Next version of Windows: Call it 7

Anach · Unread post by **Anach** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:02 am

http://news.com.com/Next+version+of+Win ... =nefd.lede

Microsoft is planning to ship its next major version of Windows--known internally as version "7"--within roughly three years, CNET News.com has learned

gelfling · Unread post by **gelfling** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:26 am

Hopefully this one will work properly

A'Ton Sands · Unread post by **A'Ton Sands** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:17 pm

Well:

If they keep it simple, bundle good office applications and make it better than XP for gaming it might just work.

If not, then I'm sticking with XP.

Parrot · Unread post by **Parrot** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:23 pm

They should just give it a symbol like Prince or the artist formely know as Prince, what's in a name anyway......

A'Ton Sands · Unread post by **A'Ton Sands** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:35 pm

Well the rumors are that it will be a platform for subscription based services.

What that means is that everything that runs on the OS will be subscription including the OS itself.

If thats true then I for one don't want anything to do with it.

Anach · Unread post by **Anach** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:25 am

oh dear. If thats the case then it looks like we're all finding alternatives.

gelfling · Unread post by **gelfling** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:16 am

You'll all end up on a Mac

Or Ubuntu

BeefieGoodness · Unread post by **BeefieGoodness** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:11 pm

...I've been looking for a good reason to go Li/Unix. Only reason I'm still running XP is the fact that most games wont run natively in Li/Unix.

Anach · Unread post by **Anach** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:13 pm

BeOS...

gelfling · Unread post by **gelfling** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:40 pm

BeefieGoodness wrote:...I've been looking for a good reason to go Li/Unix. Only reason I'm still running XP is the fact that most games wont run natively in Li/Unix.

Dual boot... Windows for games, 'nix for everything else.

Toucan · Unread post by **Toucan** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:45 pm

you peeps talk swahili

BeefieGoodness · Unread post by **BeefieGoodness** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:20 am

gelfling wrote:
BeefieGoodness wrote:...I've been looking for a good reason to go Li/Unix. Only reason I'm still running XP is the fact that most games wont run natively in Li/Unix.

Dual boot... Windows for games, 'nix for everything else.

I have actually considered that...but backing up and reformatting at this point is too much like work.

gelfling · Unread post by **gelfling** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:26 am

There's plenty of good disk imaging software around than can copy your data quickly and easily. Or you could always get a second HDD.. It's really not that difficult to do.

As for backing up... you don't back up? :shock:

Good luck!