained. " The Doctor
Microsoft's next operating system - Vista, just look remarkably similar to Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger", released on 29th April 2005 (that's more than one year ago)
The default layout:
One of Tiger's main feature Spotlight vs Microsoft's Instant Search. Located in different corner.
IE7 RSS' layout looks just identical to Safari RSS. Even the layout. (based on shipping version of Mac OS X "Tiger" and beta version of Windows Vista.)
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If you have XP it's no real use! The current GUI (which was only planned to be in the beta before being completely revised) is shocking. The "new features" list just keeps getting shorter and the release date keeps getting further away. Two of the better components in it IE7 and WMP11 are available for download if you run XP, WMP looks better on XP without the translucent look of Vista as well.
