Rumor: "It only works with touchscreens."
Reality: Windows 7 adds support for multi-touch, but no Microsoft never said it would require any kind of touchscreen. They'd have to be insane to do that.
Showing posts with label "Windows 7". Show all posts
Showing posts with label "Windows 7". Show all posts
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
Windows 7 rumors debunked
There's been a lot of misinformation about Windows 7 going around. So here's why I think all these rumors are just plain incorrect:
Rumor: The next version of Windows is codenamed "7", Windows Seven, Windows "7", or Windows Se7en.
Reality: The next version of Windows is codenamed Windows 7.
Rumor: Microsoft plans to ship Windows 7 three years from now.
Reality: Microsoft plans to finish Windows 7 three years after they started working on it.
Rumor: Bill Gates said Windows 7 would ship next year.
Reality: Bill Gates said "sometime in the next year or so" they "will have a new version."
Rumor: Windows 7 is being rewritten from scratch or near scratch,.
Reality: Microsoft has made it clear that Windows 7 is an evolution of Windows Vista. Also, they never said they were throwing away any code. They're merely making it possible for them to build a small part of the OS ("MinWin") without the rest of Windows, probably just for testing the kernel.
Rumor: Any screenshots claiming to show Windows 7's GUI are fake, as Windows 7 is just MinWin right now.
Reality: As I said before, Microsoft never said they were throwing away any code, or that they weren't working on the GUI yet.
That's all the major misinformation I can think of right now. I'm gonna add links to my sources if/when I get around to it.
Rumor: The next version of Windows is codenamed "7", Windows Seven, Windows "7", or Windows Se7en.
Reality: The next version of Windows is codenamed Windows 7.
Rumor: Microsoft plans to ship Windows 7 three years from now.
Reality: Microsoft plans to finish Windows 7 three years after they started working on it.
Rumor: Bill Gates said Windows 7 would ship next year.
Reality: Bill Gates said "sometime in the next year or so" they "will have a new version."
Rumor: Windows 7 is being rewritten from scratch or near scratch,.
Reality: Microsoft has made it clear that Windows 7 is an evolution of Windows Vista. Also, they never said they were throwing away any code. They're merely making it possible for them to build a small part of the OS ("MinWin") without the rest of Windows, probably just for testing the kernel.
Rumor: Any screenshots claiming to show Windows 7's GUI are fake, as Windows 7 is just MinWin right now.
Reality: As I said before, Microsoft never said they were throwing away any code, or that they weren't working on the GUI yet.
That's all the major misinformation I can think of right now. I'm gonna add links to my sources if/when I get around to it.
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