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Vista Could Ship Earlier Than Expected

Posted by Hemos on from the not-bloody-likely dept.

UltimaGuy writes "With speculation of a ship date for Windows Vista ranging in the second part of 2006, word has surprisingly surfaced that it can be expected much earlier. BusinessWeek has received a copy of the internal blog of Chris Jones, who is a top Windows executive. The blog states that the code for Windows Vista will be completed by August 31, giving Microsoft the opportunity to place Vista on PCs for the 2006 Christmas season."

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  1. always a good idea by dresgarcia · · Score: 5, Interesting

    SO they take the product that has had tons of problems and MOVE UP the release date? Wow. . . I hope its perfect. No that a few months will make a difference at this point. . .

    1. Re:always a good idea by oscartheduck · · Score: 2, Interesting

      In what sense is releasing a product due in the latter part of 2006 in time for Christmas 2006 (maybe having it ready in October, which is STILL the latter part of 2006) actually moving up the release date? It seems to me like they're just shipping it on time. What am I missing?

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  2. doesn't make sense by TheWart · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Am I missing something obvious, or is "Christmas 2006" actually later than "Second half 2006."

    At the very least they seem to be too close together to say it is shipping "much" earlier.

  3. Re:Yea sure..... by Headcase88 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "Can't imagine why they think getting it out in time for Christmas is in any way important!"

    Kids ask Mom for a computer for Christmas, Mom buys one, packaged with Vista.

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  4. Re:Yea sure..... by LehiNephi · · Score: 2, Interesting

    an Operating System is not the first gift you'd think of giving

    Exactly. I mean, who is going to be standing in line at 2 am on Black Friday for version 1.0 of an OS that is almost certainly going to be buggy and full of holes? You might as well do the same to get your oil changed. The additional functionality just isn't there. This isn't Windows 95--it's just a pretty face slapped on top of the same functionality.

    Besides the purely-utilitarian nature of an OS, the current set of commercially-available computers from HP, Dell, IBM, etc are not yet ready for the high requirements of Vista, and I don't think they will be by next August.

    In other words, WHO CARES?

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  5. well, maybe by zogger · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The vendors will OEM it, and if this past Black Friday shopping frenzy is an indication, people will be lining up to get it, *because* of the hardware deals that will be wrapped around it.
    With that said, all new major releases of windows since at least 95 have had brisk sales by disk at release time, that lasts a month or so (whatever) then slows down. I would imagine this will be similar.

    It also depends on pricing, MS can afford to drop prices and still make a lot of profit. As the software costs approach or exceed the hardware costs, they will be forced to do this I think. people might be in the unusual situation of being in the same store staring at 200$ complete systems with OS installed, then staring at a set of disks for 200$ with the same OS. This will cause a few "hmmm, WTF??" moments.

  6. Re:Interesting coincidence.... by flyinwhitey · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How funny, the AC gets caught trolling, and tries to act like it was a joke.

    I think the more pressing need is to prevent jerkoffs from posting AC. Or just from being stupid generally.

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