Windows 7 Milestone 1 (M1) Ultimate Edition Build 6.1.6519.1 might not show it yet, but it is evolving to become the next generation gaming platform from Microsoft. Windows Vista brought to the table the jump from DirectX 9.x to DirectX 10, and Vista Service Pack 1 delivered the first update to the graphics infrastructure taking the version to 10.1. At this early stage in the development of Windows 7, Microsoft has failed to offer any clues as to the future of the most popular gaming platform worldwide. The company did not even reveal if DirectX 11 will be a component of Windows 7 or if it would be served as a standalone product. But this does not mean that Windows 7 is not aimed at revolutionizing the way users game on their PCs, courtesy of the WGX Windows Platform Development. "The WGX Windows Platform Development is an agile development team focused on making games a first class citizen on the Windows OS platform. Tasked with defining and implementing the Windows Gaming Platform efforts for Windows 7 and beyond, this team is staffed to plan and develop specific platform enhancements for gaming on Windows. In addition this team coordinates and works in close cooperation with Windows gaming development efforts taking place across other groups in the Interactive Entertainment & Devices (IEB) division. Initially tasked with leading the future efforts on the Windows 7 platform and gaming improvements to Vista for E&D, this team is the owner of the Windows gaming platform for Microsoft," reads an excerpt out of the details for a position of Software Development Engineer on Test on the WGX Windows Platform Development team. Read More ==> HardPedia
I'll stick with good ole Vista for now, I'll wait until a more widely distributed BETA version is out before I try it. I have read upon Windows 7 and it seems Microsoft are going for a much better approach on this OS, they aren't going to release until they feel they have reached quality status. That should keep some of these boring 'Windows sucks' comments away hopefully because to be quite honest I am getting bored of them after so many years.
why not just ditch windows 7 and go for windows 8? sorry, but your topic title is just stupid. windows 7 is ETA to be released between 2009 and 2011, thats many years left, and why not just use whats already out?
I just use Linux and XP if I never need to use windows still. Vista wasn't attractive enough for me to make it my main OS.