Windows 7 Beta 1 (build 7000) screenshots

Mattey1 said:
heheh & the trolls come out as always!

Installed this yesterday, absolutely loving it. Seems to be quicker than vista with certain things, opening programs being one, basically instant.

The taskbar gets some getting used to but after using it for a day now, I'm very impressed, much prefer it over the old ones. But then i love fancy looking themes/desktops :) I have to say for it being Beta1 it doesn't feel like it :)



Yes very easily as well, right click task bar & select small icons.

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Want any more pics or anything just ask :)
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SP2 for Vista is introducing the same driver model as Windows 7. As for the Kernel its most probably a Server08 variation. Windows 7 is like a hybrid of both Vista & Server 08 in a slightly different skin.
 
AWPC said:
SP2 for Vista is introducing the same driver model as Windows 7. As for the Kernel its most probably a Server08 variation. Windows 7 is like a hybrid of both Vista & Server 08 in a slightly different skin.
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The Server 08 kernel is identical to the Vista SP1 kernel. They're now developed together.

There's nothing significantly different between the SP1 kernel and the 7 kernel - else we'd probably see big compatibility problems such as the ones we saw in the XP to Vista transition.
 
I've downloaded beta 1. not installed yet.
Waiting for my new system which should arrive tomorrow.
My question is... Is 7 stable enough to actually last me my everyday computing?
 
Natima said:
I've downloaded beta 1. not installed yet.
Waiting for my new system which should arrive tomorrow.
My question is... Is 7 stable enough to actually last me my everyday computing?
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So far after using it for 3 days with no problems i have to say i could use it all day everyday, it is very stable especially for the first beta, In fact i go as far to say this is the best Beta I've ever used from MS. But i won't criticize it if anything does go wrong.

I'm pretty sure it is still on the Vista Kernel just updated a little to handle memory & other such things better than Vista, It is 6.1 after all. I have to say that the people who don't like Vista & stay on WinXP, aren't really going to like Win7 as it is much of the same just polished.

It is what Vista should have been in my opinion.
 
Burnsy2023 said:
I would never use a beta product as my standard Workstation OS.
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Yeah I was just thinking I might, because everyone seems so impressed with it, and to be honest... I really cant afford a new OS after my new system.
I might just have to bite the bullet and pay through my nose for a copy of Vista.

Also, Is the beta on a 30-day limit or something?
I read in a review somewhere it was activated until June.
 
Natima said:
I've downloaded beta 1. not installed yet.
Waiting for my new system which should arrive tomorrow.
My question is... Is 7 stable enough to actually last me my everyday computing?
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A more important question to ask yourself is why bother as it expires in July 09 so unless someone bypasses that you will only get a few months use out of it anyway and most likely windows update will not let you patch unless your an MS approved beta tester.
 
I would say it is, it's my main OS now, just like Vista Beta 1 and 2 was, and they where as stable as Vista RTM.

AWPC said:
A more important question to ask yourself is why bother as it expires in July 09 so unless someone bypasses that you will only get a few months use out of it anyway and most likely windows update will not let you patch unless your an MS approved beta tester.
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July 09 the official release should be out I'd have though....

Oh and its better than Vista.
 
AWPC said:
A more important question to ask yourself is why bother as it expires in July 09 so unless someone bypasses that you will only get a few months use out of it anyway and most likely windows update will not let you patch unless your an MS approved beta tester.
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At least in that time I may get some money to buy a copy when it comes out.
I'm a student living in london traveling 10 miles to college every day.
 
Installing now on a celeron 800mhz laptop. Progress is slow, as half an hour later its 27% through "expanding files"

oh dear.
 
I gave in to the pressure and installed it on my Acer One 120GB/1GB. It runs pretty smooth, most Vista/XP drivers work perfectly fine except the wifi which seems a little iffy, works fine when it works but sometimes wont detect once booted but works fine if rebooted.

Seems pretty stable, I will give it a few days and let superprefetch sort itself out a little. I cant get the gadgets to work though, right click>gadgets and the option on the start menu dont work, nothing loads. Although it worked fine when I installed through VirtualBox...

I will be installing my everyday programs and see how they work.
 
You'd need the 64-bit disc, which hasn't been leaked. Wait for the official Beta program if you want it - should be early Jan.
 
Installed this dual boot on my 4th gen macbook pro yesterday and all i can say is wow, very stable no crashes for a Beta 1, also it loads much quicker and shuts down quicker than a base vista sp1 install. I have also noticed overall speed inside the OS is quicker also. I also like the new boot screen :)
 
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