Windows 7 to be officially named... Windows 7
By Nilay Patel 
posted Oct 13th 2008 6:12PM
posted Oct 13th 2008 6:12PM
posted Oct 13th 2008 6:12PM
Segment of single women who said their next computer purchase would be a laptop.
Of 1,000 single men and women polled, 47 percent of women said they'd buy a laptop, while 47 percent of men were looking for a desktop.
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There is no need to really change it as everyone is already familiar with this name.
So, what IS new in Windows 7?
the naming scheme
Actually, no. Remember windows 3.1?
well, I don't, but I know it existed.
I REMEMBER! I'd always quit to MS-DOS because Commander Keen would be too slow running under Win 3.1
"According to Mike Nash on the Vista blog, the company went with Windows 7 because it "just makes sense" as the seventh release of Windows"
So if it "just makes sense," why wasn't Vista called Windows 6? And XP called Windows 5? Or did it "just make sense" once Vista was shunned? Um, yeah.
Me, I say go for Windows 2010 Ultimate Classic Platinum Experience Edition Pro. That captures the essence of Windows in a nutshell.
Now to sit back and watch everyone who praises Windows 7 get voted up and anyone who doesn't shower Microsoft with slobbery love get voted down. It's the Engadget Way.
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"Windows 2010 Ultimate Classic Platinum Experience Edition Pro"
Dude.... I'd tap that.
wow Quix you got that worked up over "it just makes sense"?
what if i told you i love Vista and OSX is totally unusable
@quix
windows vista is 6... XP is 5.1... 2000 was NT 5.0... and NT 4 came out when windows 95 came out (also 4.0 but not NT)
@kojo87
He's an Apple fanatic, so he actually thinks normal people can actually see a point to his post
@ Mike B
Yes, Vista was 6... but 7 is 6.1.
I'm not sure... Looks like Vista.
yet Quix was right and people made fun of him just like he predicted.
@phanboy
And yet he didn't prevent himself from failing.
For the winners too lazy to do any research on what will be new in "7", here is an excellent resource:
http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/windows_7.asp
sbrown23: that makes people winners?
It just makes sense eh?
3.1
95
NT
98
ME
2000
XP
VIsta
7?
So which ones aren't they counting? ME wasn't a real OS so you could leave that one out. NT wasn't really for home PCs so does that get left out too?
@Kelemvor - 7 refers to this being Windows NT version 7. The Windows NT version numbers are consistent ever since NT was created:
Windows NT until version 3.x
Windows 2000 = NT 4.x
Windows XP = NT 5.x
Windows Vista = NT 6.x
Windows 7 = NT 7.x.
When you start the Command Prompt, the NT version is printed out on the first line of text.
The weirdo ranting and raving above aside, Microsoft knows that the Vista brand name is tainted and so they want a fresh start. Windows 7 is pretty good, IMO - just get back to engineering basics.
Technically, the order is this...
For consumer versions:
1.0
2.0
2.1 (in 286 and 386 versions - 8088 and 8086 users were stuck with 2.0)
3.0 (last version with 8088/8086 support)
3.1
4.0 (95)
4.1 (98)
4.9 (ME)
NT 5.1 (XP)
NT 6.0 (Vista)
For business versions:
NT 3.1
NT 3.5x
NT 4.0
NT 5.0 (2000)
NT 5.1 (XP)
NT 6.0 (Vista)
Item 1, 2, and 3 of course
@ Peter
Hell YES Commander Keen! And Jazz Jackrabbit, and Raptor, and all kinds of other kinda of old-school, low quality but IMMENSELY enjoyable video games.
Can't forget One Must Fall 2099, but I think that was more of a Win95 thing. My dad actually bitched me and my bro out for wearing out the Ctrl key on the keyboard from OMF2099.
you forgot 3.11 :/
Heh, low ranked? Not my fault that their numbers don't match.
Nobody mentioned 2003 (5.2) and 2008 (also 6.0).
Windows 7 is vista reloaded!
Vista is to Windows 7
as
DOS 6.2 is to DOS 6.22
I can't wait for Apple to bring on the 10 > 7 commercials. I hope they film them on the preschool playground too, as to match their maturity.
I'm so glad Microsoft made the "I am a PC" commercials I haven't seen any of those annoying Mac ads lately...
There really isn't anything here to make fun of, considering they've been on the OS %Number naming scheme since just about day one.
I'm surprised Engadget didn't cry foul over Microsoft using the same Windows %Number schema for this iteration.
Like it makes a difference anyway.
Nilay, that was pretty painful to read.
So are most of your posts.
If it hurts when you're reading, you're doing wrong.
I always hate Nilay's posts because they're mostly hard to read...
will it be as slow and painful as vista. I hope they make it more efficient, and hardware friendly. But alas there in it for the money not for pleasing customers.
Wow saying vista is slow .. What a new idea ..
Pssst. It's not the OS, its your computer :)
I run Vista 64 Ultimate and it is the fastest and most stable OS I have ever used.
I'm not a Microsoft fan boy, Vista just works and it works well. Try upping your ram.
My Vista laptop boots faster than my XP Desktop...Vista is only slow on computers not build to handle it.
Exactly i run Vista Ult. 64 and 8 GB of ram and slow is not a word i would use here
Y'know I was thinking
OBJECTION!!!
Hardy Heron!
Intrepid Ibex!
Leopard!
Snow Leopard!
Android!
.......
7
wtf? hmm.
7 of 9
:-)
Just make sure it's out before Duke Nukem Forever; which I estimate to be release Dec. 4, 2017
It actually does sound kind of cool when you put it that way.
SEVEN
Has anyone else noticed that "Hardy Heron" is just a spoonerism away from "Hairy Hardon"?
Not "Buena Vista"? The Good version of Vista?
No, that was mojave.
Same old barbie doll, they just added a new hat.
we'll see how good it is... Me looked a lot like 98 with more bells and whistles and look how buena that turned out!
"Uh, sure, call it whatever you like, just get it out the door on time, okay?"
No! No, no, no! This was exactly the reason Vista was such a disaster, because they were so desperate to get it released after so many delays. Keep it until it's done RIGHT, no matter how long it takes.
Microsoft have NEVER done something right