nsane.forums Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Microsoft is planning a couple of major new announcements around Windows 7 with the forthcoming release of the Release Candidate. At a briefing at Microsoft's London headquarters today, the company's Windows OEM manager, Laurence Painell told PC Pro that there will be a "couple of additional, quite major announcements" in the coming weeks. Painell wouldn't reveal when the Release Candidate was due to arrive, but leaked reports have previously suggested that it could come as early as next week, on 10 April.Painell said the company is currently working hard to avoid the software and hardware compatibility issues that blighted the launch of Windows Vista.Whilst the vast majority of Vista apps should work perfectly happily with Windows 7, Microsoft is aware that the "majority of businesses are still running Windows XP," according to Painell. "There was some misconception that I [as a business] could skip Vista and go to Windows 7, and all those incompatibilities would go away," he said. "That's not the case."Painell is nevertheless confident that the vast majority of business and consumer apps will work with Windows 7. He claimed 99% of the top 200 software titles are already compatible, with problems largely confined to apps that go deep into the operating system."The apps we find issues with are low level code, antivirus systems etc. We've worked with vendors to make sure they're ready for release," he said, adding that at least eight leading security vendors already have Windows 7 compatible software ready to buy or test. Microsoft said it's also educating businesses on the use of technology such as its Enterprise Desktop Virtualisation (MED-V) software, which will help companies to continue running Windows XP software on Windows 7 desktops. "The app looks like it's running in Windows 7 [to the end user]," Painell claimed, minimising the need to retrain employees on using virtual desktops. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Surprises?Let me guess... yeah, a new color for the BSD's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Lite Posted April 5, 2009 Administrator Share Posted April 5, 2009 Then they wouldn't be BSOD's anymore :wacko:In all seriousness i've not seen a BSOD once in Windows Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atasas Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 :lolz: just cant fell any fairer as on what people expect from Monstrasoft... :lolz: again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donaldo Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Then they wouldn't be BSOD's anymore :wacko:He probably means 'Black.' :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marik Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 maybe they'll release a Win 7 Chewbacca ed :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jota.Ce Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Welcome to the newest random color xSODs !!!Edit: Random color, random moment, random message,... everything's funny !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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