Although news about Windows Live Wave 4 has long been common on the Internet, it was not until this weekend that Microsoft officially announced the next generation of Windows Live for the first time, and said that the internal testing of Windows Live Wave 4 has basically ended. In the past few months, , thousands of people within Microsoft have participated in the daily testing of Windows Live Wave 4 code. Now the internal testing is coming to an end, and a public beta version will be provided to ordinary users soon.
The first step in public testing of Windows Live Wave 4 is to upgrade the Web service, followed by a beta version of the client software. The Windows Live Wave 4 software Beta test version includes Windows version, Mac version and mobile phone version. It mainly upgrades the three major components of Windows Live: Messenger, Hotmail, and Essentials.
Judging from the installation trial of previously leaked versions, Windows Live Wave 4 cannot be installed on Windows XP and is only compatible with Vista and Windows 7. Now Microsoft officially announced that the client software of various components of Windows Live Wave 4 is not compatible with XP system.
Microsoft said: "Windows XP is almost 10 years old and therefore does not offer the same level of performance as other graphics platforms. We recognized early in the development work on Wave 4 that more features and experiences were available on today's graphics platforms. New The new graphics platform and controls required by the version are only available through Windows 7 and Vista, and therefore will only run on those systems."
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