Chris Holmes, Windows Enthusiast and blogger, has posted a short and somewhat blurry video of the new Windows 7 boot screen in action.
The latest sign of changes for Windows 7 signals a departure from the Vista boot up screen. Microsoft kept the boot screen simple with Vista after asking BIOS makers, PC makers, and video card makers to remove product advertisement screens at system boot. Microsoft created a simple boot method which it claimed took 6 seconds off initial boot compared to the more graphical boot that it had originally planned with the Longhorn betas.
At PDC many reader comments here at Neowin were "what's the new boot screen like?" when Microsoft first unveiled Windows 7 to the world. We posted a video at the time but Microsoft have been working hard towards their January goal and have updated it as shown below.
spends there money on something that will be useful for windows 7. havent they learnt
that windows running correctly is more important then how it looks. ah well guess we wait
for windows 8.
nice effects
By anony on 05.12.2008 - 03:12
windows 7: get ready for the wow. loooooooooool
thats was sorry
By ZERO on 05.12.2008 - 03:12
looked like playstation and whoever posted this vid should be shot!
why show
only a crappo faked intro?
it doesnt matter
By i love my 8086 on 05.12.2008 - 03:12
the way i see it, m$ can do what they want; no one cares/just uses needed product to get
sh!t done. they talked about customizing xp's boot, logon screens, etc. then said vista
will offer hi-res boot/logon screens (which it does) but m$ claims that programs thst
utilize these features are dangerous. until m$ makes a program to support these features
no one is going to care how they tweak it. if we cant do it, we cant be impressed by their
"upgrades" in its abilities. m$, please support your os's functions as much as you tout
them. make the os work like you claim, or dont release it... and let us tweak it as you
say we can, and help us do it; or dont offer it/ talk about it!
you have the
largest market share, while having the most hated product! you have created the perfect
nessicary evil! great job!!!!!
Just keep on making xp better
By V50 on 05.12.2008 - 07:12
just keep on making xp better. stop trying to re-invent the wheel
Fu k u all
By Saeedsaf on 05.12.2008 - 07:12
first of all, the pre beta version of 7 is way faster than xp and vista, nd its very
stable, nd for thd guy that said this boot screen was fake, how abt if u download the
leaked vhd nd check it out by urself?
Loser of the year
By Skully on 05.12.2008 - 10:12
i think the only thing sadder than a person filming 20 seconds of a boot screen, are
those willing to assign technical merit to said 20 seconds.
boot time
By fdk on 05.12.2008 - 19:12
doesn't this add to boot time isnt that the reason vista has such a plain boot screen is
because having better looking boot screens adds more time.
you are
By an idiot on 05.12.2008 - 20:12
yeah.... that adds sooo much to the boot time.. moron
stupid
By meme on 05.12.2008 - 22:12
thats the dumbest thing i ever saw. how ugly.
reply to you are
By fdk on 06.12.2008 - 12:12
you can have a no gui boot to speed up boot times so yes gui does add time to boot i was
just seeing if this adds anymore than the normal gui or not
to meme
By Big Dickson on 06.12.2008 - 12:12
meme - then again you have been known to cream your pants seeing pictures of steve
ballmer
Cough
By HappyHippy on 07.12.2008 - 18:12
the phlegm my grandad used to cough up from his nicotine stained lungs looked better than
that
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Good to See Microsoft
By Parrey on 05.12.2008 - 02:12