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Windows 7 could be released as soon as August 0

by Shawn Farner • Archive • Tags: , , , ,

Using timeline comparisons from the development and release of both Windows XP and Windows Vista, ComputerWorld has written that Windows  7 could see the light of day as early as this August.

In 2001, Microsoft issued its first Windows XP release candidate (RC1) 115 days before it shipped the  operating system on Oct. 25. Five years later, Microsoft publicly unveiled Windows Vista 138 days after it delivered that OSs’ first release candidate.

Adding a similar amount of time onto the date of the Windows 7 RC release (May 5) places the release of Windows 7 somewhere between late August and … Read the rest

Windows 7 Release Candidate to be shown next week. 1

by Jack Fitchner • Archive, Features • Tags: , , ,

Microsoft is planning to release Windows 7 RC1 to its Technet and MSDN subscribers sometime next week.  If there are no major glitchs,  this Release Candidate could very easily “Go  Gold” and be released to OEMs as early as July.

Windows 7 has been received well among early testers in general.  It has addressed several of Vista’s shortcomings with a cleaner look and better hardware compatibility.  It also has more touchscreen capability, though it’s still unclear whether a practical touchscreen interface will emerge for desktop computers.

Microsoft is still in love with market segmentation, at the cost of consumer  confusion … Read the rest

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