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Microsoft: Seriously, we're listening to your Windows 7 feedback
And that explains why so many major changes have occurred since the Beta, I guess. It's nice having an impact on product development. Sigh. Anyway, Steven Sinofsky has addressed widespread criticism from beta testers and others (yes, including myself) that Microsoft is not listening to ...
Some Changes Since Beta for the RC
Some Changes Since Beta for the RC
blogs.msdn.com — We’ve been quite busy for the past two months or so working through all the feedback we’ve... received on Windows 7.  It should be no surprise but the Release Candidate for Windows 7 will have quite a few changes, many under the hood so to speak ... (more) Some Changes Since Beta for the RC
Feedback and Engineering Windows 7
blogs.msdn.com — Just about every email we receive and every comment we get comes with feedback—something to change, something... to do more of, something to do less of, and so on. As we’ve talked about in this blog, acting on each one in an affirmative manner is easier ... (more) Feedback and Engineering Windows 7
Microsoft said shipping Windows 7 in Sept.
Microsoft said shipping Windows 7 in Sept.
electronista.com — Microsoft could have Windows 7 on shipping PCs by September, Compal president Ray Chen said today at... an investor's conference. The PC contractor executive understands from plans that the software should be available in either late September or ... (more) Microsoft said shipping Windows 7 in Sept.
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Microsoft: Here are some of the Win 7 changes coming in the next build
All about Microsoft — ... .” The post goes on to detail some of the Windows 7 changes Microsoft is making in response to tester feedback — in the task bar, Media Player, networking, touch, the Windows Explorer and overall performance. A number of Windows 7 testers have complained recently that Microsoft was not sharing enough information about changes it planned to make in response to their feedback. Windows SuperSite’s Paul Thurrott questioned in a post yesterday whether Microsoft had already locked down Windows 7’s feature set before the majority of technical and public beta testers ever got to see ...

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