Windows 7 To Be Released Next Year?

KrispySausage writes "A recently-released roadmap for the next major Window release — Windows 7 — indicates that Microsoft is planning to release the new operating system in the second half of 2009, rather than the anticipated release date of some time in 2010. This quickly-approaching release date would seem to be at least partially verified by news of a milestone build available for review by an anonymous third party." We've previously discussed the upcoming new OS version, as well as its danger to Vista.

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I'll call it the "President Bush Corollary"

[TheJerg]

I think I have figured out Microsoft's master strategy. They put out Vista as a giant advertisement to hype their new OS. You might ask "Well doesn't that seem like an awful waste of resources?" and I'd respond "No, actually it's brilliant." The same way we're at the point now that we'll take anybody as long as Bush is gone, after people's experiences with Vista they'll try anything(even Linux in some cases, shocking I know).

Re:windows7

[Anonymous Coward]

Um - maybe its like every other one is good?

Remember the parts of IQ tests where they say "how are these items alike"? Bet you scored low there.

Re:windows7

[eat here_get gas]

if one is based on "even", and the other on "odd", how the fuck are they the same? since when does odd equal even?

and at least I had the balls to put my name on my test...

Re:windows7

[DeeQ]

Thanks for just making my point more obvious. But in doing so you just showed how my point Doesn't suck. Quite the way with words you have eh? Maybe you should get off your fanboat fanboi and stop crying a river.

Re:Such optimism?

[Magada]

Having used vista for more than a month now, I feel qualified to comment:

People will be trained to always click yes with UAC, but not sudo right? UAC != sudo and anyway no half-decent Linux OS gives sudo rights to new users out of the box (indeed, some don't even come with sudo installed by default). Sudo is not a security tool, neither is UAC, don't treat them as if they were.

MS is now in charge of writing drivers too? The driver signing means Microsoft is taking responsibility for those drivers (albeit in a limited way); deal with it. Perhaps they really should be writing drivers, instead of laying the groundwork for charging hardware manufacturers for the privilege of having devices that work with Windows.

Why would anyone scroll the start menu when they can just start typing... Because they just used the mouse to get to the damn start menu, you useless twat.

Re:windows7

[eat here_get gas]

your 3rd-grade name-calling whilst hiding beneath mommy's skirt has caused ir-repairable emotional trauma...she doesn't let you out much eh?

>sob...