First shots of Windows 7 leaked? And by 7, we mean Vista.

There's no telling how legitimate these shots might be, and it's quite clear that these screens won't be giving us any juicy details about Windows 7 anytime soon, but we couldn't pass on images that purport to be the first from a super-secret test build of Windows 7 seeded to "key partners." So, anything to see here? Not that we can tell, from the looks of things we're looking at a copy of Vista with the name "Windows 7 Ultimate" tacked on, but there's no telling what's happening under the hood. We know we can't wait to pay another few hundred dollars for a barely noticeable upgrade to Vista that will re-break all driver support, how about you?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 25th 2008 4:40AM]

I dunno if this is real or not. It certainly could be. To me this move really reminds me of the push to get 98SE out after 98's not-so-hot launch. Its just a case of history repeating.

Here's the analogy.

Win98:Vista::Win98SE:"Windows7"

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 25th 2008 9:47AM]

it says right in the thing version 6.1 it is obviously just a shooped screenshot of vista info.

[notuptome2004 Posted Jan 25th 2008 10:47AM]

well on the neowin forums someone pointed out the guy who took those screens made a video and posted it on youtube so it indeed look to be the real deal with a GUI boot screen


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crFaYLW-xk

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2008 5:34PM]

meh.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 25th 2008 11:40AM]

Uhm... Looks like this 'Zhou' guy will probably be getting his ass fired from Msft.... If you're going to leak images, can you be that stupid in leaving your username in the img which you're about to leak?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 26th 2008 1:16PM]

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[(Unverified) Posted Jan 28th 2008 12:36PM]

Thats why you should switch to MAC!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 2nd 2008 11:45PM]

I have had "Windows 7" since 2004. It's called Ubuntu.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 5th 2008 4:48PM]

Seriously guys, You all say "It's a hoax! A hoax!" without even thinking for a second.

Now think about it.

Right now Windows 7 is being developed on the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 codebase. Hence the "6.1" moniker.

At this early stage it's only a MINOR VERSION. Once they make major changes, such as the kernel, interface, features, and the UX, THEN they will bump it to 7.

Think before you speak.