Windows Vista

[IversonAli3]

Microsoft announced Friday that it will call its next-generation operating system "Windows Vista." The much-anticipated operating system had formerly been code-named "Longhorn."

Microsoft also unveiled the Windows Vista Web site and said the first beta test version of the system, which will be targeted at developers and IT professionals, will be available by Aug. 3. The system is scheduled to be released late next year.

Previous Windows releases have been named by year number or by a moniker -- such as Windows XP -- to describe the release itself.

But with Windows Vista, Microsoft wanted the name to focus more on the product, and how it brings clarity to users, said Greg Sullivan, group product manager at Microsoft.

"We each have our own unique view or vista of this digital world. Windows Vista is going to bring more clarity to that," he said.

Microsoft (Research) has promised that the new system will have several improvements, including better security features, more comprehensive search capabilities and a friendlier user interface.

Specific features include a new way to manage files involving the use of virtual folders, which will make storing and finding information easier, Sullivan said.

Several privacy capabilities, such as protected user accounts, have also been built into the new system, he said.

In a Microsoft video of the name announcement, the new system is described as "Clear. Confident. Connected."

Licenses for operating systems and related software still account for the majority of the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant's sales and operating profits.

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Im glad Microsoft is finally progressing with their next operating system, Windows Vista. Beta 1 is due out on August 3rd, which is very very soon.
Along with the release of Beta 1 of Windows Vista, theyre releasing Internet Explorer v7.0 Beta1 to the public on the same date, August 3rd. It supports tabbed browsing and has a huge collection of new features, it just might undo Firefox!


I guess we'll have to wait and see!

[Dyndrilliac]

I'm disapointed with the OS already. One of the big things I was looking forward to that was scrapped was the new file system, WINFS.

[DeAtH_SkUlL]

For those of you who don't know the " Windows Vista " is known as longhorn. I wouldn't mind doing some beta testing myself.

[saren]

Yeah, WINFS looked to beat out ext-3 as a file system. :/

[Belphegor]

Doesnt he already mention that in his post? Plus the link mentions it as well.

Pass the shrooms kid!

[guy476]

whats a gay name for the new windows "vista" wtf?

[Dyndrilliac]

Originally Posted by guy476

whats a gay name for the new windows "vista" wtf?

If you had a highschool reading level you would know why they chose the name they did. A "vista" is a distant view or prospect, by using the name "Windows Vista" they are saying that they are bringing the distant future (thoughts, images, concepts) of computer operations to the present.