17 New Windows 7 Screenshots

Windows 7 Confirmed for 2010. Screenshots after the jump.

[bootsielon]

I guess I'll never get the "chance" to have Vista. It seems that Microsoft realized that Vista flopped. Seriously, two different Windows versions launched in the Xbox 360 period (unless microsoft decides to launch 720 in 2009, which wouldn't surprise me).

Why so many different user interfaces anyway? Is it customizable? While that is good for PCs, for work computers it could be annoying if they are shared.

[Close_Second]

What do you mean so early. Vista came out last year?

Remember Windows 95, 98, 2000. I would have thought 3 years between major releases would have been a bit long in my opinion.

Oh, and when did you last see a game sell over a 100 million copies? Vista may have its problems but its certainly no failure.

[masterg]

@Close_Second

It's soon when you think of XP to Vista took 6 years with very little improvement, and "Im sorry to say" more things wrong than right.

[Kain81]

here in germany all Customers will stay at XP but M$ is against it so all PCs and notebooks comes with Vista.
That is Monopol that is M$.

[meepmoopmeep]

forcing Vista on all new computers. no, no anti-trust there, not at all.

[lsujester]

Well, it seems that way, but it's rather hard to narrow down a specific anti-trust action in that. Those PC makers chose to put Windows on their computers, and chose to put x86 processors inside them. These companies are all in bed together to make money from you and I, so with that much going on, it's very difficult to specify any one thing as definitively anti-trust.

As for it being specfically Vista instead of XP, yeah that's MS's decision. But it's not really any different from any other seller. Most any company replaces their product line with the latest and "greatest". You wouldn't go up to Asus wanting to a 6 year old model mobo for your brand-new PC, would you?

I know this response isn't all that necessary, but I like to talk sometimes. LOL

[SiLeNt KNighT]

these are fake. a bs site posting cheesy pics. i turned xp on my desktop to look the same as vista. i used different shell extensions but if you have 'windowsblinds' you can create quite a bit of different styles. mix that with photoshop and you get these beautifly cheesy pics we see here.

[Tomdc]

and the difference between this and vista/xp? the interface is probably the only one lol

[DeadlyFire]

The many different interfaces could be a good thing though even if PCs are shared you could just create a profile for each user to use the PC with their own interface they like on it. Just like the X360 or any other version of Windows. The profile thing came from Windows really. Windows 7 also adds in touchscreen tech for it. Which will be coming up in some monitors in 2010 or so as well. Windows 7 is the quick Fix to Vista. I hope it is as grand as MS promises.

I highly doubt Microsoft would launch in 2009 before DirectX 11 or anything like that they would have a two-three year lead on everyone else and that could cause one of two things. One good and one bad and its very risky. One being what has happened before with Sega a complete bomb and death and the other being a two year lead in sales bigger than the Wii has right now.

[hay]

Screenshots won't show us how reliable this OS is.

[Ghoul]

but they show us how many unnecesary gadgets microsofts forces onto us once again

[Relcom]

Nonbelievers see "vista"

[lsujester]

Yeah, Vista can do everything on those screenshots with a little tweaking, so I'm not that convinced.

My prediction is that the new OS will not be accepted that much better than Vista has been. It's still going to need brand new drivers, up-to-date hardware, and be extremely finicky about using older devices. Any progression of an OS will run into these issues, and so therefore many people will still be crying when they buy a POS laptop from Costco and expect it to be the holy grail.

[Manet]

Yeah what's the deal with all the gadgets?
I like it clean and easy! I might be old fashion, "but that how I roll baby"

[madestar]

true... how reliable is this???? will it read hardware??? will it run old programs???? how many times do we need to upgrade????? to me it looks like they are imitating mac os x leopard... microsoft fails

[Fishy Fingers]

Vista, more glass and better toolbars.

But it's the performance in concerned with, I was foolish and jumped on Vista and it's promises early. That wont be happening again.

[Jrome]

They say it will be less bloated than vista. I guess they learned from their mistakes...I hope. lol

[Ghoul]

http://bp2.blogger.com/_0q5...

can you spell CLUTTERED

that ui is horrible
i honestly doubt the realness of those screens they look more like ui hacks to vista created by users, there is no chacnce ms would unleash something that bad onto uus

[Jrome]

I think it looks pretty good for a big multitasker like me

[Ghoul]

well i am more then multitask mate, but that ui is unuseable :P
im yet looking for a good ui focused on the working poeple i need better application arrangements and tools

[Jrome]

From the looks of it, you can customize the UI, that's just one variation. Stop h8ing

[Presentist]

Thank you for saying what I was thinking, the amount of clutter in this interface is laughable.

I'm a dedicated OSX user, but I love XP, I'm not sure that any new Windows OS will top XP as far as ease of use and productivity.

[Killa Aaron]

Fake i have that exact wallpaper and ive seen all of these things on DA made by users and that ultimate about windows dialog is easily modifiable

[Fishy Fingers]

The low res isn't helping with the "cluttered" look.

[qwertyuiopasdfghjkl]

What am I staring at? All of these pictures seem like artist representations, like rumored features being drawn up in photoshop. I say this because theres no way I'm scrolling through a click wheel, or "My Circle" type of interface.

If these pictures are the real deal, a glimpse of the future if you will, I am hugely disappointed. I urge Microsoft to keep beefing up Vista and make it worth the money. Vista might not be everyones cup of tea, but once you mess with some settings, uninstall, and disable some programs, Vista isn't too bad.

[lsujester]

Amen. After a week or screwing around with Vista, it has been running this PC beautifully. Had to do the same screwing around with XP over the years.

[Skerj]

Why does it look like MacOS?

[Fishy Fingers]

do you have to ask?

[Yoma]

Just make Windows XP programs compatible with Windows 7 and it might be a success.

[JewyMcJew]

I sense a secret conspiracy...

Microsoft is intentionally trying to reduce productivity by creating ever increasing useless (but pretty) eye-candy.

Tin Foil Hats time people!

[wass007]

They cud do all dis wiv vista ryt now so y waste consumers money agen lol

[Turbo Teddy]

I used to have Vista business on my laptop. after the SP1 it completley screwed my computer - so im back with XP - and my relative "small" computer feels like a powerbomb. Programs, games everything runs better..

Vista is a complete failure, its pretty on the outside but a mess inside..

[foodbox]

You're just flat wrong, give it a rest. There is nothing at all wrong with Vista. You're talking out your arse.

[Ghoul]

you have all the freedom to dislike vista

but its not bad like many try to downtalk it, i switched to vista and had maybe 2 critical errors sofar, infact im very pleased that ms decuppled the driver part from the os system, so sometimes some drivers get nuked but instead of nuking my whole os i only get a nuked driver that gets reloaded, im using vista and i like it, not the best but not the worst.

[FordGTGuy]

Vista is selling more then XP did? Vista is also a more reliable and secure operating system then XP.

[foodbox]

FAKE

Blogspot GARBAGE

how does this shiatt get approved?

[heyheyhey]

Windows 7- now with even less innovation and improvement over a previous iteration than Vista!!!!

[Xi]

so, vista is pretty much the equivalent to millennium?

[lsujester]

No, it's not as bad as ME. Many people are on the "Hate Vista" bandwagon, but if you have a PC with good specs and disable a couple of annoying programs (VAC, especially), it's a good OS.

[kewlkat007]

XP of 2000? While Vista is like Millennium?

XP after 2 super tweaks was just fine. For what I do on Vista , I have no issues but it's not a big enough reason to get rid of XP. Well sota like DVD and Blu-Ray transition.

But I'm sick of the Windows rushed paint jobs...and having to wait after 4 until sh^t works like it's supposed to.

Staying away from this one..unless it's a breakthrough

[n00bPwner]

Vista is the best. I'll never go back to XPiss or anything else.

[straightpiff420]

lmao was that a joke?

[pwnsause]

??? what type of weed are you smoking today?

[n00bPwner]

I wonder if 90% of the fanboys who bash vista have ever tried it.

[tehReaper]

Vista is okay from my short time with it...but it's compatibility worries me too much to keep it a long-term upgrade. XP works better in my opinion.

I hope the new Windows is actually innovating because I'm sick of the same crap. Microsoft needs to do something new. This is in the right direction, but they have a lot of work. They still have time, but they need to get it right this time or lots of people will lose interest in Windows. Quite a few already have.

[sleepbox]

Yay, let's make everything tedious so the elderly can use our computers!!

Seriously, MS, are you stupid? XP SP2/3 are the best OS ever and you put out Vista, people hate it, so you put out another in even less time that looks even more like the reason we hate Vista. What's wrong with you MS?

[xc7x]

so what's new about this?

[DG]

Looks even more complicated and harder to use. Ill prob. still be using XP in 2010.

[tonsoffun]

I am a total OSX convert, but I really want a decent gaming rig. If MS can provide me with a comparable experience with this new OS, they may have a convert.

[kcdude]

Still looking gaudy like Vista. They should stop with the eye candy and focus on performance.

[ShiftyLookingCow]

most of the screens look pretty fake. But if they are real, then screw Windows 7 as it looks like another overloaded PoS instead of being minimalist.

[kindi_boy]

i have a feeling that MS will do a better job on this one.
i really hope developers start making games or versions on other OSs
only reason i can't switch is that. Vista sucked balls, resources devourer, lousy kernel, and biggest problem ever seen on vista is transferring files, even from the same folder it takes forever.

for the past two weeks i've installed vista on and off for more than 8 times and still having problems with it running slow after 3-4 reboots from install.

screw DX10, never going to switch form XP till they get their sh*t together.

[PumPum]

WTF!?

Just got Vista 4 Months ago. Thnx MicroShaft i can allways count on you to f*ck consumers.

And people still wonder why there are so many MS haters. :/

[felidae]

lol. just get it MS ... Apple Macintosh is the way to go!!

[kcdude]

I prefer Linux.