128-bit Windows 8 and Windows 9 Explored by

Forget 64-bit, Microsoft has already been exploring 128-bit support scenarios for future releases of Windows. Of course, with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 wrapped up since July 22nd, 2009, the official release to manufacturing date, the 128-bit wave will not affect the successors of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Fact is that, with the mulling of 128-bit support for Windows, Microsoft is already looking as far ahead as Windows 8, the successor of Windows 7, and even Windows 9, which means that the Redmond company has put together at least general development directions for the next generation of Windows platforms well into the next decade.


This because Windows 8 is not expected ahead of 2011, with Windows 9 following it in 2014, in the most optimistic scenario possible. Still, Robert Morgan, Senior Research & Development at Microsoft, is already testing Windows 8 and Windows 8 128-bit support, according to his LinkedIn profile (via ArsTechnica). The profile in question has been taken down, but thanks to Google cache, users can still access it and read information about the 128-bit work done at Microsoft for Windows 8 and Windows 9 right from the source.

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Microsoft Manager Claims Window 7 Inspired by OS X, Windows 7 Team Lashes Out

A Microsoft advertising executive, speaking with the site PCR, went on record to say that he believed Windows 7's design to be inspired by OS X. Now Microsoft is refuting the quote, which seems bound to wind up in the latest round of "Get a Mac" commercials.

In the interview with PCR, Simon Aldous, Microsoft's Partner Group Manager is asked, "Is Windows 7 really a much more agile operating system, in terms of the specific uses it can be moulded to?"

He replies:

...I saw an article recently that described it as ‘Vista on steroids’, and in some ways you can absolutely relate to that. One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it’s very graphical and easy to use. What we’ve tried to do with Windows 7 – whether it’s traditional format or in a touch format – is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics. We’ve significantly improved the graphical user interface, but it’s built on that very stable core Vista technology, which is far more stable than the current Mac platform, for instance.

The quote sparked a fury of web activity. After all, to give OS X its propers, the operating system did have a richer, more graphical environment than Windows in the XP era, and Microsoft seemed to strive to catch up with Windows Vista and then Windows 7, looking to provide a similarly rich graphical interface -- something that many customers demanded. When looking at Windows 7, some graphical features do vaguely resemble those of OS X, but there's significant differences as well (OS X's Launcher Bar differs tremendously from Windows 7's Task Bar) that indicate that the OS is no mere OS X clone, even in terms of looks.

One important point that many of those quoting Mr. Aldous's remarks failed to make clear was that he was not involved in the design of Windows 7 (he's an advertising/PR section manager). The Windows 7 Team's chief blogger, Brandon LeBlanc, has posted a blog blasting the suggestion that Windows 7 is an OS X clone.

He writes:

An inaccurate quote has been floating around the Internet today about the design origins of Windows 7 and whether its look and feel was “borrowed” from Mac OS X. Unfortunately this came from a Microsoft employee who was not involved in any aspect of designing Windows 7. I hate to say this about one of our own, but his comments were inaccurate and uninformed. If you’re interested in learning more about the design of Windows 7, I suggest reading this AP story with Julie Larson-Green as well as these WSJ (membership required) and Fast Company articles. And here is one of many blog posts on the E7 blog discussing the design process of Windows 7.

Many Apple-leaning sites, nonetheless are seizing on the quote as evidence that OS X is gaining on Windows. Writes Apple Insider, "The similarities between Windows 7 and Apple's latest operating system upgrade, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, were noted by The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg in his review of the Microsoft software. He said he believes that the Mac OS is still the superior operating system, but only slightly."

Apple Insider goes on to note the terrific sales managed by the well-received Snow Leopard. It fails to note, however, the equally terrific sales that Windows 7 has put up, besting Vista's launch week by a reported 234 percent.

Windows 7 Loses to Windows XP in Netbook Battery Life

With Windows Vista, Microsoft revamped many features and piled on a lot of functionality that Windows XP didn't have -- among other things improving security. An unfortunate side effect of this, though was that Windows Vista was much bulkier than Windows XP and more battery hungry. As a result, up until October most netbooks used Windows XP.

With Windows 7, more new features were added, but this time a more disciplined approach concerning OS bulk was taken, helped, in part, by a large public testing phase. Windows 7 was trimmed down from Vista both in memory and install size, and many of its critical metrics (boot time, etc.) approached the high bar set by Windows XP.

However, Microsoft still fell a bit short of the eight-year-old OS in a couple of critical metrics. According to numerous testers one of the biggest failures is in battery life on netbooks. According to recent tests, it isn't even close -- Windows 7 delivers much worse battery life.

Versus the grizzled veteran XP, Windows 7 averaged 47 minutes less battery life in testing by Laptop. In some models, such as ASUS 1008HA, the deficit was almost an hour (57 minutes), cutting the battery life by approximately 16 percent (roughly 1/6th). Further testing by Liliputing and jkOnTheRun confirmed the lower run times.

A recent comparison by CNET between 64-bit Windows 7 and competitor Apple's OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard", run on MacBooks with Boot Camp showed Windows 7 to trail behind Snow Leopard in battery life as well. It also was bested by Snow Leopard in boot time, shutdown time, multimedia encoding, and multitasking tests.

Looking on the positive side, it is a marked improvement that Windows 7 can run on the majority of netbooks -- a feat Vista couldn't pull off. However, its disappointing to see that for all the hard work Microsoft poured into the operating system, that it still can't beat a well-designed product it made almost a decade ago.

Xbox Live Ban Reaches 1 Million, Microsoft Tells Them to Buy a New Console

Yesterday, news broke that Microsoft had banned a massive amount of players from its Xbox Live service which is available on its popular Xbox 360 gaming console. According to reports, the banned players had one thing in common -- they had modified their console's hardware or firmware to carry out unauthorized activity such as installation of an alternate OS, playing out of zone media, or running pirated software.

Initially, the estimates pegged the number of banned users at 600,000. Now CNET is reporting that over 1 million players have been banned from the service. That's a pretty incredible number as Xbox Live only has 20 million subscribers. That means that approximately 1 in 20 players has been banned, or roughly 5 percent of the service's total population.

The ban coincided with the release of Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on Tuesday, and many are speculating that the rampant piracy of the game before its release triggered Activision to demand action from Microsoft. Pirated copies were widely floating around torrents sites over the weekend, and players with modified consoles may have taken it out for a spin ahead of release.

Xbox Live Director of Programming Larry Hryb, aka Major Nelson has stated, "Players who find their Gamertags banned from Xbox Live have wound up in that situation due to violations of the Xbox Live Terms of Use. The Xbox Live team monitors players for not just cheating, but also for things like threats, racism, profanity, and just being an all around poor sport and ruining the game for others."

He continues, "When a Gamertag comes up as violating our policies for online behavior, the person who owns that Gamertag is punished by being banned from the service. Keep in mind, this isn't just a ban on a particular game. This is a ban on the Xbox Live service as a whole, so you won't be able to go online at all during your ban. Initially, you may be banned for a day, a week, or depending on severity, permanently! Kiss that $50 goodbye."

The ban revokes the consoles' crypto keys, making information saved by them unreadable on other Xboxes. The ban also limits the console's functionality, via blocking HD installation and the use of a media extender. For those banned, they do have the option of buying a new console, but that's a rather pricey option. Users who do move to another Xbox should be able to get back on Xbox Live as Microsoft hasn't yet banned Gamertags -- just placed the ban on individual consoles. When it gets down to it, it appears that as Major Nelson pointed out, over 1 million Xbox users are out a bit of money and enjoyment because Microsoft decided to crack down hard on console modding.