Comments on: BREAKING NEWS: Details of Windows 7 surface http://4sysops.com/archives/breaking-news-details-of-windows-7-surface/ For Windows Administrators Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:37:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Michael http://4sysops.com/archives/breaking-news-details-of-windows-7-surface/comment-page-1/#comment-73202 Michael Fri, 30 May 2008 18:21:45 +0000 http://4sysops.com/?p=1328#comment-73202 Lukas, I think that at the moment even Microsoft’s executives don’t really know what features Windows 7 will have. They have a couple of ideas, but it is unclear which of them will really make it into the final. I agree that Windows 7 will probably be end user focused. But if features such as multi-touch or Windows Live integration will really come then I would call this a major overhaul, too. Lukas, I think that at the moment even Microsoft’s executives don’t really know what features Windows 7 will have. They have a couple of ideas, but it is unclear which of them will really make it into the final. I agree that Windows 7 will probably be end user focused. But if features such as multi-touch or Windows Live integration will really come then I would call this a major overhaul, too.

]]> By: Lukas Beeler http://4sysops.com/archives/breaking-news-details-of-windows-7-surface/comment-page-1/#comment-72665 Lukas Beeler Wed, 28 May 2008 21:18:19 +0000 http://4sysops.com/?p=1328#comment-72665 I think we will see the same situation that we had with Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Windows 2000 was a major overhaul of the NT architecture - it contained a lot of very groundbreaking Features (Active Directory), that had almost no end user impact. XP refined a lot that was in Windows 2000, and added more end user stuff. Windows Vista was again a major overhaul, mostly focused on security and enterprise features (Bitlocker, GroupPolicy, WIM). Again, the advantages for the end users were small, and the disadvantages rather big. Windows 7 will likely be a more end user focused version of Windows Vista, built upon the major reworking that was done. A lot of the post from the Windows Vista team reflects in this. Still, i don't think staying and waiting for Windows 7 is a good move. Skipping a generation is a bad idea. I think we will see the same situation that we had with Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

Windows 2000 was a major overhaul of the NT architecture – it contained a lot of very groundbreaking Features (Active Directory), that had almost no end user impact. XP refined a lot that was in Windows 2000, and added more end user stuff.

Windows Vista was again a major overhaul, mostly focused on security and enterprise features (Bitlocker, GroupPolicy, WIM). Again, the advantages for the end users were small, and the disadvantages rather big. Windows 7 will likely be a more end user focused version of Windows Vista, built upon the major reworking that was done. A lot of the post from the Windows Vista team reflects in this.

Still, i don’t think staying and waiting for Windows 7 is a good move. Skipping a generation is a bad idea.

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