Windows 7

[JPK]

Don't know much about it other than a friend was visiting a family member this weekend and got to kick the tires. He said it really had the look & feel of Mac OS.

Not planning to switch or encourage anyone else to, just an FYI.

I miss the old Windows + Year naming convention. I loved teasing all my PC friends about getting Windows "Last Year" (Win 95) when if finally came out in 96!
JPK

[DharmaDog]

I think Windows' naming is kinda schizophrenic.

Windows 3.11 -> Windows 95-> Windows 98-> Windows Me
Windows NT -> Windows 2000 -> Windows XP -> Windows Vista -> Windows 7
:nuts:

So what are the previous 6 versions of Windows, if this is 7? It seems like there are more than 7 already.

[ztirffritz]

I too am baffled by their naming convention. Either they are trying to forget about Vista, they consider 3.5 and 3.51 to be the same thing, or it should be called 'Windows 8'.

1) NT 3.1
2) NT 3.5
3) NT 3.51
4) NT 4
5) W2k
6) XP
7) Vista
8) Windows 7

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...y_Tree.svg

[lafinfil]

"He said it really had the look & feel of Mac OS."

OS 8.6 ?

[Filliam H. Muffman]

My segmentation, assuming it is based on the NT Kernel line.
1) 3.1, 3.5
2) 3.51
3) 4
4) 2000
5) XP
6) Vista
7) 7
My reasoning is the difference between 3.5 and 3.51 is similar to Vista and 7.

Win7 is a little more similar to OS X graphically in some simple aspects than Vista. Complete look and feel of OS X is still a ways off. I have more experience with Server 2008 R2 than Win7 right now. I might be missing some fluff from an upgrade of Vista with 7 Home Premium, versus a clean minimal install of 7 Ultimate.


Edit: Ed Bott said it is:Windows NT 3.1, 3.5, 4.0, 2000, XP, Vista, 7. My list makes as much sense. It could be argued that Win7 got the name because it is what they hoped to released in 2007 instead of the crap that is Vista. One problem is that it was supposed to be released in 2005 (2004?), which would have been a couple of years late. The kernel revision for Win7 is supposed to be listed as 6.1. :dunno:

[Rolando]

It comes from here
MS/IBM OS/2 1.x (text based)
MS/IBM OS/2 2.x (Icon look)
Windows NT started at 3.1 (looks like Windows 3.1)
Windows NT 3.5 (had the Windows 95 look)
Windows NT 4 (version 4, duh!)
Windows 2000 (Windows NT 5.0)
Windows XP (Windows (NT) 5.1)
Windows Vista (Windows (NT) 6)
Windows 7

[jdc]

wait, wheres Windblows ME!??

[olnacl]

Windows Server 2003
Windows Home Server
Windows Server 2008

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_...ft_Windows

[Seanl]

Windows 7 is not even near OSX as far as look and feel but it is better as far as Windows goes. I remember hearing the same thing about XP from a Windows user. They hate Mac OS yet they never stop bragging when it comes to how Windows is more like A Mac. Windows 7 is just a better Windows. If you want OSX then get a Mac.

[wowzer]

junk by any other name is still junk.