Microsoft VP confirms Windows 7 ship date: January 2010

[Indyan]

In a letter sent to enterprise and business customers, Microsoft says it is responding to users' request for a more regular, predictable Windows release schedule.

Microsoft will ship Windows 7 sometime in or near Jan. 2010, according to a letter company senior vice president Bill Veghte sent to Microsoft customers Tuesday.

In the letter sent to "Windows Customers" and titled "An Update on the Windows Roadmap," Veghte said "our plan is to deliver Windows 7 approximately three years after the January 2007 general availability launch date of Windows Vista."

Veghte wrote, "You have told us you want a more regular, predictable Windows release schedule" and he said that was the impetus for setting the 2010 ship date.

Vista has been slowly gaining steam, but is still drawing fire from critics who say it has not lived up to promises.

Veghte went further in addressing customer concerns over application compatibility, which had been a problem shortly after Vista's release.

"You've also let us know you don't want to face the kinds of incompatibility challenges with the next version of Windows you might have experienced early with Windows Vista. As a result, our approach with Windows 7 is to build off the same core architecture as Windows Vista so the investments you and our partners have made in Windows Vista will continue to pay off with Windows 7. Our goal is to ensure the migration process from Windows Vista to Windows 7 is straightforward."

Veghte's discussion of Windows 7 was part of an effort to clarify the June 30 XP deadline that will see the operating system removed from retail shelves and OEM hardware, and to tout the virtues of Windows Vista. Veghte also thanked customers for their loyalty and support.

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[narangz]

I really hope it's not a HDD space & system memory guzzler.

 

[blueshift]

^ why it shouldn't be?

Jan 2010...thats too much of time! Till then use Vista..and perhaps some other more advanced OS will come from Linux comm.

 

[narangz]

^^ Why? 'Coz I don't wanna upgrade for every release

3 years is not too much time, IMHO.

 

[CadCrazy]

Imagine how much more crap they gonna put in vista to make it windows 7
Mathematically
Vista + Some more crap = Windows 7

 

[saqib_khan]

Imagine how much more crap they gonna put in vista to make it windows 7
MathematicallyVista + Some more crap = Windows 7

lol, very true.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

I think their main focus should be on internal security, robustness and transparency.

1. UAC should be more modelled on Gnome's GKSU

2. There should be some kernel level developments which make the system faster

3. Internal DRM should NOT exist. The OS should not cripple the user in any way.

4. The functioning of the OS should be completely transparent, with everything available for the user to see if he so wishes.

5. Shortcuts to applications must become more advanced, perhaps emulating Linux Launchers, and this way, all applications can be easily assigned pre-run-time configuration options.

6. Windows Command Prompt needs a rework; it should be made to be at par with today's standards for a robust commandline and should be intergrated into the main OS, and most importantly, it should support the ncurses library for commandline GUI.

7. Much more security is needed; applications which are released officially must go strict tests to ensure that maximum holes are pluged.

 

[W i d e S c r e e N]

is windows 7 = directx 10.xx\11?

 

[RCuber]

I would like to see microsoft concentrate more on making windows 7 faster than eyecandy.

UAC must be more smarter and it should not be a PITA for the user Vista SP1 fixed many of these problems but still more work is needed.

I also want to see windows read and write ext and other partitions natively.

Quicker start up/resume and shutdown.

Imagine how much more crap they gonna put in vista to make it windows 7
MathematicallyVista + Some more crap = Windows 7

Please Visit the thread in my signature.

 

[CadCrazy]

Please Visit the thread in my signature.

Am i suppose to be flaming. Not really,its just for fun. To make discussion more interesting

 

[RCuber]

Am i suppose to be flaming. Not really,its just for fun. To make discussion more interesting

chit chat would be a better place for fun .. back to topic.

 

[CadCrazy]

Yaar phun to har jaga hona chahiye jab tak koe mod object na kare

 

[FilledVoid]

Nice 2010 isnt bad at all. Thats a load of time for Vista to mature . One of these days I'm going to give Vista another whirl it seems my lame Tv Tuner card has Vista drivers now .

1. UAC should be more modelled on Gnome's GKSU

Out of curiosity, Why? I think UAC is actually a good feature on Windows Vista. If you've worked for Tech Support in a large company , you can trust me when i say its a God Send.

3. Internal DRM should NOT exist. The OS should not cripple the user in any way.

Please explain internal DRM in Windows for me. Thanks.

4. The functioning of the OS should be completely transparent, with everything available for the user to see if he so wishes.

You want Microsoft to go Open Source? What exactly did you mean again?

5. Shortcuts to applications must become more advanced, perhaps emulating Linux Launchers, and this way, all applications can be easily assigned pre-run-time configuration options.

If Im correct all Windows at least from 2000 have this right?

I also want to see windows read and write ext and other partitions natively.

This is something I would love to see.

 

[naveen_reloaded]

Arent they releasing it tooearly?
Ok here is the question of the day... How much should i start saving to upgrade my system to run windows 7 ultimate? A lakh?

I hope they bring in the much waited filesystem..
And hope they concentrate on faster ui than looks...

Lets see.... Vista too was released on jan...now W7? Hope history doesnt repeat itself...,

But p.s i like vista...its really great...

 

[Sathish]

i heard that windows 7 has new file system and file structure?
is it.?

anyhow . windows is the only fastest OS for Desktop computers....
when compareed to windows, all of the linux distro are practially very slow....
So nothing can beat Windows...

 

[ThinkFree]

^^Disagree with you. Running OpenSuse and its faster than XP

 

[ravi_9793]

^^Disagree with you. Running OpenSuse and its faster than XP

Please dont start OS war here.

 

[chandru.in]

^^ Wasn't this the actual starting point of OS war?? I guess you quoted the wrong person.

anyhow . windows is the only fastest OS for Desktop computers....
when compareed to windows, all of the linux distro are practially very slow....
So nothing can beat Windows...

 

[naveen_reloaded]

Whatever it is... Lets stay on topic with W7...

Anyone have any info on features in W7?

Or atleast rumoured ones.?

 

[blueshift]

^^ Why? 'Coz I don't wanna upgrade for every release

Comeon...Vista h/w upgrade wasn't too much they asked for. I ran Vista on my 5 year old system with 512MB RAM and onboard nVidia GF2. Though I couldn't the Aero effect in that...but who cares.
And I guess Windows 7 is completely different from Vista..like new FS, multitouch working. But it will be able to run 'min system configuration' PCs.

1. UAC should be more modelled on Gnome's GKSU

2. There should be some kernel level developments which make the system faster

4. The functioning of the OS should be completely transparent, with everything available for the user to see if he so wishes.

5. Shortcuts to applications must become more advanced, perhaps emulating Linux Launchers, and this way, all applications can be easily assigned pre-run-time configuration options.

You are asking for Linux features..

Anyone have any info on features in W7?

Did you saw this site : *windows7news.com/