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New Windows OS to arrive next year
Andrew Wooden Apr 7 2008, 10:51am
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Gates gives next Microsoft operating system, codenamed Windows 7, a rough release date
Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates has said the next version of the firm’s operating system, codenamed Windows 7, will arrive “sometime in the next year or so.”
"I'm super enthused about what it will do in lots of ways," he said in a seminar on corporate philanthropy held during an annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank, reported Reuters. "That'll be sometime in the next year or so that we'll have a new version."
Gates added that the operating system will revolutionise the mobile sector and transform the desk of the future with touch screen features allowing users to manipulate the computer desktop with their hands.
It was expected that the OS would appear in early 2010, in line with Microsoft’s statement that it would release a new version of Windows roughly three years after Vista hit shelves in January 2007. However Gates’ statements imply it will arrive somewhat sooner.
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Posted by: Brett_Stocks - Apr 7, 11:21am
I wonder if this is a sign that Microsoft is moving towards an Apple way of updating operating systems? Hopefully they'll sort some of the bloat out of the operating system so it'll start quicker... Maybe rebuild the entire operating system without needed to boot through DOS perhaps?
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Posted by: emjay - Apr 7, 1:49pm
And then he will give us our money back for vista being in BETA version for all this time.
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Posted by: emjay - Apr 7, 1:50pm
And then he will give us our money back for vista being in BETA version for all this time.
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Posted by: emjay - Apr 7, 1:50pm
And then he will give us our money back for vista being in BETA version for all this time.
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Posted by: Brett - Apr 7, 1:53pm
Vista isn't as bad as everyone makes out. It's not Microsoft's fault if third party companies can't be bothered to update their drivers
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Posted by: Waleed Syed - Apr 7, 1:59pm
I'm really looking forward for the next version, I hope it will be better and there should be some improvement since the last version. So the new version, codenamed Windows 7, should be changed and should be much easier to use.
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Posted by: Brett - Apr 7, 2:23pm
The problem is though Waleed, many of the problem that have caused Vista to have a bad name are the fault of third party companies who haven't upgraded their drivers or their programs to work with Vista. Any new operating system will experience the same problems.
It was exactly the same for XP and Windows 98/2000/ME before that.
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Posted by: JimC - Apr 7, 2:41pm
Vista's beautiful ! As already said, the same problem arose with the launch of XP and its associated driver issues - lazy third party companies not getting theri act together, despite having the beta version in their hands a long time before release. I waited several months after public release of Vista for new drivers for my Sony Ericsson 'phone, so I could synch it with Outlook - just not good enough. Microsoft are driving innovation and new technology for the masses, the industry must try to keep up. Not perfect - I know, but my business and many others depends on Microsoft software - keep it coming - but in 64 bit only please!
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Posted by: Alex - Apr 7, 6:36pm
I Got vista and had it for a week and in that week my computer (Dell XPS) crashed 5 times. I was already thinking about apple products but Microsoft gave me no other choice. i lost all my files and my backed up files. i went to Apple and i have had nothing go wrong. This new windows is going to be just bad as vista. they should have kept XP going but because of vista they are losing custermers to Linex and Apple OS
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Posted by: Gazza Mitchell - Apr 9, 10:12am
@Alex...
What do u xpect... u bought a dell