Windows 7...Vista, But Better

Category: Operating Systems
Posted: October 28, 2008 03:29PM
Author: ClayMeow

Microsoft is currently holding its annual Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles this week (October 27-30), and it shouldn't come as any surprise that Windows 7 would be a big focus of the event. Microsoft handed out copies of "API-complete, pre-beta of the code" for Windows 7, dubbed "Milestone 3" to hundreds of developers and reviewers. For those eager to give it a try, however, currently Milestone 3 is for developers only, and as usual, Microsoft failed to announce any timetable for a public launch. But what this does mean for us is that we now get more details on exactly what Windows 7 will be like. Windows 7 is not a rewrite; it's basically Windows Vista redone to have better performance, more usability and more compatibility. Currently, even the interface is largely unchanged from Vista, though that could change as development continues. Nevertheless, there are already a ton of differences in Milestone 3 over Vista (way too many to list here), so if you're interested in learning more, you're only a click away.

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