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Next version of Windows: Call it 7
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:02 am
by Anach
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
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:26 am
by gelfling
Hopefully this one will work properly
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:17 pm
by A'Ton Sands
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.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:23 pm
by Parrot
They should just give it a symbol like Prince or the artist formely know as Prince, what's in a name anyway......
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:35 pm
by A'Ton Sands
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:25 am
by Anach
oh dear. If thats the case then it looks like we're all finding alternatives.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:16 am
by gelfling
You'll all end up on a Mac
Or Ubuntu
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:11 pm
by BeefieGoodness
...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.
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:13 pm
by Anach
BeOS...
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:40 pm
by gelfling
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.
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:45 pm
by Toucan
you peeps talk swahili
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:20 am
by BeefieGoodness
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:26 am
by gelfling
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?
Good luck!