Microsoft brings Windows 7 release forward?

[Thrax]

<p>I do love a juicy rumor fresh out of the oven, and today's is a particularly fine one. Word has it that Microsoft's 2010 release of Windows 7 has actually been moved forward by a whole year for a 2009 release. This is a significant amount of time to push forward an OS, particularly considering the gargantuan development time of Windows Vista.</p>
<p>Microsoft has three landmark code releases scheduled for 2008. Sure enough the first one has been sent out the door for evaluation known as M1 for a motorway in the sunny UK. The Inquirer serves <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/22/microsoft-brings-windows">up a few more details</a> after the jump.</p>

[primesuspect]

2009 doesn't seem that far off :-/ Vista hasn't even really started yet.

[RADA]

2009 doesn't seem that far off :-/ Vista hasn't even really started yet.

That's 'cause Vista doesn't really START all that well... :eek: :bigggrin:

[QCH2002]

Vista = Windows ME with pretty things!!!

My Vista box at work is rock solid. Doesn't crash... doesn't work that well though. Apps hang all the time and my X2 3200 w/ 3 GB of RAM acts like a 2 GHz P4 with 512. :(

Now... I need to continue to convince my facility to skip Vista and wait for Windows 7. :thumbsup:

[Cyclonite]

Ditto! And I think we can do it here. Woo!

[Thelemech]

I love how even Bill G has almost blatantly said Vista was a mistake{interview after CES Keynote Address} ... You said it well RADA, Vista never started and QCH2002 you are correct Vista = ME and will definitely be regarded as such by future generations. AERO my A$$!!!! Come on MS MSOS7 better be a real advancement in computer usage, period.

[RADA]

Well, maybe 7 & the next OS will be good, solid applications, sort of like Windows 2000 Pro, and XP Pro were after the ME fiasco.


...we can only hope.

[AlphaTrinity]

When Vista first came out I remember people saying that Vista would be like Win2000..kind of good but still bad, and then Viera (7?) would be like XP..awesomesauce. Now I guess Vista has degenerated enough to be compared with WinME :eek:

[Thrax]

Nobody ever compared Vista to 2000. 2000 is twice the OS Vista ever will be. I mean that with 75% hyperbole and 25% fact; 2000 is faster, period. Vista is a boat anchor with a dumb name.

[Sledgehammer70]

Wait for it.... I think I might go Mac TBH! I am falling out of gaming as I don't have the time for it in my spare time (well I do game all day at work :)). I can see me using a Mac for the work stuff I do now...

[Leonardo]

Microsoft cannot take the risk that the Linux projects will pull their finger out and get some more user friendly systems together instead of dorking around on server-side ideas.To me, that's the only part of the article that makes the rumor plausible.

2009? Hmm, that's about when I had figured I'd have to move to Vista. Maybe I'm now spared. Come to think of it, this has a lot of parallels with the 98-ME-XP cycle.

[fatcat]

please microsoft leave the name of it "windows 7" or "windows 2k9"...no more stupid names.

thx

p.s. that goes for apple and their "cat" names also

[Thrax]

I completely agree. Windows 2009, or Windows 7 would be <i>awesome</i> names.