Windows 7 should be out for Christmas

[Barman58]

Windows 7 should be out for Christmas


Microsoft promises release to manufacturing by October

The company confirmed in a webcast today that Windows 7 will be released to manufacturing (RTM) three years after the RTM version of Vista was released. Vista went RTM in October 2006.

"The goal for Windows 7 RTM is to be three years after Windows Vista RTM," said the company in response to a question.

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Windows 7 should be out for Christmas - vnunet.com

 

[v0id]

I hope so!

 

[Mark]

Sounds good, should be a nice present for everyone.

 

[NosferatuX]

Yeah, looking forward to it

 

[skunksmash]

good news.... cheers Nigel....






SK

 

[Saltgrass]

If it is true, that means there will be another Beta release?

I'm hoping they will have some type of program for folks that purchased Vista recently. If not, I will have to delay the change over for some time.

 

[Digger]

If MS is smart, they will wait this out... my 2 cent prediction would be next year, with the availability to preorder at xmas. This thing isnt making the stores before the start of the next school year to push it thru student pc's. Not enough time to even ship it to schools to put in libraries. Not too mention the global economy. It really wouldnt pay for MS to push this OS and hurry it up for no reason... Best time would be around next spring, after ppl get their taxes and the economy starts to turn around, and ppl by then will have the need to upgrade their pcs by then, or atleast be in the position to even think that way. Also, MS still has a way to go with this OS. I think we are all a bit awed with this BETA... a little star struck in my opinion. Yes it has great potential, but so did longhorn...

 

[Digger]

I hope so!

dude you piggy backed my avatar ! :shock:

 

[Mark]

dude you piggy backed my avatar ! :shock:

If you want one more original you can use one of these instead

 

[garysgold]

Good news. Thanks, Nigel.

Gary

 

[djhallucn8]

Thanks, Nigel, good find. I myself was hoping to get it in October but it sounds better than getting it next year.

 

[kayzee]

I plan on getting a whole new PC before christmas time so oct/nov would be a great release time for me

 

[dsljay]

I am also planning on purchasing a new computer at the end of the year.

 

[Barman58]

Hopefully windows 7 will be available for inclusion on OEM manufactured computers for th 2009 Christmas holiday season. so that would mean it would need to be released to manufacturing a fair while before this so it may be that it will be available for retail purchase as early as October although M$ would probably release during December for maximum impact

this all assumes of course that the release candidate phase of development proceeds as well as the pre beta and beta

 

[Night Hawk]

I suspect they will keeping their usual release schedule of seeing each new version released at the end of January 2010. Vista 1/31/07, XP 1/2001 following that trend. Any new machines bougth from July 1st on will see the same Anytime Upgrade offer for 7 with Vista preinstalled.