Author Topic: Windows 7, Successor To Vista, May Ship Next Year (Read 1602 times)

rdpzycho · « **on:** April 06, 2008, 11:33:15 AM »

from http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080405/tc_cmp/207001912;_ylt=AkNRvCS0h5wZbzS1SDJdsDiIzdAF

By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek Fri Apr 4, 3:36 PM ET

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said his company might ship a new version of its Windows operating system as soon as 2009.

The news agency Reuters quoted Gates on Friday as saying that Windows 7 may be released "sometime in the next year or so." That would put the software ahead of the three-year cycle that Microsoft normally works on for OS releases.

The current version of Windows, known as Vista, shipped in January 2007.

Microsoft to date has said little about Windows 7, which has been in development under the code name Blackcomb. It was generally believed that the OS would ship in the 2010 timeframe. In response to an inquiry from InformationWeek, Microsoft said in a statement that Windows 7 is "scoped to three years from Windows Vista Consumer GA. As is standard with the release of a new product, we will be releasing early builds of Windows 7 prior to its General Availability as a means to gain tester feedback."

If Microsoft is moving up the release date for Windows 7, it may be because Vista has received only a lukewarm embrace from home and business computer users. Many have complained about Vista's hefty resource requirements and lack of compatibility with their existing applications.

To experience all of Vista's features, PC users need a computer with at least a 1-GHz processor, 1 GB of memory, and a 40-GB hard drive. By contrast, Windows XP Professional requires only a 300-MHz processor, 128 Mbytes of RAM, and a 1.5-GB disk.

Dissatisfaction with Vista has led Microsoft to extend the life of the older Windows XP OS for longer than originally planned.

Microsoft said Thursday that it would allow computer makers to continue to sell Windows XP on "ultra-low-cost PCs" for an extended period.

Microsoft said it would allow system vendors to preload the Home edition of Windows XP on ULCPCs through June 2010, or one year after the next version of Windows becomes generally available.

Microsoft defines ULCPCs as, among other things, systems that use discount-line processors and lack a separate graphics card. Such low-spec machines would be incapable of running Vista.

Gates was speaking at a seminar on corporate philanthropy in Miami, Reuters said.

Philippine Electronics Forum · « **on:** April 06, 2008, 11:33:15 AM »

0b00000111 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 06, 2008, 12:09:07 PM »

bago na naman!

basta tumatakbo ang Visual Studio Express at MPLAB di pa rin ako magpapalit OS

Philippine Electronics Forum · « **Reply #1 on:** April 06, 2008, 12:09:07 PM »

rdpzycho · « **Reply #2 on:** April 06, 2008, 12:19:38 PM »

Quote from: sevenstring on April 06, 2008, 12:09:07 PM

basta tumatakbo ang Visual Studio Express at MPLAB di pa rin ako magpapalit OS

XP pa rin...hehehe...

Philippine Electronics Forum · « **Reply #2 on:** April 06, 2008, 12:19:38 PM »

paranz · « **Reply #3 on:** April 06, 2008, 12:43:46 PM »

XP and win98 pa rin ako

Philippine Electronics Forum · « **Reply #3 on:** April 06, 2008, 12:43:46 PM »

0b00000111 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 06, 2008, 01:44:48 PM »

windows98SE Rules!

Philippine Electronics Forum · « **Reply #4 on:** April 06, 2008, 01:44:48 PM »

krayziebone · « **Reply #5 on:** April 07, 2008, 11:31:13 PM »

hahaha

hindi nag-click ang vista.. tsk tsk tsk

ano na naman kaya ang sys reqs ng windows 7 na yan?

paranz · « **Reply #6 on:** April 07, 2008, 11:51:44 PM »

Quote from: krayziebone on April 07, 2008, 11:31:13 PM

hahaha

hindi nag-click ang vista.. tsk tsk tsk

ano na naman kaya ang sys reqs ng windows 7 na yan?

i'll buy window 7 if it will run in a zilog MCU hehe

penny · « **Reply #7 on:** April 11, 2008, 12:59:50 PM »

during brainstorming sessions at the Forum I attended yesterday microsoft representative joked about the issue of vista's failure, "Tactic lang daw ung pag labas ng Vista para lalo tumaas ang sales ng XP." in reality this really did happen kasi mas na appreciate ng marami ung xp. very demanding kasi sa memory ung vista.

rdpzycho · « **Reply #8 on:** April 11, 2008, 01:27:40 PM »

extended nga ang pagbenta ng Windows XP...hehehe...

balita ko suko daw ang Microsoft sa Open Source Community...unti-unti silang nawawala, kahit hindi pa totally, kaya ayan Open na rin yung Office XML nila...

tapos yung mga next release ng Windows magkakaroon na rin ng sariling Virtual Machine...magkakaroon na rin daw sila ng support sa Unix...

naging standard na rin yung C# kaya open to others na rin...

hehehe...

'yus · « **Reply #9 on:** April 11, 2008, 08:00:22 PM »

Quote from: gempen on April 11, 2008, 12:59:50 PM

.. "Tactic lang daw ung pag labas ng Vista para lalo tumaas ang sales ng XP." in reality this really did happen kasi mas na appreciate ng marami ung xp.

magastos naman ang tactic nila..

hmmm.. na-appreciate ko nga ang xp.. pangalan pa lang talo na ang Vista..

Quote

very demanding kasi sa memory ung vista.

dati may napasukan akong internet shop, yung PC specs:P3 1GHz 256MB RAM,
tapos ang naka-install is VISTA.. and worst, yung ang biniggay sakin..

Philippine Electronics Forum · « **Reply #9 on:** April 11, 2008, 08:00:22 PM »

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