Inside the Windows 7 desktop, part 1 (CNET)

[andersonle09]

Come on windows, do something cutting edge for once. You don't even have multiple desktops, even free linux has a desktop switcher... did I mention it's FREE?

[MrNikname]

Use linux dummys! never viruses and NEVER problems and Linux does every install FOR you ffs!

+YOU save the 100-250€ for a good camera. trololol:D

[BoogieWithStew]

The Windows 7 task bar / start menu is TOTAL CRAP.

The XP UI was far superior. I've been using MS Windows since 1991 and now have Windows 7 64-bit on a $3,000 computer and it's completely unusable.

Why would I want to type program names into a search box? What was wrong with clicking Start -> Office -> Excel? Beautiful simplicity.

Microsoft is a lost company, guaranteed "success" only due to its monopoly on the marketplace.

[mpa324]

@BoogieWithStew you mean going to "start menu-programs-office-ecxel"..t­hats a bit too much clicking and mouse hovering..i just started using the search bar,,i find it more convenient for starting things like..dxdiag,services.msc..msc­onfig..usually u have to go to run to open these programs,,but my simply typing services in the search and enter the program opens.

[TkMToM1993]

@BoogieWithStew well go to XP then, no one is forceing you to move to windows 7

[de0zz]

The quality on this video is horrible. I'll just stop watching and rate it thumbs down :P

[zuhaibz5]

pooe girl looks like she wants to say something but the dude doesnt give her a chance

[wiseye61]

but... i just got a vista... why you gotta release a new os right after i get a vista  DX

[Robertttstyle]

why you got to get vista when they release a new os?

[wiseye61]

but they said vista got cool features, so i had to get it...

[rahmanroni]

Don't worry, its easier to upgrade from vista to 7. I bet there will probably a discount price for vista users or something.

[dmc040]

yea for old pc's with windows vista the upgrade is about 200 bucks for ultimate, but new and selected pcs with vista have free upgrade

[MasterDK94]

@wiseye61 because Vista is damn slow bullshit OS, so they developed a new one...

[de0zz]

@wiseye61 Because Vista sucks!!! Simple as that. Vista had been released since 2007 though!

[N05Y573M]

everyone talks bout appearance and interface colours and effects. I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE F****ING RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. im starting to fear this "Vista selling strategy" again. can this OS rip-off XP yes or not.

[ralven]

lol try it out yourself ive been using it on a separate non work machine and after about three days i put it on my work machine haha i really love it and its much much muuuch faster than anything ive seen before i like my macs but i dont think they can beat this its just too easy and great to use good job microsoft im a happy customer =]

[Chipwich6991]

snow leopard aint got nothing on 7

[fernarenas]

nadie quiere saber nada de interface, cuanto de recursos usa? como maneja el tema, es dinámico?

interface, eso lo logro cambiando máscaras, hasta ahora para mi todo es windows xq, nada q el xq no haya podido lograr, cambios por favor!

[JobbyRoshTrobby]

it doesn't look as like new or clean as vista i don't know have to see it in person looks fast

[spywaremegaton]

It works great try it.

[gnarlysky]

Bitchy arguing aside...

I'm excited for Windows 7.

[Eternalglow]

Indeed, like it is easy to build a new OS.

But still, the huge taskbar is a waste of pixels for me. But i'm also excited for W7!

[Toyota4Life]

Me too :)

It looks good.

[1620fatmonkey]

Wow! I can click on things! and put stuff on the task bar! Oh no the task bar is 10pxls taller! I can still minimize and maximize my windows, wow! This looks like vista's look mixed with a FEW of Ubuntu's features. PS:(ubuntu has a bar for icons like this, and bar for programs) IF YOU LISTEN TO THIS VIDEO WITHOUT LOOKING AT IT, it makes you feel like Microsoft isn't even trying.

[falseaddress010]

the taskbar reminds me of a combination of the mac taskbar from the above and bottom

[zdumdum]

They just improved the quick taskbar icons ability. It looked very useless in vista and xp thats why...

[fadropblane]

Windows XP for life

[jakeharvey]

Really? For life? You'll be looking pretty dated with Windows XP in 10 years.

[jmasterX]

WOW, putting programs on a bar... where have I seen this *cough* Dock; Leopard, OSX; *cough*

[djespeed]

I kinda thought something about that taskbar looked familiar.. And I'm not a Mac fanboy--I'm a user. I am eagerly awaiting both 7 and Mac OS X 10.6. Gotta keep this 'book up to date

[rogelead]

You could put icons like that in windows 97! Windows 7 gave them options and made them bigger.

I hate how everyone says this is from osx when i have used these quick icons since 97!

[spywaremegaton]

we have been able to put programs on the bar since windows xp..... they just improved the icons and made the taskbar for functional than ever before.... u mac fanboy

[niksujoksu]

agree, that windows' bar is in my opinion just extended and evolved quick launch menubar. mac's bar is just way more useful thou!

[jackyere]

he's cute

[MichaelJohnNielsen]

that has got to be the worst sound quality video I've ever watched. IT SUCKS.

DELETION is required.

[nformby]

This is not a copy of the Mac OS X dock now is it?

[niksujoksu]

do you really think that when someone comes up with a great idea like dock on os x, nobody else will use it? just like embedded video players on internet, it's everywhere nowadays!

[nformby]

It's a bad copy too. It looks pretty boring and wastes even more desktop space for the menu bar!

[groovdafied]

Actually it doesn't look like a copy, this one seems like it actually does things.

[mikegrung]

hey you know you can also have text on the taskbar it looks cool like when you launch the program the icon expands and text appears and then when you close the app the icon shrinks back to normal

[mikegrung]

hey hey is windows 7 really the last version of windows shit

[Dpetters91]

hey hey is this comment your latest attempt at being funny?

[spywaremegaton]

no its ot a copy hell no! the quick launch stuff has been there since windows xp so let me tell you something this is not a copy!!!!

[bob4leader]

you are right it is the last version, they are working on a entire new os with a ner kernal

[mikegrung]

he has a pint about what if you open up a program that is not on your taskbar but the taskbar is kinda like a dock so you put ALL your programs there

[IknewitWin7]

I've been using Win7 build 6801 for a month now. It's pretty stable, and much quicker than vista. Just remember that you can make Win7 look like Vista, or even XP if you wanted. The supertask bar is great. The peak feature is good. The new gadgets area is like OS X's dashbaord. I had Vista Pre 32bit, and it ran Office 07 kinda sluggish, with the same laptop, Win7 office 07 runs smooth

[themix92]

NOOOOOO

this new taskbar is a VERY BAD IDEA.

i really dont like the fact that your minimized windows are not at the bottom of the screen.

what happens if you launch something that is not in your taskbar?

this is going to make things VERY UNORGANIZED!

this only thing that like about this is the jumplist.

[nakorico]

the task bar is just a crappy doc wich proves that they are getting closer to a mac

[dinjin201]

well, you know, windows 7 will be the last edition of windows... then they will redesign the entire operating system from scratch and release somthing else in about 5-7 years.

maybe they'll call it doors, or skylights... LOL

[AmH032uTuBe]

how do you know this.

[dinjin201]

just type in

windows7news . (c) with an om at the end.

and btw, they picked it up from the microsoft developers confrence so the source is valid.

[JohnnyDProductions]

Are you kidding me? The DOCK on macs are completely unorganized and a mix of launched and unlaunched things, while the

Windows Vista taskbar is a bunch more organized, and easier to use.

[dinjin201]

Okay, i gave this a 4/5 because of the awful sound quality...

but other than that, i'm really excited about all the amazing features that will be in windows 7... i mean we're probly just scratching the surface with the amazing awesomeness... as as i've seen, every other windows is awesome, and every other one sucks.

95 = Awesome, 98 = BAD, 2000 = awesome, ME = BAD, XP = Awesome, Vista = GAY, Windows 7 = Heavenly awesome =D

[wh0m33]

I waited all that time for Rebecca and I got cut off.......

[jimiridesbmx]

the WORST sounds quality, ive ever heard, what did that guy say the whole time

[myownfriend23]

My comments didn't show up where they were supposed to show up lol

[megoogler]

i wish there could be a mltiple desktop options ... i am a developer and a home user as well .. i would love to switch between a work desktop with developer tools and home desktop with media player and entertainment tools

[gameguru1005]

NOt really, the new taskbar is pretty much the same they've just changed the quiklaunch buttons and made them bigger. Instead working on the appearence of windows, microsoft should work on compatibility issues and problems, thats the whole point of the os, to function. After all theres no point in having a book with a nice cover, but no text inside.

[myownfriend23]

How come just because Microsoft is showing off the new taskbar, people think that they aren't making changes to performance and functionality? Think about it. How many casual users are gonna care that explorer uses 50% less memory per window, boots faster, and installs in 20 minutes? They need something cool to pull in the casual user and the power user so they added things like window docking, aero shake, and libraries which are cool to the home user and can be useful to the power user.

[dinjin201]

If you look at the site

windows7news . com

you'll see that windows 7 has become SUPER stable, and SUPER functional. What i mean is that It not only uses HALF the resources of Vista (so about 500 MB instead of the 1 GB) - [btw XP runs at about 350 MB] and that they have improved the boot time to about 20 seconds (xp takes 40, vista takes about 60). Also, the M3 Build is already MORE stable than XP! that means the final will stable like OS X and that's really saying something...

[jaju123456]

I managed to get my vista boot time down to 7 seconds :D Wootage. 4gb of 800mhz ram helped alot!

[dinjin201]

that's awesome... what hard drives are you using or is it a solid state disk... and i wonder how low you can go with 1066Mhz DDR3 ram...

i mean, what we DO know so far is a 20 second boot time on the LOWEST system requirements.. which i think are 2 Ghz single core processor, 1 GB RAM, 128MB Graphics Card, 5400 RPM Hard drive.

that's what i know so far.

[jaju123456]

its only some crappy 200gb one that is 5400rpm but it still boots really fast xD I dunno why lol. I got a 8800gts 320mb and a core 2 duo E6750 OCd to 2.78 ghz

[dinjin201]

Its because of the RAM, and the fact that compared to the 5GB size of XP, and the 15 GB Size of Vista, the current builds take up about 1 GB. making the boot process very fast... also, they have a new way to manage processes... instead of just on or off during startup, they work by sensing what needs to be open, for example, the network process will not turn on unless you hook an Ethernet cable or connect to wireless network.

[bladefire07]

With every release, Windows seems to be getting closer and closer to looking like Mac OSX. The new task bar is really getting into Mac territory. It's very similar to the dock in OSX.

[xDarkXEvilXDemonx]

Linux had the dock first.

So Windows is getting closer and closer to looking like Linux.

MACFag.

[myownfriend23]

OSX's dock always reminded me of a large pretty quicklaunch on autohide with a small taskbar on the side for finder windows. The way that Windows 2.0 used to show minimized programs looked alot like the Win7 taskbar and if you right click quick launch at any time from Windows 98 to Vista you can choose to use large icons and your taskbar gets resized to the Windows 7 size. So I don't really think windows is stealing ideas from anyone with the taskbar just cleaning it up.

[microwindowsxp1234]

Right Now, I don't like the new taskbar. It will take some time to get used to.

[randumbusername]

looking forward to 7 but with that out the way rebecca should have been given more camera time.

[JoKKeSvin]

Nothing NEAR Mac OS *lol*

[simonwt]

seriously... are you kidding? ALt-TAB morons?

why all this crap for something you don't even need (very excited...lol). Instead of adding crap like that, maybe try focusing on getting it to run faster, better, stronger. (and fix the folder options in vista) kthxbb

[FaoleannOBradaigh]

Jesus Christ, can CNET not afford a decent camera?

[scarecrow2k6]

So by watching this vid I learned that u double click an icon to open something, click on start to bring the start menu and finally use Ubuntu to see a better future for personal computing. Hmm MS is surely mindfu**ing us. Win7 is going to be another Mac.

[seizadsh]

its really sad how something as stupid as that is shown as a feature of the new windows.

[LogicBox]

worst camera man ever!

[tourettes1992]

I hate the new taskbar!!! XP introduced grouping windows, I hated it and turned it off. And now they minus the text of my tabs now? I sure do hope they give options to turn off grouping and turn on text. Or at least a classic windows and classic xp skins. I am sticking with XP for as long as I can but when I am forced out I hope I can at least customize it to work like me.

[zuoyue79]

I hate the window grouping too, but surprisingly the new taskbar works pretty well for me.

[doublsh0t]

Interesting taskbar--looks nice. Though I wonder, what if you're moving a file through these various new implementations? For example, dragging a file from one random window to another minimized one where there are these dual preview windows.

[brosight]

Bring back Windows 2000

[killervacuum]

windows 7 is fugly and so is vista, jesus look at that ugly shit, goddamn.

[CanIJustBeDavidGleed]

Nothing from microsoft will EVER beat XP.

[swvdm]

Nothing from microsoft will ever beat windows 98

[CanIJustBeDavidGleed]

Ohh.. XP does freeze a lot less plus you can TURN OFF the blue screen of death in XP.

[groovdafied]

Just like how people ranted that Xp will never beat 2000? A lot of hypocrisy in these comments.

[CanIJustBeDavidGleed]

microsoft cleary don't get it.. WE DON'T WANT fancy window transitions or transparency, just something that works and won't consume a whole CPU just to open solitaire!

[buckamoona]

question: wtf do u do when u have alot of diff aplications?

[oliramsay]

answer: when you're not busy fapping

[christi1992]

i hope windows 7 will get the normal taskbar from vista to

[jacek533]

how will windows 7 represent programs that are running but don't have their icon on the taskbar?

when i for example run paint from the start menu.

[xtreem0]

They will appear as always in the quicklauch area. Also in addition (to anyone that is interested to know) windows 7 starts in about 25 sec and the performance as well as UAC control have been improve drastically. The OS uses less RAM on idle and responds to tasks such as file transfers etc a lot more quickly then before. A lot of features you don't see in this video and you also have to take in account that this is an ALPHA build. I am testing it as we speak. build 6801 with unlocked features.

[MasterChiefEJP]

nice you and me are like da only ones that seem to think windows 7 will be good.

[xDarkXEvilXDemonx]

Windows 7 is going to be a huge improvement over Vista. However the taskbar is too big for my liking. I like slim and slender. Not chubby and beefy :D.

Just because it looks like Vista doesn't mean it preforms like it. I also have build 6801 32 and 64 bit.

[IknewitWin7]

You can makes the icons smaller.