Windows 7 News

The Latest Microsoft Windows 7 News, Milestone, Screenshots & Rumours

Bill Gates reveals information about Windows 7

Bill Gates revealed some exciting new information about the upcoming next Microsoft operating system codenamed Windows 7. He spoke at the Windows Digital Lifestyle Consortium in Tokyo and had the following to say about Windows 7.
We’re hard at work, I would say, on the next version, which we call Windows 7. I’m very excited about [...]

14May2008 | Martin | 20 comments | Continued

Windows 7 Features Video

A new Windows 7 video was uploaded to Youtube today which is demonstrating some of the new features that are already implemented in the Windows 7 Milestone release. The speed of the video is fast, really fast and I had to watch it twice to get a look at all the new features.
The video shows [...]

12May2008 | Martin | 17 comments | Continued

Microsoft Internal Memo ties Windows Live to Windows 7

In an internal memo for Windows Live Wave 3 which dates back to August 2007 several Microsoft executives, including Chris Jones, Corporate Vice President of Windows Live Experience, David Treadwell, Corporate Vice President of Live Platform Services and Brian Arbogast, Corporate Vice President of Mobile Services outline their plans for the next stage of Windows [...]

30Apr2008 | Martin | 1 comment | Continued

Windows 7 Milestone 1 Build 6574.1

Chinese website Think Next published several new details about the latest Windows 7 Milestone 1 release that has the internal build number 6574.1. Just a few hours after posting the new pictures, videos and information they pulled them again but thanks to caches they are still accessible. About a dozen new Windows 7 screenshots were [...]

22Apr2008 | Martin | 23 comments | Continued

To wait or not to wait, that is the question

The press and users are highly critical of Windows Vista and while it is understandable that the public moans about features like the User Account Control that was specifically implemented to annoy them it is not as clear as to why the press is taking such a critical stance towards the operating system. It’s the [...]

16Apr2008 | Martin | 10 comments | Continued

US Law Enforcement Have Started Windows 7 Tests

Microsoft clearly are trying to launch Windows 7 as soon as possible, even though many users are only just getting around to upgrading to Windows Vista. I wonder if Windows 7 will be one upgrade too many for some customers?
Regardless of this, Microsoft have already supplied a copy of Windows 7 to the Technical [...]

16Apr2008 | Everton | 3 comments | Continued

Windows 7 May Be Broken Up Into Components

Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley believes that Windows 7 may be released in ‘components’ where customers will be able to choose which features they want to install, rather than every part of Windows 7 and the kitchen sink as well being installed as a default e.g. if you don’t want the mail, photos or video [...]

15Apr2008 | Everton | 4 comments | Continued

Was Bill Gates Right? Is Windows 7 Coming In 2009?

Bill Gates isn’t involved in the day-2-day running of Microsoft anymore. Giving away a LOT of money isn’t as easy as it sounds, and Bill and his wife Melinda are beavering away to make the world a better place.
That probably would explain why Bill said this week that Windows 7, would come “sometime in [...]

11Apr2008 | Everton | 1 comment | Continued

Windows 7 backwards compatibility

Windows 7 will be different. Different from previous Microsoft operating systems that all had to ensure that applications designed for older versions of Windows would also run perfectly on the newest operating system. Backwards compatibility is a great feature and gives users one less reason to worry about when updating from an old version of [...]

9Apr2008 | Martin | 8 comments | Continued

New UI Concepts to debut in Windows 7

The team responsible for the Windows 7 graphical user interface is planning to include several new User Interface (UI) concepts into the Windows 7 plattform. One of them is the graphical user interface widget Ribbon which users of Microsoft Office 2007 experienced first hand. Microsoft refers to the implementation as the Office Fluent Ribbon which basically describes the menu bar at the top.

23Mar2008 | Martin | 2 comments | Continued