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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GAC" data-source="post: 10271520" data-attributes="member: 224361">Windows Vista   <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Windows_Vista_logo.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Windows_Vista_logo.svg/220px-Windows_Vista_logo.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_Vista" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_Vista" target="_blank"></a>  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista" target="_blank">Windows Vista</a>  was released on November 30, 2006 to business customers, consumer  versions following on January 30, 2007. Windows Vista intended to have  enhanced security by introducing a new restricted user mode called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control" target="_blank">User Account Control</a>,  replacing the "administrator-by-default" philosophy of Windows XP. One  major difference between Vista and earlier versions of Windows, Windows  95 and later, is that the original start button was replaced with just  the Windows icon. Vista also features new graphics features, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Aero" target="_blank">Windows Aero</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUI" target="_blank">GUI</a>, new applications (such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Calendar" target="_blank">Windows Calendar</a>, Windows DVD Maker and some new games including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess" target="_blank">Chess</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong" target="_blank">Mahjong</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purble_Place" target="_blank">Purble Place</a>), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_7" target="_blank">Internet Explorer 7</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Player_11" target="_blank">Windows Media Player 11</a>, and a large number of underlying architectural changes.  Windows Vista ships in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista_editions" target="_blank">six editions</a>:  <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Starter (only available in developing countries)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Home Basic</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Home Premium</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Business</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Enterprise (only available to large businesses and enterprises)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ultimate (combines both Home Premium and Enterprise)</li> </ul>  All editions (except Starter edition) are currently available in both  32-bit and 64-bit versions. The biggest advantage of the 64-bit version  is breaking the 4 gigabyte memory barrier, which 32-bit computers  cannot fully access.  Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2  Main articles: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2008" target="_blank">Windows Server 2008</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2008_R2" target="_blank">Windows Server 2008 R2</a>  Windows Server 2008, released on February 27, 2008, was originally  known as Windows Server Codename "Longhorn". Windows Server 2008 builds  on the technological and security advances first introduced with Windows  Vista, and is significantly more modular than its predecessor, Windows  Server 2003. At the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Developers_Conference" target="_blank">Professional Developers Conference</a> (PDC) 2008, Microsoft announced <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2008_R2" target="_blank">Windows Server 2008 R2</a>, as the server variant of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7" target="_blank">Windows 7</a>. Windows Server 2008 R2 ships in 64-bit versions (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64" target="_blank">x64</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itanium" target="_blank">Itanium</a>) only.  Windows Server 2008 ships in ten editions:  <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition (32-bit and 64-bit)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (32-bit and 64-bit)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition (32-bit and 64-bit)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Windows HPC Server 2008</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Windows Web Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Windows Storage Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Windows Small Business Server 2008 (64-bit only)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Windows Server 2008 Foundation Server</li> </ul>  Windows 7   <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Windows_7.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bd/Windows_7.png/220px-Windows_7.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Windows_7.png" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Windows_7.png" target="_blank"></a>  Windows 7 is the current major release after Windows Vista and was  released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and reached general retail  availability on October 22, 2009. It was previously known by the codenames Blackcomb and Vienna.  Some features of Windows 7 are faster <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booting" target="_blank">booting</a>, Device Stage, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_PowerShell" target="_blank">Windows PowerShell</a>, less obtrusive User Account Control, multi-touch, and improved window management.  Features included with Windows Vista and not in Windows 7 include the  sidebar (although gadgets remain) and several programs that were removed  in favor of downloading their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live" target="_blank">Windows Live</a> counterparts.  Windows 7 ships in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions" target="_blank">six editions</a>:  <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Starter (available worldwide with new PCs only)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Home Basic</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Home Premium</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Professional</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Enterprise (available to volume-license business customers only)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ultimate (available to retail market with limited availability to OEMs)</li> </ul>  In some countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech  Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, United Kingdom,  Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein,  Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,  Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland),  there are other editions that lack some features such as Windows Media  Player, Windows Media Center and Internet Explorer called names such as  "Windows 7 N." Microsoft focuses on selling Windows 7 Home Premium and  Professional. All editions, except the Starter edition, are available in  both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Unlike the corresponding Vista  editions, the Professional and Enterprise editions are supersets of the  Home Premium edition.  Windows 8  At the 2011 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Show" target="_blank">Consumer Electronics Show</a> in Las Vegas, Microsoft announced that it would be including support for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System-on-a-chip" target="_blank">system-on-a-chip</a> (SoC) and mobile <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture" target="_blank">ARM processors</a> in its next version of the Windows operating system, which is expected to be called "Windows 8".  Windows 8 includes a new "Hybrid Boot" option that uses "advanced  hibernation functionality" on shutdown to allow faster startup times.Another new feature is the ability to create a Portable Workspace, an installation of Windows 8 on a USB storage device<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft_Windows#cite_note-18" target="_blank">.</a>  Milestone 1 (build 7850, with a build date of September 22, 2010) was  leaked to BetaArchive, an online beta community, which was soon leaked  to P2P/torrent sharing networks on April 12, 2011. Milestone 1 includes a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_%28computing%29" target="_blank">ribbon</a> interface for Windows Explorer, a PDF reader called Modern Reader, an updated task manager called Modern Task Manager, and native ISO mounting.  A Milestone 3 build, build 7971, was released to close partners of Microsoft on March 29, 2011  but was kept under heavy security. However, a few screenshots were  leaked. The Windows 7 Basic theme has been replaced with a new theme,  where the boxes that encase the "close, maximize, and minimize" buttons  have been removed, leaving just the signs.  Milestone 3 includes a new Welcome screen, a new packaged application model called AppX that is based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Silverlight" target="_blank">Silverlight</a>, Windows Store to review and buy applications online, and a setting to automatically adjust window color to fit the wallpaper.  It also includes a stripped down "Immersive" version of Internet  Explorer, similar to the mobile version of Internet Explorer, but using  the desktop <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_%28layout_engine%29" target="_blank">Trident rendering engine</a>.  At the Microsoft Developer Forum in Tokyo on May 23, 2011, Microsft CEO <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer" target="_blank">Steve Ballmer</a> announced that the next version of Windows will be released the following year (in 2012).  "And yet, as we look forward to the next generation of Windows  systems, which will come out next year, there's a whole lot more coming.  As we progress through the year, you ought to expect to hear a lot  about Windows 8. Windows 8 slates, tablets, PCs, a variety of different  form factors."  However, the company quickly corrected Ballmer's words in a company statement issued that afternoon.  "It appears there was a misstatement. We are eagerly awaiting the  next generation of Windows 7 hardware that will be available in the  coming fiscal year. To date, we have yet to formally announce any timing  or naming for the next version of Windows."(Source: Wikipedia)</blockquote>

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