Mr. Blurrycam sneaks a peek at Windows 7's new boot video

Sure, you'll have to bide your time until at least January to get your hands on a proper beta of Windows 7, but why sweat out the wait for Redmond's latest and greatest when you can get a taste of the experience in naughty, low-res web video today? Video after the break.

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[)ROFL( @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:55PM]

Hot damn!

[holycow @ Dec 4th 2008 12:20AM]

This is my jam!

[jak0b @ Dec 4th 2008 5:44AM]

Keep me partying till the A.M

[nerdtalker @ Dec 4th 2008 12:36AM]

Let's cross our fingers and hope this vid ain't a scam!

[Kooty @ Dec 4th 2008 12:38AM]

Keep me 'bootin till the A.M.
Ya'll don't understand
Make me put my fist
Though the p'uter, p'uter p'uter, p'uter.

[Osman @ Dec 4th 2008 12:47AM]

no kooty....just no

[chansthename @ Dec 4th 2008 1:18AM]

that sure is naughty stuff. mmmmmmm........

it seems to also be a dell inspiron 6400

[Andy @ Dec 4th 2008 2:47AM]

Nah, it says MXG061 on the system boot screen, which is Dell XPS M1710.

[Aditya @ Dec 4th 2008 5:15AM]

why is a "next gen" OS starting up with an old bios? he should have updated to a12.

[heffeque @ Dec 4th 2008 7:56AM]

And why are normal PCs still using BIOS instead of EFI :-/ Does Windows 7 support EFI at last?

[Ben @ Dec 4th 2008 10:12AM]

Vista sp1 supports EFI...
Dell, HP, Sony and the rest of the douchebags are too lazy to innovate to EFI and just keep their same old bios on there.

[kal326 @ Dec 4th 2008 10:28AM]

@heffeque
Because normal PCs support a WIDE range of hardware some of which relies on certain interactions with the old BIOS. Mac support EFI, PCs are not Macs. Macs don't support a wide range of hardware and get a little pissy when you don't use an EFI capable video card. I would wager most manufacturers are taking the if its not broke, don't fix it approach.

[XGM @ Dec 4th 2008 11:15AM]

Fedora 10 did it first... But for Win 7 I must be missing something, or its in the next release I didn't get/update to yet.

[Mark @ Dec 4th 2008 2:46PM]

Cause EFI doesn't actually bring anything useful to the table.

[chuuchdizzle @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:55PM]

pointless and insightful.

[Rahim @ Dec 4th 2008 12:02AM]

i agree, pointless, it didnt even show boot time or anything

[Shadow08 @ Dec 4th 2008 3:43PM]

But I'm sure you'd both agree that Apple's boot screen is very informative. After all, an Apple logo and a looping loading circle really says a lot! But that's ok, because it's Apple, right?

[thatrotierkid @ Dec 4th 2008 12:42AM]

hey means the video didnt run long enough for us to see how long it took to boot completely

[brian @ Dec 4th 2008 1:50AM]

eh why would you want to know how fast an old ass dell laptop boots anyways

[adams @ Dec 4th 2008 4:16PM]

...you do know the definition of insightful, right?

[MrGutts @ Dec 4th 2008 9:18AM]

Someone spends way to much time on Slashdot.

oh and it's 1 min 15seconds.

[Taylor @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:56PM]

Awesome, a boot screen....
-Taylor

[DRT @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:57PM]

I don't get why people put their name in the sig, when it's displayed one line above their comment.
-DRT

[Ghen @ Dec 4th 2008 7:21AM]

Because some people are just more formal than others. Doesn't take rocket science.

-Ghen

[jivetrky @ Dec 4th 2008 8:42AM]

jivetrky here,

I agree

-jivetrky

[The Joker @ Dec 4th 2008 9:06AM]

I put it there so people know it's actually me and not some imposter.

-Taylor

[Blazeitup123 @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:56PM]

wow, that rocks cocks!

[)ROFL( @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:58PM]

I'm sure it does..

[Game_playa @ Dec 4th 2008 12:11AM]

Thats what she said???

[nerdtalker @ Dec 4th 2008 12:38AM]

Wow, the barrel distortion in that video camera is what's rocking a cock. Christ, just look at it. It's so curvy and bent.

[who? @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:56PM]

This just in: Unsurprisingly, it turns out that the camera was not, in fact, blurry at all! :P

[DBrim @ Dec 4th 2008 12:27AM]

Mr. Barrel Distortion is a catchy name, too.

[Farris @ Dec 4th 2008 11:42AM]

Exactly. Maybe the problem is not the photographer. This is just a blurry OS.

[/hedberg]

[Neophytos @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:57PM]

Sure doesn't improve boot time.

[who? @ Dec 4th 2008 12:06AM]

Hey man, don't bring that stuff up around frequent Windows users. Last time I dared to question the boot time, I was told (in no uncertain terms) that Windows users never power down their computers, opting for 'hibernation' mode.

And then of course they wonder why their computers go to all hell... I'll touch base on that another day.

[Brandon L @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:58PM]

Point of this?

I want my 23 seconds back.

[Nomi @ Dec 4th 2008 12:00AM]

Thats what she said...

[who? @ Dec 4th 2008 12:01AM]

Oh, snap, crackle, and pop!

[ChaosEntity17 @ Dec 4th 2008 2:29AM]

@Nomi
/internet-high-five
+1

[DP @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:58PM]

What is that, a Studio?

[Dave @ Dec 4th 2008 12:05AM]

Actually pretty sure it's a Dell XPS M1710, [which I have].

Cheers

Dave

[Curtis Joslin @ Dec 4th 2008 1:20AM]

@Dave

See DRT's comment above.

`Curtis Joslin

[chansthename @ Dec 4th 2008 1:20AM]

actually it's a Inspiron 6400 (which I have)

[wickedpheonix @ Dec 4th 2008 1:26AM]

And it looks like an Inspiron 8600 to me, which I have as well. So what, just goes to prove how generic Dell is with their designs across product lines (not to say that Apple or anyone else is much better).

[y3k.nik @ Dec 4th 2008 9:04AM]

Rats.. I just sold my dell 6000 with XP!

Should have kept it and made a jump to windows 7, instead of getting a new sony with vista and saved myself the money... oh well....

[alex1350 @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:59PM]

nice

[who? @ Dec 4th 2008 12:11AM]

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

[vvtopkar @ Dec 4th 2008 12:02AM]

Is it just me, or was that awesome?

[)ROFL( @ Dec 4th 2008 12:09AM]

Yes, that was awethumb!

[lpppppl @ Dec 4th 2008 12:02AM]

so that's what WARP is for?