Windows 7 to be officially named... Windows 7

[soumya]

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Microsoft is expected to be handing out pre-betas of Windows 7 to devs at WinHEC and PDC soon, and it looks like it's settled on an official name for its next-gen OS -- ahem, Windows 7. Yep, the code name is the real name, which is a first for Windows. According to Mike Nash on the Vista blog, the company went with Windows 7 because it "just makes sense" as the seventh release of Windows, and MS doesn't want to come up with a new "aspirational" name like Vista -- it "doesn't do justice" to the goal of staying "firmly rooted" in the ideas of Vista.

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What name would you have given to the next version of Windows?

 

[desiibond]

Windows Seven

 

[QwertyManiac]

Argh, the excessive quotes in the paragraph. I hate both Giz and Engadget.

But Windows 7 sounds so odd, ossseven...

 

[zyberboy]

wts the difference bw win7 n vista,is it entirely new coding?

 

[Indyan]

No. Its an evolved version of Windows 7 - expected to be a much more refined version of Vista.
I think its a good move by Microsoft - going back to the basics, sends the right signal.

 

[utsav]

Would hav loved to c it named vienna which was decided b4

 

[ravi_9793]

wts the difference bw win7 n vista,is it entirely new coding?

Windows 7 will be build on same foundation used for windows vista.

 

[x3060]

so essentially both are same or is win 7 gonna act like vista sp2 ?????

BTW, windows 7 is a nice name

 

[amitash]

I like windows seven...sounds more professional

 

[ravi_9793]

so essentially both are same or is win 7 gonna act like vista sp2 ?????

BTW, windows 7 is a nice name

windows 7 will have many new features... like sensors. Also it will have IE8, WMP 12, and new microsoft paint.....and many more.

 

[casanova]

Argh, the excessive quotes in the paragraph. I hate both Giz and Engadget.

But Windows 7 sounds so odd, ossseven...

Coz 7 is an odd number.

Vienna was good as well

 

[Hitboxx]

Nice, Windows 7 sounds adept and upto the point and very professional. Good.

Personally I would have named it Windows Vyacheslavovich for the peppy flavour.

It is destined to be the best ever OS on the planet, though I would love to see some OS from non-Earthly segments in this lifetime.

 

[SunnyChahal]

Ghanta!Windows 7 sounds stupid.

 

[naveen_reloaded]

i like windows 7... its some wht good ... instead of coming with someother name .. like longhorn in the prev...

 

[Abhishek Dwivedi]

Windows 7...7 is OK but would be cooler if they spell it like "Se7en"...moreover "Windows Vienna" sounds so peaceful...

 

[comp@ddict]

Yeah itz MS's 7th OS, so obv WINDOWS 7

 

[Anorion]

x3060... yeah, a LOT of people are thinking along the same lines as windows 7 being a glorified vista SP2. Vista is about twenty times more secure than XP, but twenty times more bugging as well. The interface is horrible.

 

[ravi_9793]

x3060... yeah, a LOT of people are thinking along the same lines as windows 7 being a glorified vista SP2. Vista is about twenty times more secure than XP.

welcome new mod

 

[NucleusKore]

On topic: Windows 7 sounds good
Short, sweet, professional

Off topic:

welcome new mod

Some men are born great, others have greatness thrust upon them. Our new mod has only three posts, is it one of our forum members in another avatar?

 

[ravi_9793]

On topic: Windows 7 sounds good
Short, sweet, professional

+1

Some men are born great, others have greatness thrust upon them. Our new mod has only three posts, is it one of our forum members in another avatar?

He may be from Digit or close to admin.