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Windows 7 Expectations
When Microsoft announced Windows Vista everyone had high expectations for that Microsoft operating system and it’s pretty safe to say that Windows Vista could not live up to those expectations in many areas. Expectations for Windows 7 are therefor directly related to those that Windows Vista was not able to deliver.
Windows Vista was not a [...]
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 [...]
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 | ContinuedNew 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 | ContinuedMicrosoft confirms Windows 7 2010 Release Year
It seems that Microsoft tried to ignore all the speculations and rumors about a soon to be published Windows Vista successor for as long as they could until they finally gave in and confirmed to Softpedia that the official release year for Windows 7 will be 2010, not 2009 and not 2011 as some other [...]
13Mar2008 | Martin | 0 comments | ContinuedA shaky Windows 7 video emerges
News about Windows 7 are rare because Microsoft tends to concentrate on Windows Vista nowadays and comments only when it is absolutely necessary. The last time I heard something about Windows 7 directly from Microsoft was when they announced the Windows 7 milestone release.
12Feb2008 | Martin | 3 comments | Continued