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Windows 7 Beta Screenshots Leaked

Posted by timothy on from the they're-prevolutionary dept.

Slatterz writes "Screenshots of what is said to be the next version of Microsoft's Windows operating system have been leaked onto the internet. The ThinkNext.net blog posted a range of screenshots over the weekend which it said represents Windows 7. Overall, the screenshots show a distinctly Vista-like interface, but there is still plenty of time for tweaks and changes to take place."

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  1. Sure those are pics? by religious+freak · · Score: 5, Funny

    Funny thing is they're not actually screen shots, they're running videos... guess they haven't fixed the memory management or paging issues in v7 either.

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    1. Re:Sure those are pics? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Erm... Did you try scrolling down? You know, to the screen shots?

    2. Re:Sure those are pics? by something_wicked_thi · · Score: 5, Informative

      I think the parent was trying to make a joke. The joke was that they were videos but the operating system was going so slow that they only seemed like screenshots.

    3. Re:Sure those are pics? by NotBornYesterday · · Score: 5, Funny

      This must be that new Mojave I've heard so much about ...

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  2. Pointless by abigsmurf · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The GUI is one of the later things to be implemented in a windows development cycle, of course it's going to look like Vista.

    That said, given that aero was one of the nicer things about Vista, I imagine they'll base the GUI on it but make it look different enough to elminite comparissons between vista.

    Ideally they'll strike a balance between the prettyness of vista and the functionality and performance of XP.

    1. Re:Pointless by Sique · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Ideally they'll strike a balance between the prettyness of vista and the functionality and performance of XP.

      Call me oldfashioned, but I still use XP with the Win2000 interface. Much cleaner and faster to me.

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    2. Re:Pointless by CheShACat · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Call me old fashioned, but I still use Unix with the command line interface. Much cleaner and faster to me.

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    3. Re:Pointless by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Funny

      What about the XP Search Doggy?

      What ever happened to that little fella, anyway? He was there one day and then...gone!

      Say, I wasn't supposed to feed him, was I?

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    4. Re:Pointless by slimjim8094 · · Score: 5, Funny

      And here I was wasting time by clicking Settings on the search bar... :P

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    5. Re:Pointless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      One of my pet peeves about XP is that when I disable the search dog in the normal way, it looks at me, wags it's tail, turns around and walks away.

      I just fucking told it I don't want any cute animated characters in my OS, so why should disabling it be animated?

    6. Re:Pointless by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

      One of my pet peeves about XP is that when I disable the search dog in the normal way, it looks at me, wags it's tail, turns around and walks away.

      I just fucking told it I don't want any cute animated characters in my OS, so why should disabling it be animated?

      It used to be worse in the betas. Then if you tried to disable the search dog, Rover, it would just replace him with Cujo who was larger and would sometimes go crazy and chew up your files.

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    7. Re:Pointless by Daimanta · · Score: 5, Funny

      Call me old fashioned, but I still use punching cards as input. Much purer and reliable to me.

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    8. Re:Pointless by noidentity · · Score: 5, Funny

      Call me old fashioned, but I still use toggle switches as input and blinking lights as output. Much purer and reliable to me.

  3. In case it gets slashdotted by Big+Nothing · · Score: 5, Funny

    For those of you who cannot read the article due to slashdotting, here are some highlights:

    * It's main color is no longer blue, it's brown
    * The default desktop image features a graphical heron
    * The start button is now a circular orange button
    * Task bars or "Panels" can now be found both at the top of the screen AND at the bottom.
    * The new graphical bells and whistles previously referred to as Vista Aero is now called "Beryl".
    * Beryl is cooler and runs much smoother than Aero. It requires much less hardware power than Aero.
    * The new version of Windows is said to be much more stable and secure than any previous version.

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    1. Re:In case it gets slashdotted by teh+kurisu · · Score: 5, Informative

      I know that it's possible in XP because I checked before posting. Unlock the taskbar, and drag the toolbars around the screen. It's not quite as flexible as in Ubuntu, as the start button, clock, notification area and application 'tabs' all have to be on the same bar. But stuff like quick launch, search field... basically anything in the 'Toolbars' menu can be dragged to different parts of the screen.

      I think you've been able to do that since 98, as that was when the quick launch bar was introduced. If I'm wrong, then I stand corrected :)

  4. Why do we say 'Leaked'? by CuteSteveJobs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Everyone knows 'Leak' is Public-Relations-Speak for 'Released'. Now if someone uploaded Windows 7, *THAT* would be a leak. But for anything else than that, why can't we call it what it is?

    "Windows 7 Beta Screenshots Released"
    Fix'd!

  5. Re:I'm surprised by dword · · Score: 5, Informative

    Slashdot is not the place for hot news. Slashdot is a community forum dedicated to discussions regarding "news for nerds." The point of Slashdot is not to present you with news but to allow you and other nerds to debate yesterday's news.

  6. Re:Interface "changes" by Nightspirit · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They can't really do anything else without pissing off a majority of their customers. Lets face it, if they put in a dock or unified titlebar on the top everyone would lambaste them for copying Apple, not to mention there are 3rd party apps that have the same functionality, which may put them in an antitrust situation.

    The only annoying thing about vista UI is UAC, and from the article it appears that they possibly fixed that. I was envious of expose, but then I installed Switcher, and while it may not have the same functionality, I'm content.

    The only things I would like out of windows 7 is for it to use less resources, improve UAC, and increase security. The last thing I want is a total UI overhaul or total rewrite making 98% of my programs run slower in emulation mode, or not run at all.

  7. Re:*Yawn*, I think I'll stick with Ubuntu. by Corporate+Troll · · Score: 5, Informative

    Have you considered that 512Meg is sufficient for his needs? I also have 512Meg systems running Ubuntu and they're snappy and work well. Heck, my wifes computer (WinXP) has 2Gig and it rarely uses more than 620Meg or so.... That's with both of us logged in.

    512Meg for a normal desktop doing a bit surfing email, word processing, spreadsheet and similar "light" task is sufficient. (Clue in the 640k is enough for anyone commenters)

    For him, the choice might be between "spending money on something he doesn't really need" and "not spending money at all".

  8. Re:*Yawn*, I think I'll stick with Ubuntu. by gingerTabs · · Score: 5, Funny

    (I'm poor, and it works, why would I upgrade?)

    You are the cause of the credit crunch! Support the economy with inappropriate consumerism

  9. Re:I can see they fixed the big problem with Vista by cbhacking · · Score: 5, Informative

    Having worked on the Win7 team, I'd say Vista to Win7 felt more like the difference between 2000 and XP. There are a couple new big features (Win7 has multitouch support, BitLocker has been dramatically improved, etc.), a variety of UI tweaks and tricks (the new theme picker, the modified system tray, and more of that sort), and some mostly-behind-the-scenes changes (faster bootup and hibernation on multicore machines, UAC by default now elevates without prompting for Microsoft-signed executables, and a few others).

    It *is* an improvement, but could arguably be described as a refined and matured version of Vista, with a couple new features. It's a bigger change, especially from the user perspective, than XP RTM to XP SP2, but much smaller than XP SP2 to Vista.

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  10. Re:*Yawn*, I think I'll stick with Ubuntu. by Corporate+Troll · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You develop on a low rent laptop? Ok, but how do you ensure your software runs properly on higher end spec machines?

    I can understand the question in the inverse direction, but this is the strangest concern I've ever seen. Software written for a low end machine wouldn't run faster on a beefed up machine?!?

    I must be missing something, care to expand a bit on the issue?

    I've always been /for/ the idea on giving developers 5-year old machines so they start to care a bit for performance. Heck, and I am a developer....

  11. Re:*Yawn*, I think I'll stick with Ubuntu. by wisty · · Score: 5, Funny

    Besides, some of like to use our computers for something other than running the OS. For example, Gentoo users can use the extra RAM to re-compile their kernel.

  12. Re:Wagging Tail by TaoPhoenix · · Score: 5, Funny

    I seem to recall Microsoft like that idea so much that they paid their former CEO a huge amount of money to look at you, wag his tail, and walk away.

    Delicious!

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  13. Re:I can see they fixed the big problem with Vista by Joe+U · · Score: 5, Informative

    You mean that if somebody can figure out how to forge a microsoft signature or infect a signed file they can get carte blance access to your machine.

    Spoken like someone who has absolutely no concept on how certificates and signing works.

    Read up on certificates and signing code, then come back and say you're sorry.