In other news, Microsoft has confirmed that Vista's successor, which goes by the clever codename of Windows 7, is on track for a 2010 release. We've heard a lot of dates over the last few months, ranging from 2009 to 2011. But Microsoft has consistently said Windows 7 was part of a 3 year cycle. They just didn't really make it clear when the 3 years started. Apparently the answer is, 3 years from the time Windows Vista shipped to consumers. Not the date when Vista development began, or 3 years from the date it was shipped to manufacturers.
Does that mean we'll see a public launch of Windows 7 in January of 2010? Eh, maybe. On the one hand, a lot can happen in two years. On the other hand, when you're trying to retool an operating system as widely used as Windows, you want to spend as much time as it takes getting things right, otherwise you wind up with... Windows ME. What, you thought we were going to make a dig at Vista? How little you know us.
[via Engadget]
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3-13-2008 @ 2:13PM
AskTheAdmin said...
Yup confirmed that link goes to the original story on SoftPedia whats with the by line going to Engadget?
Where is that screenshot for Seven from? Inquiring minds NEED to know! Come on put us on!
Karl Gechlik | http://www.askTheAdmin.com
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3-13-2008 @ 2:15PM
Brad Linder said...
Fixed the link, and the image comes from an alleged leak that came out a while back:
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/01/24/is-this-what-windows-7-looks-like/
3-13-2008 @ 2:38PM
AskTheAdmin said...
Thanks Brad! I was away for a bit in January must have missed it - but it never found its way on to the interwebs or at least it didn't come around my neck of the woods.
Has anyone out there in DownloadSquad land played with Seven yet??? I have a few questions for ya!
3-13-2008 @ 2:14PM
Demodave said...
What about XP SP3? When will that be out of beta?
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3-13-2008 @ 2:23PM
Brian said...
Why did my comment get deleted?
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3-13-2008 @ 2:24PM
Brad Linder said...
Because your comment said that the link to Engadget was wrong. I fixed the link and didn't want people calling you a liar.
3-13-2008 @ 11:28PM
kojo87 said...
yay. that my birthday! hopefully its not a sucky gift
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3-15-2008 @ 5:46AM
whiskey said...
Which brings us to the question... Which one is more annoying, Vista or ME?
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3-16-2008 @ 8:57AM
Steven said...
So... they're not even going to give themselves enough time to fix all the problems in Vista before coming out with a new OS? And what else are they actually going to add into it... oh I know! Maybe we can have HD video background on webpages! And maybe more 32-Bit support! No one wants really good 64-bit driver support anyhow.
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