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First Look At Windows 7 Beta 1
The other A. N. Other writes "It seems that Microsoft couldn't keep the lid on Windows 7 beta 1 until the new year. By now, several news outlets have their hands on the beta 1 code and have posted screenshots and information about this build. ZDNet's Hardware 2.0 column says: 'This beta is of excellent quality. This is the kind of code that you could roll out and live with. Even the pre-betas were solid, but finally this beta feels like it's "done." This beta exceeds the quality of any other Microsoft OS beta that I've handled.' ITWire points out that this copy has landed on various torrent sites, and while it appears to be genuine, there are no guarantees. Neowin has a post confirming that it's the real thing, and saying Microsoft will be announcing the build's official availability at CES in January."
But will I be able to?
Linux has a habit of pissing me off, so if this turns out to be good, I may decide to take the lesser of two annoyances.
Except that this one is prettier. Those techie nerds will love it when we steal KDE 3.5's look at make it Windows-y, right?
Vista took so long to get to "release" mode, and even then most people saw it as very expensive "beta" quality, and not great beta at that. I wonder if this is a planned attack to make sure that when people think "Windows 7" they think...."hey, the beta was brilliant, it can only get better". This plan (if successful) avoids the more honest label Vista got as an anchor around it's neck.
The problem we have with any Microsoft products and services, is that for the most part, they are shit....pimped by "independent" sources all spouting what Microsoft pay them to. The bullshit pipes are well oiled by now that you almost have to assume that any source of positive news for Microsoft is paid for by Microsoft. They are very rarely genuine independent reviews. They have not only made their own beds for this assumption, they made the bed factory and all the linen......and patented all the processes involved.....including "closing eyes for extended period to recharge". LOL
Who knows though, they may have it right......eventually. Even a stopped clock tells the correct time twice a day.
Apple has decided to ditch MacWorld because they havent got "$now Leopard" ready for release, and they are still dealing with bricked and mooing macbooks.
Meanwhile Ubuntu 10.4 "Manic Mouse" will not work with your graphics card and XP SP4 will be patched to not work with Core i8 and Atom 2 processors, So you WILL be using 7 whether you like it or not. Plus you will be driving a Bailed out "Big3" SUV powered by "Freedom Gas".
You voted for "Change", and now you have it.
Same story everytime. Journalists just go crazy for the Beta, and so do most fanboys. They'll claim the Beta is so stable, moreso than the previous release. We saw the same thing with Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, etc.. Then the release comes and it's like a cold shower as people without the rose painted glasses get their hands on it. I'm glad I'm not stuck running Windows anymore.
"Not to mention all the idiots who use words like boxen."
Anonymous Coward on Monday August 04, @06:49PM
Funny thing, nobody complains when apple does similar thing with one of their crappy products..
MS is on right track here, give them some cred.
Vista is the first Microsoft OS that isn't eye candy. The semi-transparent windows get out of your way and let you focus on your task, not the windowing system.
And don't be so quick to dismiss so-called "eye candy". "Eye candy" is usually a easy way to dismiss anything usable by normal people. Is the iPod just "eye candy"? The iPhone? The Wii? Would you rather drive a Geo Metro or a Honda Civic?
Techies worry me sometimes. Too much fuss over left-brain "numbers", too little attention to right-brain "creative" things. Creativity and art matter just as much, if not more, then a table of features.
It is called "sudo" and if your theoretical linux games would need root access to install mods as well. Or do you run your linux box as root all the time?
I'll admit, I run as root most of the time in Linux too, at least when I'm in a GUI. Know why? For most of Linux's history, it was a pain in the ass to not run as root. Only until recently have they had a good way to elevate privileges in the GUI. Guess what, that implementation is a hell of a lot like UAC. Guess what, I can live in Ubuntu as a normal user now and it will pop up a UAC-like dialog when an app needs elevation.
Perhaps the blame should go to game company for their shitty programming. UAC has been around for a long time and if modern games still can't function under UAC, they suck. And if a game mod has one editing files in "C:\Program Files", the user should need root to do so--"Program Files" is a shared resource like "/usr/bin".
Consider it a test, if the user can't figure out how to get past the UAC dialog, maybe they shouldn't be fucking around in "C:\Program Files" anyway.
I am a linux person myself - Ubuntu on the computer I am posting from
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I'm no fan of MS, but what exactly do you propose they do?
Personally, I propose that Microsoft fuck off and die (in a chemical fire.) So far, they've declined my offer, though things look promising for the new year :)
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." -- Goethe
Exploit the card for more then just drawing rectangles. For example, does the 10-year old card manage the entire rendering of a font on the GPU? Or does it just take pixels from the CPU? You realize on a DirectX 10 capable card, Vista will hand the entire process of rendering a font to the GPU, right? In fact, the GPU will cache the font on the video card instead of the system RAM.
Dude, 10 year old video cards could *not* handle what Vista needs. I'd wager the video card is the single most important hardware upgrade you need for a happy Vista experience. Even more then RAM or CPU. You need a modern video card for a fast, happy Vista experience.
Why are so many techies such damn "get off my lawn" about anything but their narrow little world? The 80 character green screen ain't coming back gramps... deal!
Yep same here, nothing new on Windows 7 that Ubuntu can offer, or OS X, imho. I wonder what pen testers are doing nowadays with their copies of this beta 7000 release?
Funny, the comparison that Windows looks a lot like KDE is kind of backwards.
Vista came about long before KDE got it's pretty revamp.. and Windows 7 just looks a hell of a lot like Vista.
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