Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 11th May 2009 17:24 UTC
The official stance from Microsoft has always been that Windows 7 would be released three years after Vista, which would put its release date somewhere in January 2010. However, various rumours already indicated a release ahead of that schedule, and if the beta and RC are anything to go by, they could release it today and get away with it. Microsoft seems to have realised this, as it has now said it will release Windows 7 in time for the 2009 holiday season.
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Member since:2006-04-22
I finally got around to installing Win7 on a spare laptop, and I am actually very impressed. It reminds me some of the beta version of Win2k that was 100x more stable than any Windows 9x. Been a week now and I find it really is better performing. Side by side comparison with XP, the deletion of a folder with 5,000+ files, the Win7 removed the directory in less than half the time it took XP. Copying a 2GB file was also faster, albeit by just a couple of seconds. Both laptops are the same HP with same CPU/Memory.
Too bad the ATI mobility 9000 is too old too be fully supported, so I don't get Aero.
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2005-07-06
I think you will like it (RC that is). I will be going back to Mac OS X as my primary by the end of the summer, running windows 7 and Ubuntu as an alternative boots... but I really have enjoyed this version of windows, more than any version of the past (except perhaps the initial release of NT way back when, that was fun to me).
I think this basic "version" will hang around for the next 5 years or so.