What Does the "7" Mean in Windows "7"?

Microsoft ^ | 10/20/2009 | Microsoft

[CJacobs]

Time for some humor on the subject matter. I know my fellow IT Geeks will be good at this one.

What does the "7" mean in Windows "7"?

7: The year it was supposed to be released (2007). 7: The number of hours it will take to upgrade. 7: How much companies will have to multiply their IT staff for support. 7: The average quantity of software you had that won't work in "7". 7: The number of crashes you will expect each day. 7: The months it will take Microsoft to patch half of the security leaks. 7: The number of days in a week that you curse the new operating system.

[The Iceman Cometh]

Windows 7 is going to be a hit. Period.

[Heavyrunner]

A lot of the posts in this thread are made out of sheer ignorance. This is hands down the best OS release from Microsoft...Well, ever.

I dual-booted it in Beta 1 with my XP partition since the beginning of the year, before taking the unprecedented step of deleting my RTM OS to use a *beta* as my primary OS. This system went from January to August (upgrading successfully to the release candidate) without a single blue screen or error that wasn’t user or application-related until I went to the final release version in early August.

While the user interface still isn’t quite as aesthetically pleasing as OSX (in my opinion) and the Start Menu still tends to get disorganized if it isn’t maintained, there is nothing at all wrong with Windows 7, except perhaps the shadow of previous glitchy operating systems inclining the peanut gallery toward smug (if uninformed) predictions of failure.

It’s not an OSX killer, but it’s far better than most of you are giving it credit for, and has put Apple on notice that they’re going to have to start innovating again to keep the lead.

This is a rock solid OS on my machine, and I stress the hell out of it.

[Jonah Johansen]

1=Windows 1 Obscure and not popular
2=Windows 2 Obscure and not to popular,
3=Windows 3.0,3.1,3.11WinforWorkgroups,First Successful version
4 =Windows 95,98,98SE still had Elements of DOS
5=NT,2000, XP
6=Vista
7=Windows 7

[Neidermeyer]

7? ,, Sure I know ... that’s the number of weeks before I can get a cracked .. no activation ,, bulletproof (in regards to WGA) copy shipped in from Hong Kong for $7 ...

[calex59]

Here's the record in a nutshell

Windows versions

1.) Windows 1(I think was never released),

2.)Windows 2

3.) windows 3, then 3.11.

4.) Windows NT came out in 1993(the first version)

5.) Win95 in 1995, there was then several iterations of Win95, ending with Win95C

6.)Windows NT workstation in 1996

7.)Windows 98 in 1998 followed by Win98SE

8.)Windows ME in 2000

9.)Windows 2000 in 2000

10.)Windows XP in 2001

11.)Windows Vista

12.)And now..TA DA: Windows 7

[calex59]

See my post #45, you lumped too many versions together, including 95 and 98, you also left out ME. I count 12 versions of windows including Windows 7.

[VastRWCon]

the number of seconds before you realize that you’ve made another Windows upgrade mistake

I upgraded today from vista home and I dont see any boost in performance, just a few bells and whistles... If I could turn back time.... I probably would have just statyed with vista since I never had any problems with it in the first place.

[polymuser]

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Does it have a cool new GUI like BOB did?

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[Dr. Sivana]

Thanks for the listing. I actually remember the older ones better. Windows 1.0 was released, and often came free with Microsoft Mouse (Serial or mouse port versions). Excel and Aldus PageMaker were early Windows Apps. It would run on an 8088 or better. Windows 2.0, 2.1 (also called Windows 286, though it would run on an 8086 or equivalent), and Windows 386 (optimized for the 80386 chip). We can't forget Windows 3.12, or Windows for Workgroups. Windows NT started with 3.1, I believe.

Once you hit 2000, you come up to a myriad of Server and Enterprise and Web whatever versions. It got completely out of hand.

I played with Windows 1.0 in college, and my first purchased version was 2.0, which I upgraded to 2.1 for $40. (A lot of money for a marginal upgrade)

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I wish they would stick with numbers. I don’t like years because the product sounds dated when it isn’t

It does seem that any MS OS with a 'name' has been a dog.

Millenium
Vista

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Personally my favorite 7 was on Star Trek.

C'mon, you know the rules.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

she was the one person who elected Obama a Senator of Illinois

Hol-eee crap.

It all makes sense now why 0bama seems and acts like a Borg.

[Oztrich Boy]

Technically, Windows 2000 is also Windows 4. Windows XP is Windows 5. Vista would be 6. The next iteration would be 7.

Wouldn't 95/98 be W4. 2000 would be W5. XP would be W6. Vista - let us not speak of it.

[animal172]

I know. Would have posted a picture is I knew how. She really made me want to be a borg.

[mad_as_he$$]

The number of days before you “upgrade” to XP.

[willyd]

The number of years it will be before I buy it.

[Big Giant Head]

7 = The number of Mac fanbois that show up on every Windows 7 thread to act smug and superior.

7 = The number of Freep threads I’ve read per day about Windows 7 for the last 7 days.

7 = the number of computers I’d LIKE to upgrade to Windows 7.

7 = The number of seconds shaved off the boot time, probably.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Would have posted a picture is I knew how.

<img src="URL of picture here">

That's it.

Just get the web address of the pic and place it between the quote marks above...which are between left/right arrows with the 'img src' in front.

[Richard Kimball]

The year numbering method was, I believe, originally introduced to get people to upgrade.
It was supposed to make people think their software was dated.

[animal172]

Thanks. You are a gentleman and a scholar. Will try it soon.