Windows 7 to be officially named... Windows 7

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Windows 7 to be officially named... Windows 7

By Nilay Patel

 

Microsoft is expected to be handing out pre-betas of Windows 7 to devs at WinHEC and PDC soon, and it looks like it's settled on an official name for its next-gen OS -- ahem, Windows 7. Yep, the code name is the real name, which is a first for Windows. According to Mike Nash on the Vista blog, the company went with Windows 7 because it "just makes sense" as the seventh release of Windows, and MS doesn't want to come up with a new "aspirational" name like Vista -- it "doesn't do justice" to the goal of staying "firmly rooted" in the ideas of Vista. Which probably explains why it looks so much the same. Sure, call it whatever you like, just get it out the door on time, okay?

 

Link to post source: http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/windows...amed-windows-7/

[matty0]

...err there already is a pre-beta... i have it... it looks almost exactly like vista except the control pannel is different and it comes pre loaded with ie8 beta... nothing special yet i must admit. maybe itl get better

[Pargy]

...err there already is a pre-beta... i have it... it looks almost exactly like vista except the control pannel is different and it comes pre loaded with ie8 beta... nothing special yet i must admit. maybe itl get better

 

Well its not supposed to come out untill 2010

[matty0]

Well its not supposed to come out untill 2010

i can give you download links if you like. but its very obviously incomplete lol

 

driver support is terrible

[uhc0mods]

i can give you download links if you like. but its very obviously incomplete lol

 

driver support is terrible

no not yet no pre beta yet on the pdc here will be some given out for free