Microsoft is planning to ship its next major version of Windows - known internally as version '7' - within roughly three years, CNET News.com has learned. The company discussed Windows 7 on Thursday at a conference for its field sales force in Orlando, Fla., according to sources close to the company. While the company provided few details, Windows 7, the next client version of the operating system, will be among the steps taken by Microsoft to establish a more predictable release schedule, according to sources. The company plans a more 'iterative' process of information disclosure to business customers and partners, sources said.
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Member since:2005-11-10
Theoretically yes; practically, no.
It's like saying you can run Vista on 800 MHz. You can do it; in the same way you can run XP on 8 Mhz http://www.winhistory.de/more/386/xpmini_eng.htm
By the time '7' is out, 32-bit machines may be considered unbearably slow, who knows.
Member since:2005-07-06
Member since:2005-11-11
But will there be 32-bit chips still around that are capable to run this new "Windows"? :-)
There aren't a ton of those chips that can comfortably run Vista, to say nothing of Windows 7. They might exist, but will likely be completely unsuitable if the jump in requirements between Vista and 7 is anything like the jump from XP to Vista.
In the embedded space things could be different, but there's hardly a reason for a desktop OS scheduled for release 3 years from now to be 32 bit. Why would they delay this increasingly necessary transition even more?
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2006-10-08
"Will there even be 32-bit chips for general sale then?"
For sale in general? As a new product? Surely not. But will there be 32-bit chips still around that are capable to run this new "Windows"? :-)