Drunken Monkey
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People can't count these days
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People can't count these days
you'll get more frequent updates with earlier but less polished software...
...because 7 ate 9?
Here's an interesting fact, if you look at Windows 7 on dxdiag it is actually registered as Windows 6.1. I think it says that on all system info.
Well the thing is, before Windows 8 we had Windows 7, but before that we had Vista, and XP (and ME LOL), and 2000, and 98 and 95 (am sure I missed some )
Point being, with only 2 numbers to work with (7 and 8), there is no evidence of any sort of sequential numbering other than from presumptions from the consumer!
I'm surprised they went with 10 too, but only because I thought they might bother to get creative again (even Vista is more interesting than just a number!)
So there
DED
You're missing Windows RT off there
Yes, Windows 7 was never actually based on the "real" version number of Windows software. Although Vista was 6 (with XP being 5.1, 2000 being 5, then NT being before that), 7 is actually 6.1, 8 is 6.2, 8.1 is 6.3, and who knows what 10 will really be...Here's an interesting fact, if you look at Windows 7 on dxdiag it is actually registered as Windows 6.1. I think it says that on all system info.
Well they must have found a 9 in there somewhere!
According to my friend who is a UI designer for Microsoft UK, the numberings they refer to them at Microsoft are like this:
- Windows development version 1
Windows 1.01
Windows 1.03
Windows 1.04- Windows development version 2
Windows 2.0
Windows 2.10
Windows 2.11- Windows development version 3
Windows 3.0
Windows 3.1
Windows NT 3.1
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
Windows 3.2
Windows NT 3.5
Windows NT 3.51- Windows development version 4
Windows 95
Windows NT 4.0Windows 98- Windows development version 5
Windows 2000
Windows ME
Windows XP (and professional x64)- Windows development version 6
Windows Vista (home, business, enterprise and ultimate)
Windows 7 (home basic, home premium, professional, enterprise, ultimate and thin)- Windows development version 7
Windows 8 (and pro and enterprise)
Windows 8.1 (and pro and enterprise)
Apparently the reason they were grouped like this and chosen this way is because at MS they didn't class many of them as individual versions, more like updated versions of the previous, for example they viewed XP as an improved Millennium and 2000 as the NT equivalent of ME etc. with Windows 7 as an improved rework of Vista and so forth, which is why we seem to have missing numbers and strange ordering etc.
Windows 8 has a service pack, it's called Windows 8.1.Everyone knows and loves service packs right. When I think back, service packs are those huge OS updates that make everything better, in one way or another. Even Windows 7, as amazing as it is. Has a service pack now. So what about Windows 8? Windows 8 has such a negative aura around it, they named the Window 8 service pack... Windows 9! So it's not a new OS it's just an updated Windows 8. It's all PR.