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Microsoft Brings 36 New Features To Windows 7

Posted by kdawson on from the enormous-changes-at-the-last-minute dept.

Barence writes "Microsoft has unveiled a slew of new features that will appear in the Release Candidate of Windows 7 that didn't make an appearance in the beta. 'We've been quite busy for the past two months or so working through all the feedback we've received on Windows 7,' explains Steven Sinofsky, lead engineer for Windows 7 in his blog. A majority of these features are user interface tweaks, but they should add up to a much smoother Windows 7 experience." In separate news, Technologizer reports on Microsoft's contingency plan, should things not go well in EU antitrust, to slip Win7 to January.

21 of 509 comments (clear)

  1. Re:So.. by von_rick · · Score: 5, Funny

    Feature 1: It uses kernel 2.6.28.x....

    No? Dammit!

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  2. Re:Not smart to add features post-beta by Dreen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unless your beta is a PR element

  3. 32 new features in the NEW Windows 7 Supreme by nnnich · · Score: 5, Funny

    36 new features in windows 7:

    1.More!
    2.New!
    3.7!
    4.Personalize!
    5.Stuff!
    6.Things!
    7.Easy!
    8.Faster!
    9.Oh Yeah!
    10.An even worse network stack!
    11.No Crash! *Cross Fingers*
    12.Vista?
    13.Improved!
    14.Progressive!
    15.Compatible!
    16.The Newest!
    17.More!
    18.7!
    19.Personalize!
    20.Stuff!
    21.Needy Windows!
    22.Alt+Tab!
    23.Screen Savers!
    24.Customizationalizeable!
    25.Safe! *Cross Fingers*
    26.Improving Performance Through Data! (an actual quote!)
    27.Keyboard Shortcuts! (Previously not available since Windows 95)
    28.7!
    29.Even a 4 year old is doing it you idiot!
    30.Saves Time!
    31.Reduced Confusion with Drag/Drop!
    32.More!

    boy, I can't wait!

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    1. Re:32 new features in the NEW Windows 7 Supreme by daveime · · Score: 2, Funny

      33. Developers! Developers! Developers!
      34. Sweat-stained shirts washed while you wait!
      35. ????
      36. Profit!

      There, completed the list for you ;-)

      Actually, 35. was going to be "Flying Chair Screensaver Now Included!", but then I couldn't have got in the gnomes reference.

  4. Re:Not smart to add features post-beta by jo42 · · Score: 2, Funny

    More turd polishing is another way to look at it...

  5. Re:36 new features, huh? by lukas84 · · Score: 2, Funny

    OneCare has been discontinued. It sucked.

  6. Re:So.. by forgotten_my_nick · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just bought a Mac. So clearly the features are useful to someone.

  7. Palette update... by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Blue Screen of Death" now "Azure Notice of Discomfort" in preparation for new cloud computing initiatives.

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  8. Re:So.. by Hojima · · Score: 4, Funny

    feature number:

    1) overpriced marketing and DRM
    2) ???
    3) profit!

    (seriously seems like their advertising campaign is run my underpants gnomes. And their developers too)

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  9. Re:But she really was asking for it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, that's hot.

  10. Re:So.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Windows 7 has a new feature -- you no longer need to remember website numbers.

  11. Here they are : by unity100 · · Score: 2, Funny

    1 - Warner Bros DRM

    2 - Disney DRM

    3 - Sony BMG DRM

    4 - Universal Music DRM

    5 - Stronger Warner Bros DRM

    6 - More Powerful Disney DRM

    7 - Catch-All Sony BMG DRM

    8 - No shit Universal Music DRM

    9 - You aint seen nothing yet DRM

    10 - All your computer belong to us DRM

    why, but these are fantastic features !

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  12. Awesome Post by Johnson90512 · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is an awesome write up, props to the poster of the article!

    1. Re:Awesome Post by Spatial · · Score: 4, Funny

      You joined to say this? You're doing it wrong.

      You're new here so I'll explain how it works. There's a special tag for bad articles called "kdawson," it's placed under the title to the left. You can see it on this one if you look closely.

      The correct response at this juncture is to flame it until it's reduced to a smoldering cinder.

    2. Re:Awesome Post by Johnson90512 · · Score: 4, Funny

      wait what? what was wrong with this article?

  13. Re:So.. by freemywrld · · Score: 3, Funny

    Windows is pants?

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  14. Management Math Fun Time by fred+fleenblat · · Score: 3, Funny

    Two years.
    30,000 programmers.
    20,000 managers.
    40,000 more people doing god knows what.

    And they come up with 36 new features.
    That's one new feature for every 2500 employees.

    THIS SEEMS A LITTLE ON THE LOW SIDE.

  15. Re:36 new features? meh... by adolf · · Score: 2, Funny

    When I reinstall Windows XP or Vista and need to install updates for testing client projects, I need to activate Windows; This requires a 20-minute call to the Activation hotline each time.

    [...]

    Every time I have to call Microsoft about anything, or any time they ever call me, I rip the rep a new one about the activation scheme.

    Gee. Maybe if you weren't spending so much time being a dickhead, your activation calls wouldn't take twenty minutes each.

    I, too, have activated my share of Windows installs by phone, and it's not very painful at all. There's a few things to remember:

    1. It's faster and easier to use the phone keypad than it is to speak the numbers into their voice recognition system. Just start mashing it out in DTMF, and it'll work.
    2. If you have to talk to a rep, be polite. Just state why you're installing Windows, that it's the only copy with that key in use as far as you know, and move on. This also works for transferring OEM copies from dead freebie machines onto new machines: Just take down the model and serial number/service tag when you call, and tell them you've replaced the motherboard.
    3. The rep doesn't care. They're not paid enough to care. They're only there to fill out a form on a computer screen, and read a string of numbers to you. Bitching at a Microsoft Activation rep about Microsoft Activation is like bitching at the meter reader after a power outage -- you're barking up the wrong tree.

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  16. Re:36 new features? meh... by internewt · · Score: 3, Funny

    And it all started with the rotating desktop cube.

    Heh, obligatory:
    http://xkcd.com/456/

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  17. Re:So.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Digital Rant Managment

  18. Re:So.. by UnrefinedLayman · · Score: 3, Funny

    What a crock of BS. 'it downscaled it'? OMGWTF BBQ??? You can play full HD content shot on your home HD camcorder for all you choose. If you don't have a HDCP monitor, only the protected ones that have a flag set(don't think this flag is set on ANY media yet?) will not play. Simply stay away and watch the non protected full HD to your heart's content.

    You know that law that says any cop that stops you is allowed to rape your mouth, and you have to comply? Someone told me they were concerned about getting raped in the mouth and didn't think it was a good law.

    What a crock of BS. 'raped in the mouth'? OMGWTF BBQ??? You can walk down the street or sit in your home without getting raped in the mouth for all you choose. If you don't bother a cop that rapes people in the mouth (don't think ANY cops have decided to start raping yet?), you won't get raped in the mouth. Simply stay away from cops and enjoy not getting raped in the mouth to your heart's content.