Probably, build 6801 already have IE8 beta 2 preinstalled.

microsoft will really untung a lot again

Windows 7 Aero Peek Preview



Found it on Life Hacker

This post has been edited by sil3ntHunt3r: Nov 4 2008, 08:42 AM

What important part that is? I found the only 6933 feature that isn't working is Aero Peek, SuperBar and Aero Shake is working although I don't know how to use Aero Shake (shake my monitor probably?)

- No aero peek
- Has the old jump list arrow instead of rightclicking
- Old startbutton
- No jump lists in start menu
- No window titles in the thumbnails

Other are true, but old startbutton? I see the SuperBar-enabled 6801 has same startbutton like 6933, what's the different actually? I can't spot any...

when will available in market?

Late 2009 or early 2010, depending on how fast bugs are out and new features are completed.

is the preview available for public test?

Not really. This is the leaked build.

Anybody know since with the advent that 32bit platforms can only use less then 4Gb of ram, will they overcome this limitation in windows 7?

I have a sneaking suspicion that windows 7 will be like windows XP while the current vista will be the pariah Windows ME coz i dont really like vista due to its sluggishness. Also it was rather buggy in the beginning and did i mention the fact that it is resource hungry?

Another bad thing would be that many programs out there are still not yet ready for vista such as in the niche market where software developers are still in the process of upgrading their software for the vista platform.

I hope those software which can run in vista will have not problem porting to windows 7 coz i have a few programs which still require windows xp and the software developer is due to deliver a vista compatible program by early 2009 but then windows 7 will come out at best at the end of 2009.

This post has been edited by crapp0: Nov 10 2008, 07:16 PM

both

Damn, i had hoped they would port to 64bit so that can solve the 4gb ram problem.

is windows 7 nex version of vista?

Microsoft will not overcome (and never will) the RAM limitation in 32-bit platform as it is impossible (without lots of dirty works), that's why they have 64-bit platforms.

I've been using Vista (with SP1) for about 6 months, I don't see any lagging problem unless you've already used up by opening 10 virtual machines simultaneously...

Those software developers have more than enough time to make their software at least compatible with Vista, and since Windows 7 is based on Vista core, maybe it's the right time to nag those developers to upgrade... If software are running in Vista, no doubt it will be running in Windows 7 too (as Microsoft said).

For me vista is a failed product of Microsoft.
Let see how the Window 7 gonna be

All 32bit OS is having 4GB RAM limitation, it is inherent and can't be fix (and not support to be fixed).

Not only 32bit XP and Vista is having 4GB RAM limitation, 32bit Linux and other open source OS is also having this limitation too.

Your only option is to go for 64bit OS if you plan to increase your system RAM beyond 4GB.

This post has been edited by WebWalker: Nov 12 2008, 11:48 AM

I know that 32bit OS have the 4GB ram limit, what im asking is will Windows 7 still be coded in 32 bit or will it be 64bit?

Windows 7 will be released in x64 1st.
x86 not sure.

-pWs-

As for now, Windows7 still available in 32 and 64 bit flavor. But if you're looking at Windows Server 2008 R2 (the server OS side of Windows7), it's only available in 64-bit only. Maybe it's a hint that Windows7 also will be 64-bit only when it RTMed. Just wait and see...