Posts Tagged ‘Windows’

Official: Windows 7 date is confirmed

// July 3rd, 2008 // No Comments » // Technology News

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 January 2010. (more…)

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Windows 7 Shows Microsoft Hasn’t Learned Vista Lessons

// July 2nd, 2008 // No Comments » // Technology News

The project was called MinWin, a Microsoft effort to slim down the next version of Windows. The company said it had heard, loud and clear, that another bloated OS like Vista wouldn’t fly. Then Windows 7 galumphed into the room. Microsoft is spending much of this week offering glimpses of its next operating system at the All Things Digital Conference. If the previews are any indication, MinWin has joined BOB on the ash heap of Redmond’s abandoned projects. Indeed, Windows 7 looks like it’s going to include many of Vista’s useless CPU and memory hogging “features” and then some. In other words, it will be time to upgrade the hardware again when Windows 7 ships in the next year-and-a-half or so. (more…)

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Windows 7 info officially revealed

// July 2nd, 2008 // No Comments » // Technology News

With Vista struggling Windows 7 it’s the OS on everyone’s lips at the moment. It could be set for an early release in Q4 2009. Chris Flores, from the official Windows Vista Team Blog brings us up-to-date. Flores has conceded that Microsoft is working on Windows 7, but has stated that this is normal in the Windows OS cycle. “…we started working on Windows Vista even before we released Windows XP. So naturally, we’ve been thinking about the investments we made in Windows Vista and how we can build on these for the next version of Windows,” he said. (more…)

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