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A Neowin forum member wrote a post outlining features for what is supposedly Windows 7 (build 6.1.6519). Almost as quick as he wrote the post he also deleted it, but not before a Neowin administrator grabbed a cached version. As expected people are questioning the integrity of the review because no photos or anything substantial was included. Here’s an overview of what was said:
- Couldn’t get Aero working because of driver issues
- Uses barely 480MB of memory after startup
- Gadgets are now integrated into Explorer
- New Gadget called Windows Media Center that shows information of what’s playing in Media Center
- Start menu has a pin next to each item to toggle pinning status
- The feedback tool hints at future Windows 7 expectations:
- Improved network connectivity that can detect what network your on and switch settings accordingly
- New Calculator, Paint, and Wordpad use WPF
- Installation takes just 10 minutes with 1 reboot
- Better battery life
- New boot screen and redesigned Vista login screen
Unfortunately we can’t disprove anything that was said because there were no pictures provided to backup the theory. I did see a Microsoft Windows employee post in the forum on that particular thread (I won’t point him out), but it wasn’t in regards to the authenticity to the Windows 7 claims.
The image above is supposedly of Windows 7 that was posted by another Neowin member, but there are a lot of things that tip it off as a fake:
- Both MSN Messenger and Internet Explorer are branded as version 12 and 11 respectively. Yeah, like they will release 4 versions of Internet Explorer by the time Windows 7 is released.
- The last time I checked MSN Messenger is now known as Windows Live Messenger.
- Windows Media Player has an old icon, and Internet Explorer’s icon is lacking the gold ring around it.
- The date says it’s Sunday, December 15th. That’s interesting because the last time December 15th landed on a Sunday was back in 2002. But you know this had to be created within the last year or two because it uses some icons that were just introduced in Vista.
Oh, and about the title of the article. I just wanted to second the motion of a Neowin member who said “Windows 7 sucks, I’ll stick with Vista! Just wanted to be the first one to say it!” 
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Isn’t it a Longhorn, and the “Windows code name 7″ is just fake text? The blue color of the window resembles the Longhorn gui design.
Wow, that title was really misleading!
I just want Windows 7 to be 64-bit only. It’s time to move on already!
PhoenixP3K, you are absolutely right about that, exactly what i think of!!
at 2009 or whenever they release it 4GB memory is already mainstream .. so there is already no need for 32-bit version.. and another thing is to unify software and drivers development to only one version.
The GUI looks intersting
It’s time for MS to just make the existing Windows actually work well, streamlined and dump all the legacy crap, like Windows 3.11 icons and Font managers. Oh, and my biggest grip about Microsoft? Release the damn thing under ONE version next time…..not 37 different versions.
All this premium ultimate home crap makes me start thinking Apple/Linux.
And one more thing: If you can’t release an OS (Vista) that copies files faster or the same as its previous version, what the ^$%#%$%#@ hell are you doing trying to develop some new fangled thing? Huh?
rant over
I second that motion, it actually looks much better than the current on in Vista and of course better than the on in Win XP.
I thought that too, but there are too many Vista icons that weren’t available until some of the public Beta builds. So it has to be from within the last two years or so.
I’m hoping for the same thing, because that’s the only way developers and manufacturers will be pushed to support it.
I don’t think that we’ll see just one version, but I would hope that they could at least get it back down to two like there initially was with XP. There should be one available for businesses, and another for the mainstream consumer. As long as consumers have just one version that they need to look at then I’ll be happy.
So how was that made?
You can do anything in Photoshop.
Windows 8 sucks, I’ll stick with 7.
windows 7 looks horrible and its touchscreen is never going to work and probably has alot of bugs
HAHAHA This is Windows xp or vista with a theme!!!
I HAVE WINDOWS SEVEN, activated.
Ask me for one of my own screenshot at daniel_in_flames@hotmail.com
BTW, Google images windows 7 and you will see that there are 100000 different ones. DONT TRUST these pictures
Window 7 (build 7000) is slow just like vista, i give up with windows, now i’m downloading ubuntu, what is M$ doing
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yeah I installed 7 and my computer hates it slow as hell no sound
all kinda problems,so 7 sucks I wont buy that crap stick to xp.
Wtf?
This isn’t windows 7 … This looks like cheap ( pretty ugly 
) skin who is set on XP. But w7 in beata version disapoints a lot of users.. slow, unstable, and not compactable with lot of programs like skype, daemon tools.. 
(even on vista they runned perfectly)
i have windows 7 and it sucks. i tried to use my game controller on it for oblivion and it doesnt work. also my south bridge driver doesnt work, eather does hydra vision. it already locked down once. i know its only beta 64 bit by the way. but i will stick with xp
i tried windows 7 beta it sucks soo much the start up is amazing but it just plain out uses to much cpu to run right and it just looks like updated vista with knock off mac interface
so when is windows going to live up to its name since windows 7 beta is just like vista and its very power hungry and it looks like windows is just trying to copy mac osx
Good lord… People try an early beta and judge everything out from that. But I know, it’s the same every damn time. I’m no Windows/MS fan myself, but sometimes I got to do a /facepalm…
Microsoft seems to suffer from the great derangement as many console game developers. They find a spot which doesn’t look nice enough and they have to put an animation there too. Clutter clutter clutter.
After windows 7 is released there are NO WAY going back to xp.
besides it SO much better then vista for sure.
Been testing 7 a few days now and although it is a bit better then Vista it still is annoying to navigate and difficult to configure to your personal preferences.
IMO 7 is still a down grade from XP. Microsoft has blown it again.
i hate windows7 i cant run hardley any games with disc images its blocked alcahol 120% wtf is the point of havn a computer if you cant do what you want to do on if you want to install programs microsoft shouldnt stop fuck windows im geting a mac
I tried windows 7 for about three weeks. It had some really bad video issues (big bocks of missing areas on screen)with call of duty 5 and even mahjongg. It also screwed up my master boot record. For now I will stick with XP Pro although it appears I will have to reinstall my Ubuntu because of the MBR problem. (whats up with the typing problems on this post site, thought I needed a pile driver to get all the text to appear. Is it run by Microsoft?)
i agree with bobby windows 7 suuuuucks.
. you guys will not be dissappointed.
i’ll definitely buy a mac.
microsoft should stop producing computers and leave it to the pro’s 8). i would buy windows 7 but it doesn’t live up to it’s name. So i would advise everyone to swith to mac it’s muuuuch better i’ll guaruntee that
Bryant, it is only a beta. It still has yet to be completed.
I don’t think anyone should be complaining until the OS is completed.
nice spelling, pardon me if I don’t follow your “intelligent” advice. Live in your little Mac boxed world, see if we care.
I’ve been running 7(b7000)x64 for about a month now. I haven’t had one problem with the OS. You guys say that it blows because nothing runs on it, like alcohol, and DTools. You’re right! But that isn’t because Microsoft messed up. It’s the software developers from companies like DTools who haven’t added Build 6.1 to their compatability lists. Open up the -I think the .inf file- on most programs and add windows 6.1 to the list. If you don’t know how to do it, use MagicDisc.
Well idk about the fake poster, but I’m running Windows 7 Beta, and it does, indeed, suck. I chose not to start the sidebar at startup- now when I try to start it manually, it won’t start. Windows Firewall will not let me configure settings, though I am admin. My NVIDIA driver stops responding when using WMP. It automatically keeps a backup of your previous OS which takes up half the disk space- had to search around and delete it. Same with restore points, and even though I turned restore off, it keeps making restore points. Updates always fail. I could go on and on, but why bother? I’m too busy installing Linux.
I own MS stock from time to time as the market swings.
It is interesting that MS continues to dumb down it’s products more and more and actually cripples its software. The consumer outgrows the basic system then finds themselves wanting something more powerful. They may upgrade to another MS product or they just may become fed up and use something else like I did.
Me personally I turned to virtualization software. Guess what MS has a screw policy that it does not allow virtualization. That is ridiculous on their part and as an investor I feel they are shooting themselves in the foot. I’m not a fanboy of any system since they all have their quirks.
My children attend a charter school and guess what, the board decided to go with more expensive apple computers because of the flexibility and not have to deal with ridiculous software licensing requirements as well as flexibility and the ability to virtualize other systems.
As a new generation of computer users are coming on line, folks will find themselves wanting to tweak their systems more and more.
IBM is focusing on Virtualization products, which IMHO is the wave of the future that is already here for governments and corporations.
MS continues to turn up their noses at playing in the sandpit with everyone else nicely and want sto control the playground. MS’ virtualization software is weak and only runs other MS products.
Unfortunately, from an investor point of view, MS will begin losing market share within the next 10 years as more and more Linux flavors and Mac systems creep into the mainstream with the general consumer. On top of that they are not ahead of the curve on virtualization products that are going to be the mainstay of the corporate world.
For a company that started out thinking outside of the box they seem to box themselves in. That’s what happens when companies become fat and rich. They become lazy and loose their vision.
MS continues this trend with Windows 7.
i think because some systems are older, with less than 4GB of RAM, and they are 32-bit systems, there will be versions of windows in 32-bit. Atleast until everybody have bought a new computer.
That wasn’t real… But I tried the real windows 7 preview just for fun and think it’s awesome. It loaded all stuff and I used all week without any problems. I also left it running without rebooting. Not that I’m one of those silly purists that say you can never reboot, but it did a fine job. Very rock solid and all. It’s like a some cross between vista and xp, yet seems more thought out. To be honest I don’t really have any problems with vista or xp, but prefer xp.. Vista is a litte more rock solid.. I still can see my self liking windows 7 over both xp and vista. We’ll see.
Yeah that wasnt true, windows 7 was actually available for anyone to download and test a while ago. It’ll just crush any other OS thats out there atm. Really.
Windows 7 looks great! I’ll be the first one to buy it when it comes out. Come on guys! Linux is for suckers with small penises. We’ve got to encourage Microsoft because Vista didn’t cut the mustard. Have a good day
I want to update my whole system / install software the easy way, namely using a package manager. Microsoft doesn’t have this kind of an approach so I’ll stick with Ubuntu until they have fixed that
If anyone is interested, the Windows 7 Release Candidate is out.
I will attempt to download it once or twice but I will not try all week long like I did with the beta.
It took me several attempts to DL Win 7 beta using my home DSL, all turning up corrupt. This has very rarely happend to me before, and I have downloaded several Terabytes of large files.
Finally I was able to get the beta using my laptop aircard of all things. Guess it is safe to say Microsoft’s download manager is total JUNK !
The main thing I really hate about Windows 7 is that it looks / feels too much like Vista and is nothing more than a way to shaft current Vista users insted of resolving their issues.
I have mainly been a MS user sense Win 3.0 and also feel that churning out Win7 barely 2 years sense the last OS is an enormous mistake for MS. For their greed and incompetence; I HOPE MICROSOFT FAILS MISERABLY.
Honestly, I am not a fan of Apple / Mac and their highly overpriced sheeple computers / electronics. However, this move by MS will have me seriously considering a high end MAC as my next computer.
For the average user, Windows 7 will be just as bad as Vista from a hardware compatibility standpoint. Sure, if all you want to do is write Word docs, surf the internet (even though Flash is quirky at best), and check your email, it works great…..then again, if that’s all you want to do, Linux is great too.
However, if you have a high-end Epson scanner then you can’t use the Epson scanning utility, you have to use Windows Fax and scan….which SUCKS!
If you have a firewire printer, you better hope it has a USB option, or you’re SOL there too.
Anybody that has any hardware that is even slightly unique (i.e., personal) on their personal computer that works great with XP, will be a crap shoot with Windows 7.
Moving a user from XP to Windows 7 is bad enough just getting them to accept the new interface and “learn” it, but when you have to tell them that half thier hardware won’t work at all, or as well as it did in XP, then that is a deal breaker.
Microsoft had better get their act together and allow hardware and applications that work in Windows XP to work just as well in Windows 7, or it will suffer the same fate as Vista!
The Windows XP virtual machine is a start, but that does not address all issues, especially where hardware access is needed, such as with scanning utilities!
I am currently using the RC1 beta of windows 7 x64 on a 1.6ghz dual core laptop with 3gb of ram, and I can honeslty say that it is amazing for a product still in beta!
For me, there were no hardware issues (including my HP laserjet printer) and all of my software from windows XP is working brilliantly (to my suprise all nativly supported)!
For the issue with vista, I think that microsoft should offer users a free upgrade to 7, or at least heavily discount the price of an upgrade. Some people liked vista, but personally I found it almost unusably slow (and on the same laptop)
Upgrade to a Mac. You won’t go back.
This is true, windows 7 sucks i have installed it over vista and i find that its to slow , many effects (Aero peek, Aero Shake …etc)
And it takes alots of memory and ram
But i think it will work on 12 gb of ram and 8 procsess
Mac is for computer dummies that need a controlled environment that prevents them from making newbie mistakes. Sooner or later users get educated and want to spread their wings and the freedom to do anything. You can’t do that behind the Iron Curtian of Mac. The software selection is horribly limited. The OS has Nazi like user control.
Am I the only one that remembers the IBM days before the clones? Remember how bad we all wanted to break out? MAC is a step backwards. It’s based on customer control that was already rejected a long time ago. If not for the clone days we wouldn’t have the technology and hardware options we have today.
Oh and Mac is not as reliable as they claim. I’m here in Iraq and a guy in my unit has a MAC. He’s had to reinstall from scratch three times in the past 7 months. When a MAC crashes, it crashes hard. There’s little choice but to reinstall. So much for reliability. Even when it’s working he’s constantly disappointed when he can’t do all the same things I can do with a PC. If you’re a gamer MAC is pointless too.
Ya, with a PC you have to use your brain or you run into trouble. However I can do anything I friggin want with a PC. Is it so bad that a computer user be educated about using his/her computer and OS? Isn’t MAC just creating more computer dummies?
Linux is a great OS for busy body number crunching and it’s plagued by unfocused development and standardization. Plus it refuses to unchain itself from the terminal which users HATE. Can you say vintage? There are hundreds of distros all heading in different directions. It’s chaos. It’s also worthless for gaming because it lacks a unified foundation like directx.
We’re stuck with MS as the OS that offers a middle ground. The problem with Windows is that MS can’t stay focused on a single concept. It keeps throwing major changes at users and disrupting the entire market. They need to stop fixing what isn’t broken and concentrate on tweaking a single OS that is popular with the market. Tweaking XP would have been a better option than creating Vista. However I’m sure we all understand by now that MS’s main motivation for creating new OS’s is not advancement of the OS but putting a new product on the shelves every few years.
PEOPLE…
Are you actually so stupid to beieve this shit?
I installed windows 7 once…
Less then 10 minutes;
And my computer is an fffing rocket!!!
Vista slows ur pc down ppl???
I own a pc store i am an pc technician.
Why u think they release windows 7 so fast after vista?
BECAUSE VISTA IS A FAIL.
Its proven in more then 200 diffrent benchmarks that windows 7 is nearly the fastest operating system in the world(fastes under microsoft).
so think twice before u go talk crap about win 7…Gues u ppl arent it.
Just to remind everyone, the there is some sarcasm in the title of the article. I am using Windows 7, and am enjoying it. Heck, I was one of the people who actually thought Vista was pretty good.