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 |  Subject: Windows 7  Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:20 pm | |
| The Microsoft official Windows 7 blog is getting to be good reading (if you are into that sort of thing), they now reckon they have got it booting up in 15 seconds, which personally i think sounds good. It seems they are headed the right direction at last, considering XP takes anything between a minute and three minutes with a perfectly functioning PC, and even longer if not well maintained. According to Microsoft, Vista off the shelf takes 45 seconds plus, and even a fresh install takes in excess of 23 seconds.
| Quote: | For Windows 7, we have a dedicated team focused on startup performance, but in reality the effort extends across the entire Windows division and beyond. Our many hardware and software partners are working closely with us and can rightly be considered an extension to the team.
Startup can be one of three experiences; boot, resume from sleep, or resume from hibernate. Although resume from sleep is the default, and often 2 to 5 seconds based on common hardware and standard software loads, this post is primarily about boot as that experience has been commented on frequently. For Windows 7, a top goal is to significantly increase the number of systems that experience very good boot times. In the lab, a very good system is one that boots in under 15 seconds.
For a PC to boot fast a number of tasks need to be performed efficiently and with a high degree of parallelism.
Files must be read into memory.
System services need to be initialized.
Devices need to be identified and started.
The user’s credentials need to be authenticated for login.
The desktop needs to be constructed and displayed.
Startup applications need to be launched. |
http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/08/29/boot-performance.aspx
http://www.guru3d.com/news/15-second-bootups-for-windows-7/
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| | Subject: Re: Windows 7 Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:29 pm | |
| Bit more on Windows' next incarnation. 
The rumour mill says Windows 7 will be released in 2009, which would imply Microsoft wouldnt mind if you missed out Vista all together, after they just announced they would extend support for XP by another 6 months to July 2009 http://www.guru3d.com/news/microsoft-xp-downgrades-extended-to-july/ | Quote: | As PC Watch reports, AMD showed an interesting slide during its presentation at the Cutting Edge IT & Electronics Comprehensive Exhibition (CEATEC) event near Tokyo.
Under the title, "What to Expect in 2009," the AMD slide lists a number of items: the move to 40nm process technology, the arrival of the OpenCL general-purpose GPU API, widespread use of GDDR5 memory, consumer GPGPU applications, "HD+" televisions, and... Windows 7. To be more specific, the slide says "Windows 7 and DirectX 11" on one line.
PC Watch doesn't say much on the subject, so it's not fully clear what AMD was referring to there. Perhaps the firm let slip Microsoft's release schedule, or perhaps it's just talking about getting drivers working with pre-release versions of the OS. Judging by the context, though, it certainly looks like AMD expects Windows 7 to come out next year.
A 2009 launch sounds plausible, too. Microsoft has apparently been cutting fat from the OS by removing apps like Windows Mail, Windows Photo Gallery, and Windows Movie Maker. Also, recent reports have claimed Microsoft's internal calendar sets the Windows 7 "gold" date in early June. According to ZDNet's Ed Bott, Microsoft would have to trim the OS's beta cycle to get it out before next summer, but that schedule "would be downright leisurely compared to the one Microsoft followed for Windows XP, which was launched in October 2001, only 20 months after its predecessor, Windows 2000." |
http://www.guru3d.com/news/windows-7-released-on-2009-/
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| | Subject: Re: Windows 7 Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:11 am | |
| | lol epic fail |
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| | Subject: Re: Windows 7 Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:24 pm | |
| | Great the minimum requirements for this is going to be "Buy a whole new PC" /phail |
| | | | Darkpowder
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| | Subject: Re: Windows 7 Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:51 pm | |
| | i think this is going to be good, and more justification for those like me who have vowed to never use vista |
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| | Subject: Re: Windows 7 Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:37 am | |
| A bit more stuff about Windows 7.....
| Quote: | | Curiosity about the new OS is unprecedented as many people view the new OS as Microsoft's attempt to atone for the shortcomings of Vista. While Vista was a solid OS with many new features and improvements, it failed to surpass the growth of the wildly popular Windows XP and also fell short in business adoption. Analysts blamed a variety of causes from poor support from hardware partners to factually ambiguous attack ads by Apple. |
There is a small list of new features, such as ......
| Quote: | | Now for the first time, a large list of features from Windows 7 has seen the light of day, following the leak of some features a couple days ago. The biggest new feature is the taskbar overhaul. The new taskbar looks foreign indeed with no text. It is filled with icons for easy program selection. Also new to the taskbar is the option to access "jump lists" with a quick right click. For example, right-clicking the Windows Media Player icon allows you to access playlists without having to open the application or waste time fiddling with menus. Finally, hovering over items on the taskbar generates helpful previews. |
On a plus point, and where Vista showed its arse....
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As to those hoping for a lighter build, it looks like your dreams may come true. Windows 7 Chief Steve Sinofsky held up his "personal" laptop during the demo. It was running Windows 7 flawlessly on a 1 GHz processor netbook (probably using a VIA processor) with only 1 GB of RAM. It was running very smoothly, with over half the RAM free to use. |
Though using 512 Ram doing nothing is still too much in my eyes, will 7 show its arse in this area too?
Its a pretty good article http://www.dailytech.com/Windows+7+Features+Revealed/article13309.htm
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| | Subject: Re: Windows 7 Mon Nov 03, 2008 6:02 pm | |
| Apparently, there is a Pre-Release BETA of this available from some sites where they do torrents or something like that?? I heard a 32 Bit and a 64 Bit are both on there.
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