Windows 7 Milestone 3 Previewed: Just Like Vista, But With Office 2007 Ribbon UI
Mary Jo Foley, who revealed that the first Windows 7 beta would drop in December and could still make its late 2009 release date, has seen the latest build of Windows 7, Milestone 3, which is just preview build away from becoming Beta 1. The verdict? Other than Office 2007’s loved/hated Ribbon UI sprinkled throughout, showing up in WordPad and Paint, well, “The latest build seems quite stable… From what admittedly little I had a chance to see, Windows 7 does not look or feel like a major departure from Windows Vista.” Update: Actual screenshot of Ribbonized Paint.
Since it’s only a build or two away from beta, after which features are more or less set, don’t expect dramatic changes, particularly we’re apparently talking about a little more than a year left in the OS’s dev cycle, if those target dates hold. Whether the kinship to Vista is good or bad might largely be a matter of taste, though in a way it shows Microsoft really just needed more time to get Vista right. [ZDNet - Thanks Mohamed!]
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I just hope it is fast and stable. Its an operating system right? ‘Perfect’ to me would be something as compatible as XP, fast as XP, solid as vista, and with a completely new UI based around…
– installing software
– starting software
– switching software
– finding content
I realize now that microsoft Gave Us Vista Just to shut us up as what happened with windows 98.
You really can not expect a massive undertaking like developing an OS that runs on millions of different configurations of computers when your driver support from hardware manufacturers is out the door. I think they done a marvelouse job in delivering what they did in the limited time they had. We should all leave microsoft to develop MS W7 without all the I want it yesterday attitude and speculation. It is hard enough and all you idiots that say if this and if that i am going to Mac. well go go we do not give a crap about yuou. Buy a mac. The masses know the OS of choice.Every single person in my street has Windows Vista Ultimate and had no problem Upgrading it with all latest Hardware it runs silky smooth and never crashes or locks up. But that said they all have systems that are not limited by cheap Powersupplies and all use APC UPS Powerfilters.
I have now installed Windows 7 BETA 1 X64 I Will post a link where you can download it. After i have evaluated it.