In the further reading section, I've included five articles that I believe best summarize what has happened this week, on top of what I've already said above. Furthermore, the long-standing rumor that Microsoft is aiming to get Windows 7 out before the 2009 holiday season has returned while I'm still somewhat skeptical that Microsoft will be able to deliver on this goal, I do honestly believe that Redmond is trying, especially since the company missed the 2006 holiday season with Windows Vista. It has been clear for a while that Windows 7 is Windows Vista plus various new features, but there are also constant indications that Windows 7 will include various tweaks and improvements, including (but not limited to) reduced memory usage, better battery life, as well as shorter boot up and shutdown times. Other less extensive but still note-worthy videos include Windows 7 on a MacBook Pro and Windows 7 Device Stage on Eee PC S101 running dual-core Atom. If you want to know more about how Windows 7 will be able to scale to 256 processors, how it includes MinWin, or just about general performance improvements, I recommend you check out Channel 9's video interview with Mark Russinovich.

The Windows 7 EULA is still not finished though, but I doubt many will be reading through it from the edge of their seats anyway. A developer guide has also made an appearance on MSDN. The Windows 7 homepage is finally available, and with it some details on what to expect for Windows 7 Enterprise. Contents 1 New features 1.1 OEM login screen wallpapers 2 Installation 3 Bugs and quirks 3.1 3.2. It was originally uploaded to BetaArchive on 26 April 2011 and is currently only available as a WIM file. More official information has started to trickle out via public channels as well. Windows 7 build 6730 is a Milestone 3 build of Windows 7. One such feature is Aero Shake, which is pretty self-explanatory after watching a quick demo video: A select few decided to take a different path and started to figure out what else Microsoft was considering including in Windows 7. Opinions were, of course, mixed: some users complained that there wasn't anything new in the release (compared to Vista), while others reasoned that it was a pre-beta and that expectations shouldn't be high in the first place. The number of downloads is estimated in the tens of thousands. The pre-beta build (6801) of Windows 7 that was given out to PDC attendees quickly found its way onto p2p sites, in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

This is the best time to wrap up everything Windows 7-related that has been discovered, hinted at, and announced since PDC. Instead, PDC was only the tip of the iceberg the PDC build leaked onto the web, Microsoft gurus started digging, and, of course, Microsoft revealed more information at WinHEC 2008. After our coverage of PDC 2008, we thought that Windows 7 news would slow down for a bit.

Windows 7 build 6801