Windows 7 Build 6956 Gallery 160 Screenshots
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversWindows 7 Beta is just around the corner, and yet, nowhere near close enough. But at the same time, Windows 7 pre-Beta Build 6956 is already here.
The Build was showcased at the Windows Hardware Engineering conference in China, and subsequently leaked and made available for download both as a VHD and as an ISO. Windows 7 pre-Beta Build 6801 Mileastone 3, released at the Professional Developers Conference 2008 and WinHEC 2008 US had a similar fate. From 6801 to 6956, the evolution of Windows 7 is indisputable, as the operating system is moving away from Windows Vista and more towards, well, Windows 7. This should be evident in the following Windows 7 Build 6956 gallery featuring no less than 160 screenshots of the operating system.
160 screenshots of Build 6956 of the next iteration of the Windows client offer an ample opportunity to get a taste of what the fully-fledged Beta version of the platform will bring to the table. In Build 6801, Microsoft blocked some of the best features of Windows 7, namely those based on the evolution of the graphical user interface. This is no longer valid in Build 6956. Features like Aero Peek, Aero Snaps, the new Taskbar (the Superbar), Aero Shake and even wallpaper slideshow are now available without having to resort to a hack to dig them from under Microsoft's limitations.
One thing is for sure. The Windows 7-specific feature set of components that were set free in Build 6956 has been available as early as Milestone 3 (Build 6801) in the operating system. Microsoft is in fact not adding much in the jump from M3 to Beta; it is only perfecting the release, taking care of all the details that were apparently considered not ready for the general public at the end of October/the start of November.
Two sides to Windows 7 Build 6956
Still, there are two sides to Windows 7 Build 6956, in accordance with the graphical user interface. Build 6956 will never manage to feel more like a Windows Vista Release 2 than without Aero and the GUI enhancements specific to Windows 7. At this point in the development of Windows 7, users will find that if they are forced to switch Aero off because of inferior machines, or because of the need to squeeze every last drop of performance out of the hardware, Windows 7 will show its ugly Vista face. But with Aero fully enabled, Windows 7 is without a doubt the next major version of the Windows client; well, quasi-major, but still.
The feel minus Aero
Running Windows 7 Build 6956 in a virtual machine with some 1.6 GB of DDR3 and an Intel Core Duo processor at 3 GHz delivers a superior performance compared to Windows Vista. When it comes down to the way the operating system feels no benchmarking involved, mind you Windows 7 is superior to Windows Vista, Aero on or off. The actual impression of performance is immensely important, as Microsoft has learned with Windows Vista. While the company claimed that Vista was on par with Windows XP and supported the claims with benchmarking statistics, the actual user experience spoke to the contrary. And truth is that, even at Build 6956, Windows 7 feels lighter, faster, smoother, compared to Windows Vista.
The first new addition to Windows 7, synonymous with Build 6956, is the new boot screen animation. I managed to include a few screenshots of various stages of the startup process in order to give you an idea of what the new boot process brings to the table, but there is also a video you can access in this regard. Without Aero, Windows 7 Build 6956 is not much to look at. There is a new, more consistent effect when interacting with the Start Orb, but no Aero Peek, Snaps, no Superbar, and so on and so forth.
Exploring Windows 7 Build 6956 gives the familiar feeling of Windows Vista. In fact, Vista components are waiting for the users around every corner, from the Task Manager to the command prompt, to the Performance Monitor, Remote Assistance, Registry Editor, Resource Monitor, to Windows Media Center and Internet Explorer 8. There are subtle changes here and there, but the fact of the matter is that Windows 7 remains Windows Vista R2.
One aspect that Microsoft will need to tackle before it releases Windows 7 to manufacturing is the content associated with the personalization of the operating system. Windows 7 needs its own brand of wallpapers, as distinct from Windows Vista's as possible. With Build 6956, Windows 7 offers new vistas, but this needs to change. Microsoft will have to take care of this aspect of the visual identity of Windows 7, while making sure that it says 7, and not Vista R2.
The look – plus Aero
An actual installation of Windows 7 will also offer a superior performance to Vista, and I'm also including Service Pack 1 here. No longer sluggish, no longer managing to produce hiccups even on common tasks, no longer hitting speed bumps even as a pre-Beta. With Aero enabled the Windows 7 user experience delivers the evolution Microsoft referenced time and again when it was discussing the development strategy for the next iteration of the Windows client.
Aero Peek, Aero Snaps, Aero Shake, Flip 3D, the Superbar are all available in Build 6956. But speaking of visual identity, what goes for the wallpapers also goes for the screensavers. While not available in virtual machines, the Windows 7 Build 6956 screensavers are the same as in Windows Vista. This aspects needs to be corrected before Windows 7 RTM, while at the same time, Microsoft has to either make the Settings button actually permit users to tweak the screensavers, or remove the thing entirely.
Far enough from Vista
Build 6956 inherently leads to the conclusion that Windows 7 is what Windows Vista should have been from the get go. This is an operating system actually capable of producing a few consistent Wows, unlike its precursor. But still, Windows 7 is just another Vista. So far it looks like Microsoft is right on track to producing a faster, prettier, more usable, more compatible Vista. My best guess is that end users will have to wait for Windows 8 in order for Windows to get far enough from Vista that it will not qualify as an R3 release, as with Windows 7, the Vista era is not ready to come to an end.
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Comments(27)
amiga flashback
its not what it looks like its how it
performs
just looks like crappy
vista
can΄t see any diference between windows 7 and vista!! just more colorful d bg pictures!!!
anyway i got some for my destop already! hope there will be diference in the perfomance.
i don't care about looks, xp was pretty already. what i need is speeeeeeeeed. i wanna
see windows poping up fast on d screen justa like ubuntu.
windows 7 is about as fast as xp and looks a hella lot better. also windows 7 is just a
smarter os then ubuntu and windows xp and vista, it has soo many new features and is so
fluid to use i really love it, and i have it on an older pc
amd athlon 64 3200+
1 gb ram
100gb hd 7200rpm
bfg nvidia 6800gt oc
and my computer
runs it flawlessly, all my xp and vista programs work. it recognized all my devices and
immediately installed the drivers, i did no searching for drivers, installed really fast,
and its features have been blowing me away. i used to use a slimmed down pirated vista but
this is way faster. also its library system is fantastic. i recommend it.
right
now it is using about 55% of my ram all the time and my cpu usage is 0 to 2% when im
running 47 processes.
and my computer is windows 7 rated: 3.8!? which it was way less
on vista!? lol so i have to say it is a huge improvement. i cant wait for the final
release. really torrent it and test it yourself you wont be disappointed
one of the pictures shows windows 7 32bit running on amd mashine with 16gb ram.
this
is really interesting. since we know windows xp and vista 32bit are not able to recognize
more than 3gb ram.
hi, anyone here know how i can select the classic taskbar or am i stuck with the new one?
if you wanna make your windows task bar almost exactly like the old school taskbar do
this.
right click on the desktop and click personalize
then scroll down to the
windows classic theme and select this.
then right click on the task bar and click
properties
and then where it says task bar buttons change that to never group.
also check the box that says use small icons. this will give you a more windows classic
look to everything including the task bar.
~josh
as romman i'd like to know how is possible that a 32bit os could use 16gb of ram. it
would be amazing!
it will show any amount of ram but only utilize 3 gb.
thanks jessiesrage your a star ;)
im using 7 now and jesus its quick way way better than vista its like s***t of a
shovel....amazin.
np! yah i kinda like the classic bar too im not sure what i wanna use exactly. :d
it says he used 1.6 gb ram in article
got 7 installed on my spare pc, 1gb ram, amd 4000+ and it's quick but microsoft still
have time to mess things up and pile a load of crap in it to make it slow and unreliable.
honest opinion: prefer windows 7 6801/6956 to vista 64bit and xp.
why?
-
feels faster to me.
- looks more slick.
- nice interface features(yes it
matters or i'd use xp)
- no software conflicts detected (yet)
is it
faster than xp?
- probably not when opening new windows but then vista and w7 needs
to graphically 'load' windows.
- opertaionally it feels good enough to justify
replacing old xp.
can ms do more?
of course they can but now is not the
time when they can make money from w7 consumers, before earning more money for w8. they
are a business after all.
since i am a billion (almost a trillionaire) i am gonna give you all free copies of
windows 7 if and i say if you promote windows 7 as the best os ever....all i need you to
do is shoot me a email to ms customer support att: bg and your home address and telephone
number that i can verify it is you and i will send you your valid copy of windows 7.....
we hope to make this a smoother transition. we understand that vista has had
its problems and was rushed out to you the consumers like we did with windows millennium,
but we promise not to make the same mistake again with the upcoming release of windows 7
sinereley
bill gates; ms
here are the results:
windows xp vs windows 7:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3187
windows vista vs windows 7:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3182
see it :p, it's gonna kick s!
forgot to mention, it's a performance test :p
on the first one i could swear vista looks like a step up from xp.. hrmm. windows 7 looks
like its going to be the vista that was promised. not bad at all.
if someone is using windows 7, tell microsoft to make a feature to have the full path of
a document in the title and address bar. vista will only show you that if you click on
it.
that is a feature of vista to have the drop down "breadcrumbs" and if you goto folder
and search options then view then check the box that says exactly this "display the full
path in the title bar" and yah then it displays just the path. dont blame vista for you
not actually looking.
na, i've done that. still doesn't display the full path all of the time.
the only bad thing about the new windows 7 is that: when using a windows xp install disc
you can delete the partition but it will give you an error loading os screen after the
pre-setup files install and reboot.
you have to go back to the windows 7 dvd disc to
set up another partition under it then either delete it or install windows 7 then delete
the partition under windows 7 setup screen then take the disc out and restart with the
windows xp disc in and then it will work, but the letter changes from c to f: depending on
how many dvd'roms or cdrom you have plugged in and how many hdd's, so it will change to
the next letter so your backup drive will now be c:.. messed up way to do it.
has anyone activation crack for this build?
hey kid, you shouldn't assume i didn't look. nothing in my first post indicated i
didn't try. even though vista has the problems of windows me, i still use it for gaming
but it is a crappy os. deal with it. and i've been a pc tech for honda for many years
and i know what i'm doing. i don't like to flash my credentials but you warranted it.
pleas bring the defragmenting tool back. just like windows xp.
i just hete the
dumbed down defrag tool of vista, it's just stupid... i don't want to be getting
diskeeper again!
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By Bill on 14.12.2008 - 01:12