Could Windows 7 have a better name?

[Dirk Higbee]

Win7, WinSeven or WindowsSeven? :-D

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[vikrant kpr]

yeah if windows 7 is really going to Making Life Easier :-)

[vikrant kpr]

to me WinSeven sounds small & better than Windows 7 :-)

[vikrant kpr]

Windows Azure is a good name as well they saved that name for a bigger os (cloud services etc) :-) Windows Puce sounds cool, heard the word first time :-)

[NetDave]

I like it. It's unpretentious and a refreshing change from all the cutesy "marketeer-speak" names. You remember how the BG/Seinfeld ads bombed? I think they took a clue from that. As Joe Friday used to say, "Just the facts, ma'am."

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[vikrant kpr]

just to add a little i have heard many times i have vista i have xp many people do not add windows prefix now will they say i have seven :-) (seven what????)

[Todd Smith]

How about Windows Vista SP2 Why are we paying for a fixed version of Vista :confused:

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[vikrant kpr]

yeah absolutely but microsoft will surely make money out of that :-) and vista users should get windows sp2 for free :-)

[Colin Angus Mackay]

vikrant kpr wrote:

I was wondering whether microsoft should have choosen a better name to the new os?

Windows 7 is nice an easy. Personally, I like the year number way of numbering versions, e.g. Visual Studio 2008.

vikrant kpr wrote:

Windows Vista or Windows XP were good names, is'nt it?

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[Kevin McFarlane]

No, I would have preferred they'd stuck with old-fashioned version numbers ever since Bill Gates decided to call Windows 4 Windows 95. It's just been inconsistent ever since.

Kevin

[realJSOP]

How about Windows "Crap"? It's about time they invested in some truth in advertising.

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[PIEBALDconsult]

Yes, Windows V7.0

[Pete OHanlon]

How about Bob? I know Microsoft Bob has bad memories for some, but I'm sure that it could be rehabilitated - and it could be codenamed "Kate".

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[Paul Watson]

They will add the prefix in this case.

cheers, Paul M. Watson.

[Paul Watson]

Problem with the year naming method is perception by non-clued-up users. "Windows 2009? But it is 2010, where do I get Windows 2010? They don't have Windows 2010? Wow, surely they should have an update this year? No? Hmmm, oooh look, Mac OS XI." I've had a similar conversation over Office. "Paul, do you have Office 2008, I can only see 2007?" Obviously it is advantageous when the version matches the year, then people are without doubt that they have the latest version. But it only works in the current year. Windows 7 is just Windows 7. If there is a new version hopefully it is Windows 8.

cheers, Paul M. Watson.

[Paul Watson]

How about we take you out back and beat some sense into you... ;)

cheers, Paul M. Watson.

[Paul Watson]

Windows 7 is a great name. Vista was an awful name. Obviously by the same guy who named Windows Azure. XP meant nothing, at least to me it didn't, so it didn't offend or appeal or anything. It was just XP.

cheers, Paul M. Watson.

[Pete OHanlon]

I suppose I'd better put this into context[^].

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[El Corazon]

Windows 7 of 9? with a brand new 3D holographic interface? :-D