Posted on 02/03/2009 7:10:52 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
Steven Sinofsky this week reaffirmed that Windows 7 would only have a single public beta release—build 7000, still available for download for a few more days. The current expectation is that there will be a single Release Candidate in April, with RTM around July, and Windows 7 hitting stores a few months later.
This plan marks a significant departure from Microsoft's historic Windows release strategy. Previous editions have had at least two betas and two Release Candidates; even Windows XP, a minor update to Windows 2000, received this treatment. Windows Vista went even further during its extended development period. In addition to formal betas and Release Candidates, a number of "Community Technical Preview" (CTP) releases were made available, to allow third-party developers to track the progress more closely.
How is this even possible?
This condensed release schedule is a result of a new development methodology. Underlying this is Microsoft's new commitment to what the company calls "quality." "Quality" is kind of a vague term—after all, it's not as if the company wants to ship something low-quality, even if it might not always seem that way. In this case, it means six things: device compatibility, application compatibility, performance, reliability, battery life, and security. These are not the only areas of concern for the new OS—things like the user experience and documentation quality are still important, but these six are viewed as fundamental. Windows 7 is intended to raise the bar in each of these areas and, to achieve that, Microsoft has used a new development process for this release.
(Excerpt) Read more at arstechnica.com ...
Vista works fine, at least for me.
Lets go back to Windows 98 SE.
Lets get back to BASIC(s). =)
It’s about working out the bugs in the software. If they release it worldwide on one day, they will get hit with a gazillion complaints and make them look bad. By slow releasing it, they can get the kinks worked out before it goes out to everyone.
XP fine for me ... no Visduh ... no Visduh II
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A big 10-4 on Vista, the most trouble free operating system I’ve ever used. Not one single problem, zero, zilch, nada, the best ever.
Windows 7 is running better in my VM than XP with the same resources allocated.
I agree with you two guys. I’ve been through all the Windows versions. Everything from playing video games, to downloading porn, watching FOX News, to using Photoshop and Dreamweaver at the same time— Vista has been the absolute best.
I've heard horror stories about Vista and then again I heard Vista was excellent for gaming and such.
You are very lucky or Vista is your first operating system.
ROFL
Works great for me as well. But then again I don’t follow the drive-by tech media, so I’ve haven’t received the memo that it supposedly sucks!
Still on XP here. Gonna skip over Vista and go straight to Windows 7.
You guessed it -- "Starter Edition". What a crock. "Cheap but useless."
By comparison, the one-and-only SKU, full-featured version of OS-X sells for $129, or $199 in 5-user family-packs. Even at $129, full-feature OS-X is less expensive than Win7 Home Basic.
Reference: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/04/windows_7_skus/
Pretty much identical to the Vista versions.
It’s true I mean I’m sure a lot of us download porn and Vista allows me to do my work or watch Fox News while it downloads in the background. And I don’t get any viruses either, at least on the computer, so Vista’s ok with me.
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