Windows 7 Build 7004是RC版本？

Win7之家（ afsion.com.cn）：Windows 7 Build 7004是RC版本？

 Windows 7 Build 7004的截圖已經(jīng)泄露。雖然微軟始終三緘其口并不確認(rèn)任何消息，但Windows 7 Build 7004的出現(xiàn)表明此前的Pre-Beta 69XX階段已經(jīng)結(jié)束了。7000的版本號表明這已經(jīng)是一個全功能版本的Windows 7了。

Scott Wylie，微軟新西蘭分部開發(fā)平臺策略主管，是Windows 7 Build7004的測試者之一，此前他在一篇文章中發(fā)布了Build 7004的一張截圖，雖然原圖現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)被刪除，但通過google網(wǎng)頁快照依然可以看到。

“這個版本看起來像是一個完成版本的操作系統(tǒng)，對我來說這已經(jīng)算是完成品了。用戶界面看起來很舒服，事實(shí)上整個系統(tǒng)都更流暢更精悍了。一些新功能如：任務(wù)欄，預(yù)覽窗口，Jumplist等都確實(shí)很實(shí)用，而且也不過分招搖。用戶很快就能適應(yīng)這些新功能。”

同時，Wylie還稱Windows 7 Build 7004是個Pre-Beta版本，這就于此前的多數(shù)消息相矛盾了，因?yàn)榇蠖鄶?shù)消息都認(rèn)為6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 是Windows 7 Beta的版本號。按照這樣的說法，如果6.1.7000.0.081212-1400是Beta版本的話，那么7004版本似乎就該是RC版本之一了。

附部分原文;

Windows 7 Build 7004 is live. In the context of the imminent Windows 7 public Beta release development milestone, build numbers of the next iteration of the Windows client are being joggled around with Microsoft managing to remain mute and confirm no piece of information. The silence might be deafening on the official communication channels, but the Redmond company is indeed dogfooding Windows 7 Build 7004, a version that has evolved past the 69xx build numbers associated with the pre-beta releases of the operating system, but also with the 7000 build number that has become associated with the first fully-fledged Beta of Windows Vista's successor.

Scott Wylie, Microsoft's New Zealand Director of Development and Platform Strategy, is one of the software giant's employees testing Windows 7 Build 7004. Wylie leaked the first screenshot of Windows 7 Build 7004's desktop in a post that has been removed since then, but which continues to be accessible through Google cache.

“This feels like a completed OS, it doesn't say beta, to me it says almost done. The UI is noticeably more responsive, in fact the whole machine feels more snappy, lighter somehow. The new UI features (taskbar, preview windows, jumplists etc.) are really useful and unobtrusive. It will take a little while to get used to the slightly revised task switching, but I think it will be more intuitive long term,” Wylie stated.

Still, Wylie refers to Windows 7 Build 7004 as a pre-Beta version of the platform. The reference comes in contradiction with unconfirmed reports that Microsoft signed off the code for Windows 7 Beta 1 internally on December 12 with 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 as the build number. In this context, if 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 is the Beta, any 7004 Build number would place the respective Windows 7 development milestones in the post-Beta, Release Candidate branch of the operating system.
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