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Windows 7 Release Date Confirmed!

June 28, 2008 in Industry News comments 17

Bill Gates Has Left Microsoft, but that's not stopped the team. Tech Radar just confirmed the date 17-18 hours ago.

Windows 7 (Not the most 'Standing Out Name') is an upgrade to the Windows Vista launched in Q1-2 2007. This Should be a banger on the shelves and 'Hopefully' uses up less space and RAM.

Bill Gates may have only just said his goodbyes, but the Microsoft machine keeps on running with the company announcing information about the release of Windows 7.

The paint may not have even dried on the Windows that is Vista, but it seems that Microsoft is already looking to launch its successor within the next two years.

In a letter to enterprise and business customers on Tuesday, vice president of Microsoft Bill Veghte announced that the approximate launch date for Windows 7 is.....
Benedict via techradar.com »
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  • 2
    Xenctuary Jun 28, 08
    January 2010? Apple's OSX 10.6 will be out by Summer 2009. Microsoft need to catch up.
    • 1
      iLLmatic Jun 29, 08
      No they don't. They need ample time to copy OS X and release a new OS with their own name on it.
  • 0
    Storm* Jun 28, 08
    That's not a bad time, imo. Perhaps in '09 they'll have some beta versions of the OS.
  • 0
    Slumpy monkey Jun 28, 08
    what is it an SP upgrade or a whole new OS?

    HisServant: Stop following me around and thumbing me down KK.
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      HisServant77 Jun 29, 08
      Sorry, just read this one, Slumpy, I actually haven't been following you around. But when I notice your posts, There are times I actually thumb you UP because I don't understand why you would be thumbed down. Sorry if you believe I'm the one doing it, but I'm not. I only thumb down on comments I find add nothing to the article, or are flaming or some nonsense or something. No worries, I don't hold grudges or something if you think that.
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    HisServant77 Jun 28, 08
    You've got to be kidding! Sheesh, I just went to Vista last year, can't they improve that before issuing another one, only to stop supporting the new Vista a year later, therefore forcing people to buy a new OS?
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    Agrias Jun 28, 08
    That image...I don't see any difference from my Vista <.<

    I guess Vista was a failure, or they just want to get some extra credit...
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      chautemoc Jun 28, 08
      The image is just from a test build; it'll look way different when it's finished.

      Anyway, Windows 7 is actually the successor to Windows XP..it was started before Vista but was put aside temporarily.

      And HisServant> No, not really. Vista is garbage, and since XP is supported until 2014..you'd have been better off skipping it.
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        HisServant77 Jun 28, 08
        Wait, 2014? I had gone the way of Vista mostly because I had read/heard that XP was loosing support this year or something!

        Well, it's a good thing I have several computers with Vista, and others with XP still. . .
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          chautemoc Jun 28, 08
          Nope, see here. I believe they had regular support for it til then for a long time now..but now we're getting everything. Loves it.
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          HisServant77 Jun 29, 08
          Thanks for the info! So they're giving life to it again, that's good Too bad I did already get used to Vista though
  • 0
    Slumpy monkey Jun 28, 08
    Damn, Im getting a laptop which is coming with vista, sucks that ill have to upgrade. At least its not for another 2 years.
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    Final Blade Jun 29, 08
    So this is actually the successor to XP, interesting, I always thought XP was so much better than Vista. It looked like crap from what I read and heard from the techies around the net.

    So that means I don't have to upgrade my OS til 2014, kickass.
    Long live XP.

    Question Chaut, why did they release Vista then? I mean its not like it was better to XP anyway, looked like a step backwards for MS on the OS end.
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      chautemoc Jun 29, 08
      Yeah I know, good question. This is part of what Wikipedia has to say..the sources are always better to read of course but I'll leave that to you:

      Later Blackcomb (Windows 7) was delayed and an interim minor release, codenamed "Longhorn", was announced for a 2003 release. By the middle of 2003, however, Longhorn had acquired some of the features originally intended for Blackcomb, including WinFS, the Desktop Window Manager, and new versions of system components built on the .NET Framework. After the 2003 "Summer of Worms", where three major viruses -- Blaster, Sobig, and Welchia -- exploited flaws in Windows operating systems within a short time period, Microsoft changed their development priorities, putting some of Longhorn's major development work on hold in order to develop new service packs for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that included a number of new security and safety features. Development of Longhorn was also "reset" in September 2004 (see Mid-2004 to Mid-2005: Development "reset") as a result of concerns about the quality of code that was being introduced to the operating system. The eventual result of this was that WinFS, the Next Generation Secure Computing Base, and other features seen in Longhorn builds were deemed "not ready" for wide release, and as such did not appear in Longhorn, when it was released as Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
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    Agrias Jun 29, 08
    Oh i see...I hope there's really something GOOD on it. I am so disappointed with Vista.
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    wonthedublein08 Jun 30, 08
    Why do I have the feeling this will end up getting pushed back until Summer 2010?

    George
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      Agrias Jul 1, 08
      Now that's a nice html code

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