It doesn't help customers. In fact it's quite aggravating.
Was someone ragging on MS? I just thought it was an interesting bit of information.
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2012: now we know the truth: Windows 8
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It doesn't help customers. In fact it's quite aggravating.
Was someone ragging on MS? I just thought it was an interesting bit of information.
So I guess we're just going to pretend Vista never existed then.
But nah, you're right (edit: except XP was version 5), Vista was 6.0 and 7 is 6.1, so it's still 6.x though it sounds really silly.
In fact 2000 was the best version of Windows. I remember when I updated to XP from 2000. Stinger virus era etc. My computer got infected the very moment I connected to the internet.
My OS history has been
Win 95
Win 98SE
Win 2000 - Red Hat
Win XP SP2 - Ubuntu
OS X - Win 7 - Ubuntu
More like Windows 8: Chihuahua Puppy ... makes lots of noise, lots of mess, but isn't really useful for anything.
I've never had anything against Windows, people complain and complain AND complain. But in my experience, I haven't had any trouble with stability or performance since ME. Sure I prefer the Mac environment, but I'm just as comfortable in Windows as OSX. I still use Vista on my gaming machine and I use XP on the virtual machine on my PowerBook. Plus for games there is no other way to go but Windows.
Plus for games there is no other way to go but Windows.
For games you're probably better off with a PlayStation, Wii, or even a dreaded Xbox. Or for handheld games there's the Nintendo DS, PSP or even the iPod Touch / iPhone.
So I guess we're just going to pretend Vista never existed then.
But nah, you're right (edit: except XP was version 5), Vista was 6.0 and 7 is 6.1, so it's still 6.x though it sounds really silly.
Actually, the "7" does not come from the Kernel number. It stands for the "7th" major release of Windows.
According to Eric Traut, there was Windows 1.0, 2.0, 3.0. They consider the 4th iteration to be Windows NT 4.0, then Windows XP being the 5th, and Vista the 6th.
You can watch this video, where he give a demonstration on virtualization and goes over the previous 6 "generations" of Windows:
http://www.istartedsomething.com/20071019/eric-talk-demo-windows-7-minwin/
It has nothing to do with the kernel number though.
However, he will talk about MinWin though, and it being in Windows 7. It never did end up in Windows 7 though. This presentation is over 2 years old.
Sadly I have owned EVERY major version of Windows. I might still have my 1.0 and 2.0 disks!
Why did go back to numbering their OSes again? They were at 98, up to 2000, then they switched to letters ME and XP and now they are back at 7, and now an upcoming 8? I'm so confused with the inconsistency.
Because MS doesn't want Windows 7
aka Windows Vista Mojave Experiment
aka Windows Vista SP2
to be associated with Windows Vista.
The real question is: What will be in Windows 8? I can foresee some control panel cleanup, and a little streamlining here and there, but I think Microsoft and Apple have both started to run out of good consumer ideas to do with a mouse and keyboard based computing system.
snow leopard just came out a little while ago.. and it doesnt need to be redone because of problems..
They key to your statement is mouse and keyboard - we need to move into the next generation of computing.
A computer today does basically the same thing as a computer from 10 years ago, only faster. Sure there are a couple of innovations here and there, portability has increased, but reality is not much has changed in terms of how we interact with them. We need a major innovation - 3D desktop, touchscreen interaction, the tech we saw in Minority Report, or Virtual Reality - the 2D desktop has pretty much gone as far as it can go.
Click to run has my interest right now. Hopefully more vendors will use this virtual application package model for deployment.
Windows 7 is actually version 6.1
actually it is: Windows NT, OS version: 6.1.7600
Host Name: WIN-RG3D51LVI7M
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
OS Version: 6.1.7600 N/A Build 7600
OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
OS Configuration: Standalone Workstation
OS Build Type: Multiprocessor Free
taken from my virtual Win7.
and some info.. server 2010 looks nice
but will not come until late 2010 or early 2011.
