fall, when Microsoft formally took the wraps off Milestone 3 of Windows 7, corporation execs told testers that a correct, feature-complete Windows seven release wouldn’t hit until Beta 1. that Beta 1 — which the Windows team built on December 12, 2008 — has started leaking on torrents and is poised to make its public debut at the Consumer Electronics show, it’s time to revisit that “feature-complete” promise. individuals who’ve downloaded Build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 have noted that the Beta 1 build is solid but also somewhat boring. It seems to offer little beyond the Milestone three build,
Microsoft Office 2010, they’ve said. not too surprising, given the Windows team’s post-Vista mission of making Windows 7 the operating system that Vista should have been. It needs to be smaller,
Office Professional Plus 2010 Activation clave, tighter and faster. If it also includes some eye candy,
Microsoft Office 2007, like Ribbon menus and touch-screen support, great. But from all accounts, it isn’t supposed to be a radical departure from Vista (even though the Redmondians are continuing to tag it as a “major” new release). because Beta 1 will be “feature-complete” doesn’t mean the final version will look exactly like Beta 1. Microsoft usually plays fast and loose with the term “feature-complete,” using it to mean comprehensive enough for software and hardware makers to test against — but not necessarily all sewn up from a user-interface/design perspective. my ZDNet blogging colleague Ed Bott noted, the new Windows 7 Beta 1 license agreement includes some surprises, such as the right to install Beta 1 on as many machines as a user would like. I’m sure this license agreement is NOT feature-complete and will be tightened down a lot before Windows seven is released to manufacturing. And I’m highly doubtful there will only be three Windows 7 SKUs (Home Premium,
Office Standard 2010 Product Key, Professional and Ultimate) by the time the product is finalized; I think packaging decisions are not feature-complete at this point in the cycle,
Office Pro 2010 Product clave, either…. also notes the time-bombed expiration on Beta 1 is August 2009. Latest RTM date I’ve heard circulating is July. With no Beta 2 of Windows seven on the schedule (according to my sources), it’s full steam ahead to final over the next few months. Adrian-Kingsley Hughes has taken the leaked Windows 7 Beta 1 for a spin already. What do others out there who’ve mysteriously gotten their hands on the Beta 1 build think of it so far?