Windows Fiji: Somewhere Between Vista and "Seven"
How many different editions can there be?
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 by Zoomba | Discussion: WinCustomize News
One thing Microsoft was heavily blasted for over Vista was how long it took to get it out the door. Five years between OS releases is a long time considering Apple's 1.5 year turn-around on OSX iterations, and even Redmond's own history (95, 98, 2000, 2002) with desktop OS versions. This time though, Microsoft has no intention of letting things go that long before the next version of Windows.
Technology blogger for ZDNet, Mary Jo Foley has a bit of information on what this interim Windows release will be. Codename "Fiji", it's not Windows Vista SP1, but it's not a big jump forward in technology either. It will be the interim release between Vista and "Windows Seven" (formerly codename Vienna). It looks like it's claim to fame is going to be as a media center OS.
The question becomes, what will Microsoft do with the Media Center capabilities built into Home Premium and Ultimate? Will they be abandoned in 2008 when Fiji rolls around? Will we really need a stand-alone Media Center edition of Vista when there are already so many specialized editions of the OS?
EDIT: Original story unclear on interim status of Fiji.
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Reply #22 Wednesday, March 21, 2007 10:00 AM
exactly! depending on the hardware, Creative now has a relatively good set of Vista x86 and x64 drivers. I just installed My X-Fi Fatality card, on a Vista Business install, and it's fine. Microsoft did change from RC2 ro the full version, which made RC2 drivers useless to most people. Microsoft probably didn't even bother to help Creative, either.
Reply #23 Wednesday, March 21, 2007 1:28 PM
The new release planned is a new version of MCE which will be an update for vista.
Remember no-one is fighting for the desktop anymore they are all fighting for pride of place on your big screen HDTV , which i'm sure the new mac minis and imacs will also be designed for.
Vista MCE is good but I'm sure the new version will have web browser and applications specifically written as a 10 foot interface so with a remote in your hand you need never leave MCE at all.
Reply #24 Wednesday, March 21, 2007 4:06 PM
XP Media Center....was, at the beginning....not a desktop OS. Wasn't supposed to be. It was designed specifically as a media addition to your home theater system (a computer to replace your mp3/dvd/tivo...etc players including streaming). It's not so much a new OS as it is an extension of XP. The core is the same. The registry is the same....and all the GPE and Security sections are the same. One car, two different paint jobs. MCE is nothing more than a glorified menu screen for the OS.
If people get caught between two new OSes...one will suffer...it's a waste of time.
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Reply #21 Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:21 AM
Microsoft should of worked with the companies to help prepare for the vista release.
The driver companies(ie.Nvidia, Creative...) should have pressed the issue with Microsoft more.
Zubaz has a good point though why develop a program based on the beta version of Vista when Microsoft will probably change something.