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Vista Gets Official Release Dates

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the this-weeks-dates dept.

SlinkySausage writes "Five years, three months and five days after Windows XP made its debut, Microsoft will usher its next-generation OS onto the stage. Microsoft has set November 30 as the release date for Vista (and Office 2007) to business customers and January 30, 2007 as the date for the official launch to consumers and The World At Large."

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  1. I've been running it for years! by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

    But I liked it better when they called it OS X!

    J/K, I'm not gay.

  2. 535? by PHAEDRU5 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Surely there's a numbering system where this reads "666".

    --
    668: Neighbour of the Beast
  3. Christmas Shopping! by NineNine · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just in time for Christmas Shopping Season! I'm getting everybody in my family a shiny new End User License Agreement (EULA)! I can't wait for Christmas morning around the tree, when we all get to click "Accept" together! Now, that's what I call quality family time.

    1. Re:Christmas Shopping! by Sparr0 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Everyone knows you are supposed to let the cat click Accept, just in case some crazy judge somewhere rules click-through licenses binding some day.

  4. Breaking news by ameyer17 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unseasonably cold temperatures predicted for November 30th in Hell.