Will Windows 7 be finalized next week?
Although Windows 7 won't go on sale until October, Microsoft is actually slated to be done with the code that ships on those first PCs within a couple of weeks.
Some enthusiast sites are predicting that Microsoft will peg the release-to-manufacturing date of Windows 7 to July 13, the start of the company's Worldwide Partner Conference. A report on GeekSmack.net suggests that Microsoft will finish the OS by the 13th and post the software to its MSDN and TechNet developer sites shortly thereafter.
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Although the timing would certainly be convenient, it's also the case that Microsoft is primarily focused on making sure it has stamped out any last-minute bugs.
Microsoft said when it announced the October ship date for Windows 7 that it would have to finalize the code and get it to computer makers by the second half of July.
To meet that goal, Microsoft is no doubt doing long-term regression testing on any builds it thinks could be the final one.
Another Windows 7 date to keep in mind is July 11. That's when Microsoft plans to end a preorder program through which people can buy an upgrade version of Windows 7 Home Premium for $49 or Windows 7 Professional for $99. The software maker has also said that preorders could end earlier if it hits a predetermined sales level, although it hasn't said how many copies it is willing to sell.
The preorder program has been a hit on Amazon, where the Home Premium upgrade remains the top seller in both the software section as well as the overall "computers and add-ons" category.
During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried has changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. These days, most of her attention is focused on Microsoft. E-mail Ina. 
You sound like a Mac user. I will be one of the first to say that Windows 7 is what Vista should have been (meaning they should have just skipped Vista and gone straight to Windows 7), but you will never hear me say that Windows 7 is Vista SP3. Many people will say that about Windows 7, and here is my advice: Try the RC, and you will be eating your own words.
No it is an upgrade, but it doesn't matter what you call it Snow Leopard will be well worth the $29
Snow Leopard is more or less a service pack. It is simply adding new features to leaopard. Will it be worth the 29 dollars, from what Ive seen yes it will. Even with Snow Leopard, I'm going to choose Windows 7 for my next Computer.
Upgrade, I think not. Try Vista Service Pack."
@system001--I am an Apple user and even I find that statement pretty retarded. Without these companies pushing out updates, upgrades, or whatever you want to call them, we would just be stuck with a lame OS. Microsoft, Linux Distros, and Apple competing so fiercely is a benefit to all consumers, so stop with flaming comments. They are utterly pointless.
Trolls: You are being brainwashed. The "My Operating System's manufacturer can beat up your operating system's manufacturer" argument will never have an answer, so please get on with your lives and stop trolling for favored companies.
Microsoft is not stupid... they'll ensure Windows 7 sells and sells well by offering a wide assortment of promotions to acquire the software. There is much more at stake here than just Windows... there's it continued market dominance and it's erroding marketshare.
MS isn't giving anyone a reason to upgrade other than to fix a broken Vista install.
Just had a thought -- I wonder if part of the reason MS doesn't sell box versions for cheaper is because it would erode PC sales?
Your thought is right now target. Just think about it, if you built a pc yourself with high quality parts off of the market and then bought a retail Windows version and put it on there, it would still be less expensive as compared to what you get from an OEM.
Its like a cycle where the software companies keep making spec demanding code and the OEM's happily provide the hardware and make money off of it.
By the way, have you checked your Mac for the botnet you belong to yet? Or do you even know how to look for that? You may be compromised this very moment and not even know it, allowing criminals to watch every single step you make online, documenting all your logins, your banking information, etc. And you don't even know it.
I don't go around downloading illegal software from bittorrent, either. And I'm on Windows, and I have never gotten a virus. Viruses usually only go to people who click "Free Smileys" or, as you said, go around downloading illegal software from bittorrent.
You appear to have completely missed my point- that being while you are conveying a very smug and elitist holier than thou attitude typical of most rather vocal Macintosh fans, you acknowledge there are security risks out there for the Mac, however you are sure you don't have any compromised systems.... even though you have no way to check and in actual fact do not know if you are compromised or not.
My original point stands- your data could be compromised right now, your keystrokes logged, and the criminals are simply waiting for you to get enough money in your bank account before they act. Or they have just made your machine a bot without your knowledge as well.
It's akin to a doctor coughing and hacking up a lung telling you that they are feeling fine. :)
Can't wait to have Snow Leopard and Windows 7 running on my Macbook Pro.
Get lost troll. I bought the MBP last year and it has been the best computer I have ever purchased. Why don't u actually try out an Apple computer before you post your stupid, ill informed comments.
My MBP gives me the best of both worlds - Snow Leopard and Win 7.
Vista was a very disaster, XP.... so, i want to know, how it'll be.
Microsoft has all these resources and yet they still can't get the OS right and the lemmings keep coming back to a new cliff to jump off of.
If you are trying to switch people to OS X with your rantings, you're actually hurting your own cause with these sorts of uninformed illogical comments. You make OS X sound like the choice for droolling fans without any sense of responsibility, security, or independant thought. I'm not sure that was your intent, but it is the result. Perhaps you may want to rethink your tactics?
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And to add my two cents in about Snow Leopard - Service Pack! Why do we have to pay for version releases within 10.0? I don't understand that...
1 = 1ghz P3
XP system = 7.9
Vista (unmodified after purchasing) = 3.4
Vista (8hr of tweaking and deleting crapware) = 3.9
Ubuntu 9.04 under wine (windows emulator) = 4.7
- by lotty1234 July 15, 2009 3:26 AM PDT
- Windows vista is actually buggy, Trust me I tried It. Some software Doesnt work on vista this is why there doing windows 7 because they are starting fresh with no viruses and better security, Also Windows vista was actually a way for them to make money, They actually didnt take that long to make windows vista thats why its buggy, Im sure they will update it for better performance and use up less Ram And CPU, I wander why it uses more Ram and CPU then windows 7.
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