Rename Windows 7?

[M Bacon]

Does anybody know if they are going to rename Windows 7 to something else when it comes out? Windows 7 sounds odd when they have vista, xp, me, 2000, and me.

[Dynash]

Doubt it. They've always named it Windows 7, marketed it as Windows 7, so would be pointless to change it now.

[bariteau]

They will not rename it, Microsoft made it clear that it would stay as Windows 7.

Also, due to the fact that a lot of people already pre-ordered the OS, it would be impractical to rename it; it would cause more confusion.

If they had planned to rename it, they would have done so before releasing any public alpha/beta versions.

[OnPunBB]

it was already renamed once before (its codename was blackcomb / vienna)

[Erizo]

You think Windows 7 sounds odd when they have Windows 2000? o.o

[BrandonTheG]

You listed windows me twice.

[Dynash]

it was already renamed once before (its codename was blackcomb / vienna)
That was actually Vista?

[bariteau]

That was actually Vista?

Vista was codename longhorn

The best way to find out is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_codenames

[Efil]

Not particularly important but I wish Microsoft would...now we have to read the full context in order to understand if W7 means windows seven or water seven inside our W7 community discussions.

[WL-Michael]

I hope not, I think the name is kinda cool, edgy yet refined and it's also about time the digits in the name inverted somehow since we're def in a year where that's a trend..

[~ServerPoint~]

I believe they have spend a lot of money for the Windows7 brand. So there is no need to spend that for the another one