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Windows 7: What does ‘feature complete’ mean?
Now that Windows 7 Beta 1 -- which the Windows team built on December 12, 2008 -- has started leaking on torrents and is poised to make its public debut at the Consumer Electronics show, it's time to revisit Microsoft's "feature-complete" promise.
The Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Program
techarp.com — Microsoft issued a draft of the Windows 7 Technical Guarantee Program to their OEM partners on December... 10, giving them exactly one month to provide their feedback before Microsoft finalizes the program details. We managed to obtain a copy of the ... (more) The Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Program
Windows 7 beta 1 review
blogs.zdnet.com — I've now had my hands on Windows 7 beta 1 build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 (the build that is widely... expected to be made available to beta testers by Microsoft early in January) and have had some time to compose my thoughts and feelings about this latest ... (more) Windows 7 beta 1 review
Windows 7 build 7000 outperforms Vista and XP
arstechnica.com — According to 23 tests comparing the 32-bit versions of Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1, and Windows XP... SP3, the upcoming version of Windows will be more efficient. Read More... (more) Windows 7 build 7000 outperforms Vista and XP
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Microsoft news roundup: Windows 7 Beta tracking, 'Tough Love' for Search, year-in-preview
The Seattle Times: Microsoft Pri0 — ... Several stories today are tracking the status of Windows 7, the next version of Microsoft's flagship operating system. Mary Jo Foley, who watches the OS as closely as anyone, states that a test version of 7 "is poised to make its public debut at the Consumer Electronics Show" next week in Las Vegas. She notes that Microsoft has said this test version, Beta 1, will be "feature complete."

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