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Windows 7: Windows 8 planning and preparation underway
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12 Nov 2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 Pembroke |
Windows 8 planning and preparation underway
Quote: Originally Posted by Neowin According to a job posting on Microsoft's career site, Windows 8 planning and preparation is currently taking place.
The job posting, spotted by enthusiast site CodenameWindows, hints at third-party application updating, updating virtual machines while they're turned off and delivering full applications, among others. Microsoft admits in the posting that updating virtual machines whilst they are off "turns out this is pretty hard!." The job is for a role on the Windows Update Client team, responsible for delivering software updates to over 600 million machines. Read the full article here  | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom | Whitebox
OS Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04
CPU Intel E6750 @ 3.80GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L (Revision 1.1)
Memory 2x2GB & 2x1GB (6GB) OCZ Reaper 1066MHz @ 1080MHz
Graphics Card EVGA nVidia GTX 260 896mb (216 Core) FTW Edition
Sound Card Realtek ALC888
Monitor(s) Displays 21" VIZIO TV
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless S520
Mouse Logitech Wireless S520 - Microsoft Wireless Arc Mouse
PSU Corsair 750W
Case NZXT Nemesis Elite
Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ
Hard Drives Western Digital WD6401AALS - 640GB
Hitachi HDP725016GLA380 - 160GB
Internet Speed Download: 20mbps, Upload: 3mbps
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12 Nov 2009
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Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit) Mumbai, India |
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung NP530U4B-S02IN
OS Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
CPU Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 2467M (1.60GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
Motherboard Samsung Electronics
Memory 6GB DDR3 System Memory at 1,333MHz (on BD 4GB + 2GB x 1)
Graphics Card AMD Radeon™ HD7550M 1GB DDR3 (Ext. Graphic)
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 35.56cm (14.0) SuperBright 300nit HD LED Display
Screen Resolution 1366x768
Hard Drives 1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5400RPM) with ExpressCache 16GB SSD
Internet Speed sucks
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Google Chrome (Sync enabled)
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12 Nov 2009
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 Pembroke |
Quote: Originally Posted by Dinesh  Isn't that too early? Who cares. Everyone here wants W8 Beta  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom | Whitebox
OS Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04
CPU Intel E6750 @ 3.80GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L (Revision 1.1)
Memory 2x2GB & 2x1GB (6GB) OCZ Reaper 1066MHz @ 1080MHz
Graphics Card EVGA nVidia GTX 260 896mb (216 Core) FTW Edition
Sound Card Realtek ALC888
Monitor(s) Displays 21" VIZIO TV
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless S520
Mouse Logitech Wireless S520 - Microsoft Wireless Arc Mouse
PSU Corsair 750W
Case NZXT Nemesis Elite
Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ
Hard Drives Western Digital WD6401AALS - 640GB
Hitachi HDP725016GLA380 - 160GB
Internet Speed Download: 20mbps, Upload: 3mbps
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12 Nov 2009
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Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit) Mumbai, India |
Quote: Originally Posted by DarkNovaGamer
Quote: Originally Posted by Dinesh Isn't that too early? Who cares. Everyone here wants W8 Beta Yeah we need something to play with. Windows 7 is too old now.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung NP530U4B-S02IN
OS Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
CPU Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 2467M (1.60GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
Motherboard Samsung Electronics
Memory 6GB DDR3 System Memory at 1,333MHz (on BD 4GB + 2GB x 1)
Graphics Card AMD Radeon™ HD7550M 1GB DDR3 (Ext. Graphic)
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 35.56cm (14.0) SuperBright 300nit HD LED Display
Screen Resolution 1366x768
Hard Drives 1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5400RPM) with ExpressCache 16GB SSD
Internet Speed sucks
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Google Chrome (Sync enabled)
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12 Nov 2009
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Professional (x64) Los Angeles |
Can't they just hold off? I don't want my new OS to be outdated so quickly!  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Cyberpower, Inc.
OS Windows 7 Professional (x64)
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
Motherboard Gigabyte AMD MA770T-UD3P AM3 DDR3 1666+/1333/1066
Memory 6GB (3 x 2GB) Kingston DDR3 1333 SDRAM
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Sound Card Onboard 7.1 Sound
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 24" SyncMaster 2422
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200
Keyboard HTK-1001
Mouse Razer Viper
PSU Kingwin 700 Watt Power Supply
Case Silver X-Cruiser 2 Mid No Power
Cooling Asetek 120MM Watercooler
Hard Drives 500GB Sata II 3.0GB 16MB 7200RPM,
Western Digital 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
Internet Speed Incoming: 2496 kbps, Outgoing: 512 kbps
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12 Nov 2009
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 Pembroke |
Quote: Originally Posted by HughShaw Can't they just hold off? I don't want my new OS to be outdated so quickly! Hold off on innovation?  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom | Whitebox
OS Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04
CPU Intel E6750 @ 3.80GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L (Revision 1.1)
Memory 2x2GB & 2x1GB (6GB) OCZ Reaper 1066MHz @ 1080MHz
Graphics Card EVGA nVidia GTX 260 896mb (216 Core) FTW Edition
Sound Card Realtek ALC888
Monitor(s) Displays 21" VIZIO TV
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless S520
Mouse Logitech Wireless S520 - Microsoft Wireless Arc Mouse
PSU Corsair 750W
Case NZXT Nemesis Elite
Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ
Hard Drives Western Digital WD6401AALS - 640GB
Hitachi HDP725016GLA380 - 160GB
Internet Speed Download: 20mbps, Upload: 3mbps
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12 Nov 2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x32 India |
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x32
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53 Ghz
Motherboard Intel Desktop Board DG31PR
Memory 2GB Transcend DDR2 PC2-5300 (333 Mhz)
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
Sound Card Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 540N
Screen Resolution 1024x768
Keyboard Microsoft Intelli Pro Wireless Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft Intelli Pro Wireless Optical Mouse
Case iBall Engine-X
Hard Drives 250 GB Seagate HDD, 500 GB Seagate HDD
Internet Speed 2 Mb/sDownload Speed, 512 Kb/s Upload Speed
Other Info Have a laptop too (With Windows 7 Ultimate x64).
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12 Nov 2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Utah |
I wonder what it would be like, if they were to release the official version of an OS, then simultaneously release the Alpha for the next generation, and keep that in open development for three years till it's ready to go? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Zen Productions
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Intel i7-860
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P
Memory Corsair Dominator 1600Mhz, 8-8-8-24 1.65v 2x2GB
Graphics Card ATI Radeon 5770 HD
Sound Card Intel High Definition Sound
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2570HD
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech G110
Mouse Logitech MX Revolution
PSU Corsair CMPSU-750HX 750W
Case Antec p183
Cooling Corsair H50 Water Cooler
Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Black 500gb
Internet Speed 768 mb/s
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12 Nov 2009
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#9 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 QC, Canada |
Quote: Originally Posted by DarkNovaGamer Everyone here wants W8 Beta
You have to talk for yourself here. I'm not ready yet. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom build
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
CPU Core i7 950 3.06 GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
Memory Corsair XSM3 6GB 1333MHz DDR3 9-9-9-24
Graphics Card Asus nVidia GeForce GTX460 Factory Overclocked
Sound Card HT-Omega Claro 7.1
Monitor(s) Displays Asus VW246H 24"
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech K350
Mouse Logitech M510
PSU Xigmatek NRP-PC702 700W (cable hell)
Case Lian-Li Lancool PC-K62
Cooling Stock fans for PC case, Cooler Master Hyper N520 for CPU
Hard Drives 1x90GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD (System, internal)
1x1TB Western Digital Green (Internal)
1x1TB Samsung/Seagate 7200RPM (Internal)
1x500GB Hitachi 7200RPM (Internal)
Internet Speed 30Mbits dl - 10Mbits up
Browser Firefox v20
Other Info Sound system : Eagle Arion ET-AR504LR-BK 35 Watts RMS 2.1
Printer : Samsung ML-2010 Mono
Scanner : Canon Canoscan LiDE 200
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12 Nov 2009
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 Pembroke |
Quote: Originally Posted by Lebon14
Quote: Originally Posted by DarkNovaGamer Everyone here wants W8 Beta
You have to talk for yourself here. I'm not ready yet. Sorry, a 'vast majority'. From what I can see. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom | Whitebox
OS Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04
CPU Intel E6750 @ 3.80GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L (Revision 1.1)
Memory 2x2GB & 2x1GB (6GB) OCZ Reaper 1066MHz @ 1080MHz
Graphics Card EVGA nVidia GTX 260 896mb (216 Core) FTW Edition
Sound Card Realtek ALC888
Monitor(s) Displays 21" VIZIO TV
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless S520
Mouse Logitech Wireless S520 - Microsoft Wireless Arc Mouse
PSU Corsair 750W
Case NZXT Nemesis Elite
Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ
Hard Drives Western Digital WD6401AALS - 640GB
Hitachi HDP725016GLA380 - 160GB
Internet Speed Download: 20mbps, Upload: 3mbps
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