Windows 7 will be around for atleast another 3 years. Don't start thinking that they are going to bring out a new windows version every year. Service packs make more sense.
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[citation][nom]Exodite1[/nom]Windows 8? More like Windows 7 SP1.[/citation]
You mean vi$hta sp3+...
[citation][nom]schizofrog[/nom]Each one of the software companies you mentioned are known for one, and ONLY one piece of software. Microsoft is NOT![/citation]
Yeah, it offers a wide array of crap, for all ta$tes.
[citation][nom]masterjaw[/nom]Unless there's really some major changes/enhancements in there, it shouldn't be called "Windows 8".[/citation]
Like in vi$hta sp2+ = $even?
You mean vi$hta sp3+...
[citation][nom]schizofrog[/nom]Each one of the software companies you mentioned are known for one, and ONLY one piece of software. Microsoft is NOT![/citation]
Yeah, it offers a wide array of crap, for all ta$tes.
[citation][nom]masterjaw[/nom]Unless there's really some major changes/enhancements in there, it shouldn't be called "Windows 8".[/citation]
Like in vi$hta sp2+ = $even?
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fluck Microsoft , in the next years they will release a new OS each year for maximum profit, selling the same crap like nvidia did with the 8xxx series untill now. I hate that marketing strategy. Long Live TPB and others, MS wont see a dime from me ..
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I doubt Windows 8 is going to be built on the same kernel as Vista/7/Server 2008. I don't think that it has native 128-bit support and I don't really think that is something you can patch into an OS.
I think more likely it's an alpha SP1 build.
The same people that aren't going to buy 'N' OS are the same people who never have, and most likely never will.
Survey says the number one reason they don't is because they can't afford $100. I can make excuses to justify myself all day, I pirated this music, software, movie, game, etc. End story is that if you're dependant on it then it's better than whatever free alternatives you've tried/considered, whether it's because you like it too much or you can't do what you want it to do using something else.
I think more likely it's an alpha SP1 build.
The same people that aren't going to buy 'N' OS are the same people who never have, and most likely never will.
Survey says the number one reason they don't is because they can't afford $100. I can make excuses to justify myself all day, I pirated this music, software, movie, game, etc. End story is that if you're dependant on it then it's better than whatever free alternatives you've tried/considered, whether it's because you like it too much or you can't do what you want it to do using something else.
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build numbering schemes at MS change depending on who's leading the development. But, indeed, I'd rather think this is a SP1 preview than an early Win8 pre-alpha build: on development builds, MS always write the codename and build number in the desktop's lower right corner.
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Win 7, build 7700, marketing ploy? Build 7777 next?
By the way, 8 is a lucky number in China so I reckon Windows 8 will have almost total uptake in China.
By the way, 8 is a lucky number in China so I reckon Windows 8 will have almost total uptake in China.
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Hope they intend to give customers Windows 8 Ultimate for free or a small fee ($20) that purchased Windows 7 Ultimate.....Wishful Thinking!
I give it 4 years before Windows is like Linux, where they will have many different builds and different producers of code thus raking in more doe than they already are. Because a piece of pie is a piece of pie as long as it funnels into Microsoft's bank account. JMO
I give it 4 years before Windows is like Linux, where they will have many different builds and different producers of code thus raking in more doe than they already are. Because a piece of pie is a piece of pie as long as it funnels into Microsoft's bank account. JMO
[citation][nom]cscott_it[/nom]I doubt Windows 8 is going to be built on the same kernel as Vista/7/Server 2008. I don't think that it has native 128-bit support and I don't really think that is something you can patch into an OS.I think more likely it's an alpha SP1 build.[/citation]
128-bit? No one (and I mean no one) in the x86 space is moving for 128 bit. I don't think anyone is mass producing such CPUs, there's no point. 64 bit ints give you something like 10^19 worth of space, SSE registers are already 128-bit and being used extensively. It's not the next natural step in any sense. Even if you were right, they're more than capable of porting Windows; they got XP running on both Itaniums and AMD64, and the 32 and 64 bit branches of Vista and 7 work fine.
Besides, their track record so far is to use a kernel for as long as they can. 95-98-98SE-Me, NT-2k-XP~Vista-7-8(presumably). There's nothing in 7 so far that would force them to abandon the NT kernel, unlike the little shop of horrors that finally killed 9x.
128-bit? No one (and I mean no one) in the x86 space is moving for 128 bit. I don't think anyone is mass producing such CPUs, there's no point. 64 bit ints give you something like 10^19 worth of space, SSE registers are already 128-bit and being used extensively. It's not the next natural step in any sense. Even if you were right, they're more than capable of porting Windows; they got XP running on both Itaniums and AMD64, and the 32 and 64 bit branches of Vista and 7 work fine.
Besides, their track record so far is to use a kernel for as long as they can. 95-98-98SE-Me, NT-2k-XP~Vista-7-8(presumably). There's nothing in 7 so far that would force them to abandon the NT kernel, unlike the little shop of horrors that finally killed 9x.
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Well after looking it up, it looks like I was just mislead by a rumor. I recall a certain hardware news site mentioned that MS was mulling over including 128-bit comptability in Win 8. As far as the kernel is concerned, taking that out of the picture, I really do see Microsoft just doing more optimizing/expanding on what they already have.
Pity though, I was hoping for a new Kernel. Call me a dreamer.
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are you all ......, how could a secondary version number be windows-next?
and who told you it will be called windows 8?
windows-next - build 8xxx
windows 7 - build 7xxx
windows vista - build 6xxx
windows xp - build 5xxx
windows 2000 - build 4xxx
etc.
this would just be an upgrade of windows 7, probably a service pack
i've heared that those ...... from microsoft are going to implement Linux Kernel into their winblows OS, so hopefilly it will blow less ... haha
i would really like to see windows improve, though i havent seen it at all
and who told you it will be called windows 8?
windows-next - build 8xxx
windows 7 - build 7xxx
windows vista - build 6xxx
windows xp - build 5xxx
windows 2000 - build 4xxx
etc.
this would just be an upgrade of windows 7, probably a service pack
i've heared that those ...... from microsoft are going to implement Linux Kernel into their winblows OS, so hopefilly it will blow less ... haha
i would really like to see windows improve, though i havent seen it at all
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