Windows 7 to arrive next year, says Bill Gates

[T Sizzles]

Windows 7 to arrive next year, says Bill Gates

Vista successor to hit store shelves earlier than expected

By Nilay Patel

You know, we should have paid a little closer attention to Microsoft's decision yesterday to extend Windows XP sales to "June 2010 or one year after the general availability of Windows 7" -- if the company was really planning on shipping Windows 7 in 2010, that first date doesn't make a lot of sense unless the plan is to ship Windows 7 much, much earlier. And hey -- what's Bill Gates doing telling investors this afternoon that Windows 7 will come "in the next year" and that he's "super-enthused" about it? As far as we know, the official Windows 7 timeline hasn't changed, so Bill might just talking about beta versions, but something's clearly up Windows-wise in Redmond -- perhaps Vista's wow is not long for this now.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/04/windows-7-to-arrive-next-year-says-bill-gates/

[PAN5Y]

oh nice

[nicatronTg]

Now that is news.

[UnknowingAcorn]

WOOT. everyone needs another Windows lol.

something seems fishy with mr gates

[Jay]

I can't wait for Windows Vienna . I don't have any problems with Vista it's just the fact that they're coding Vienna from the ground up.

[T Sizzles]

My relationship with Vista is a love/hate relationship. When it works fine I love it but when it gives me a problem it makes me want to go back to XP, which I'm very close to doing.

[Carson]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jay

I can't wait for Windows Vienna . I don't have any problems with Vista it's just the fact that they're coding Vienna from the ground up.

Are you sure about that? From what I've read they are just slimming down they old kernel.

[Haxalot88]

wow vista was quick to go... I guess M$ saw the colossal failure of vista, and decided to make another quick release. I'm guessing that it's going to be like some modified form of vista or something.

[Crackmatt]

Yay another windows I can pirate and get for free.

I think they need to set the date to like 11 or 12 because Vista just launched not to long ago.

[T Sizzles]

Quote: Originally Posted by Crackmatt

Yay another windows I can pirate and get for free.

I think they need to set the date to like 11 or 12 because Vista just launched not to long ago.

But Vista isn't perfect. It's just like Windows ME. ME was only on shelves for like a year before it was replaced by XP.

[Jay]

Quote from windowsvienna.com, lets just hope they're have legit sources (this was posted a year and a half ago).

Quote:

Windows Vienna - opening a new generation of operating systems

September 7, 2006
In the past 20 years, the Microsoft Windows operating system has accumulated old code libraries that brought it to the size it has today, 2.5 GB and about 50 million lines of code (Windows Vista). These old code libraries consume resources and are often the targets of security exploits. The best way to avoid such problems, is to start from scratch, which is close to what Microsoft plans to do with Windows Vienna. Windows Vienna will represent the start of a different generation of operating systems, bringing in new concepts and support for new types of hardware, along with a better security and a modular approach, which will allow future versions of Windows to be built more easily on Windows Vienna's engine.
It is also likely that the future success of Microsoft's products will be strongly decided by the success of the new generation operating system.

[TerminatioN]

IMO they need to get Vista working properly before they go releasing a new OS...

[T Sizzles]

Quote: Originally Posted by TerminatioN

IMO they need to get Vista working properly before they go releasing a new OS...

The whole point of releasing a new OS is so they can put Vista behind them lol.

[capo]

Since when have they been working on a new OS?
Is Windows 7 and Windows Vienna two different OS's?