Acer exec: Windows 7 available on Oct. 23
Windows 7 will be ready a bit early, according to an executive at the world's third-largest PC maker, Acer.
Acer Z5600 all-in-one desktop
(Credit: Acer)On Thursday Acer UK marketing director Bobby Watkins told tech blog Pocket-lint.com to expect the new operating system by fall:
"23rd October is the date the Windows 7 will be available. There is a 30 day upgrade time so that customers don't wait to buy a new computer, so if you buy during that 30 day period, you'll get a free upgrade to Windows 7," Watkins is quoted as saying.
That's also the day Acer will release its Z5600 PC, an all-in-one desktop built specifically around Windows 7 features.
Microsoft has previously stated that the final version of Windows 7 won't be ready until January 2010. The first release candidate of the new operating system will be available Thursday to some developers and to the public next week.
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RC is so awesome, I find myself making up excuses to spend more time with my PC. :)
"T minus 176 days and counting..."
That's all assuming this is true, and MSFT isn't going to confirm nor deny it.
If this HAD been an Apple leak, you can bet someone would lose their job and the contract with Acer would probably get yanked.
by Chapmaniac April 30, 2009 12:04 PM PDT
And the final nail in the Linux desktop coffin is about to be pounded.
"T minus 176 days and counting..."
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I hope this was dripping with sarcasm. Saying that you can kill Unix or Linux with something as simple as your newest OS release is short sighted and stupid. Linux is the #1 most used server OS for Web servers. Why? Because it is FREE, will run on ANYTHING, and is inherently more secure than Windows. Will it make a dent in the Desktop market for Unix and Linux? Not a chance... most of the people who use these OS's do it for one of two reasons... Price, or security. Windows 7 will fix none of these issues because Microsoft can't fix them. They can't make their OS Free or they go under, and they can't fix their security not because it is so bad, but because they are under so tight of a microscope. The only way Windows of any type will be more secure than any other OS is when it looses enough market share that someone else takes over the lead.
This sounds like to me that ACER is trying to drum up support for its new toy, not reporting facts. If Win7 is released that early, it will fail as bad as Vista... They cannot afford anything but perfection with this release or their reputation for any semblance of reliability in the desktop market will be in deep trouble.
And are you guys really that excited about paying for Vista SP2? That's what this is. This is what should be coming to you free, in a package for you to purchase. I applaud them for getting away with it, but that doesn't make it any less annoying. Its kind of like their "Server 2003R2" and "Server 2008R2" releases they put out... "This is what the OS SHOULD have been, and now it can be yours for only $899!"
Anyway... useless rambling when confronted with the idiots that seem to flock here....
Mac OS 10.1 - $19.99
Mac OS 10.2 - $129
Mac OS 10.3 - $129
Mac OS 10.4 - $129
Mac OS 10.5 - $129
And the next major patch is coming this year Mac OS 10.6.
Linux - its just a kernel - 2.20, 2.21, 2.22, 2.23, 2.24 and on and on and on, and on.
Linux is made up of parts, so is Windows and OS X. There's a kernel in all three and there's a front end GUI for all three.
The difference with Linux? There's more than one front end GUI to choose from. Maybe you don't like choice, but I do.
The first comment you made is Linux is free! Funny how you get what you pay for; in your world of FREE. Tell that to the average user and they'll tell you to stick Linux up your...you know what; for now at least. Most people don't give a rats for scripting, except those who really it or have to administer server or networks.
It also seem that you as well as too many people think Microsoft makes only Windows XP Vista etc. Look again...there are tons or other software created by them. Yes, SQL, Exchange, Forefront etc to name a few.
Until Linux desktop is configured for the average man; it will be like MAC "a closed OS" but then again...who cares.
It's funny that on an article talking about Windows 7, the Windows fanboys started in against Linux. That means you're scared your favorite OS still isn't as secure and you're scared that Linux (a completely free and extremely easy to use and set up OS) has not only caught up but is passing Windows.
I have News for you, the majority of users who give Linux a fair try won't go back to Windows except when necessary due to lock-in. Even then, they'll most likely use Windows through a Virtual Machine from Linux.
by Otto Holland April 30, 2009 12:42 PM PDT
Thanks Farmboy...seem Linux is the king of the hill and most secure, I have news for you but way waste time.
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Never did I say it was most secure... it is however more secure than any windows counterpart if you count the number of systems broken on a daily basis.
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The first comment you made is Linux is free! Funny how you get what you pay for; in your world of FREE. Tell that to the average user and they'll tell you to stick Linux up your...you know what; for now at least. Most people don't give a rats for scripting, except those who really it or have to administer server or networks.
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Never once did I tell you that everyone will one day use linux... that will NEVER happen. I said that the people who use it will not give it up. They are CURRENTLY using it for the price, or for the security. To "put a nail" in the coffin of an OS, you have to remove its current user base... thanks for not reading and making this easy....
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It also seem that you as well as too many people think Microsoft makes only Windows XP Vista etc. Look again...there are tons or other software created by them. Yes, SQL, Exchange, Forefront etc to name a few.
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Actually one of my favorite products to use and implement is Microsoft. Microsoft ISA server is a blast to work with once you get the hang of it, and because it is rarely used, it is very secure and stable. I would put it against Cisco's best any day of the week... This was a post about Windows 7 and how it was going to kill Linux... nice waste of your time...
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Until Linux desktop is configured for the average man; it will be like MAC "a closed OS" but then again...who cares.
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You obviously do, or you would have simply brushed this off and not taken the time to post a comment. Linux, and even Mac OS are not for the average man. They were NEVER designed to be. Mac is making the most leaps that way, but they have a large hurdle to leap before they are more "average man friendly"... primarily they are "less friendly" because people are so used to the idiosyncrasies of Windows that they don't want anything different.
Got anything to add that actually pertains to this conversation?
Perhaps they are too busy using their computers instead for what they were meant for and not letting them become the very center of their universe to the exclusion of everything else.
As for me, I'll get it when it comes out, but I'm in no hurry. What I have works well enough for my needs. I'll get Win 7 RTM on the next new machine I get if and when that happens.
Then someone will simply throw a rock at him and tell him to shut-up, you are embarrassing an already embarrassing platform.
I know I'd pay good money to see THAT. :)
Either you're incredibly rich or just incredibly stupid.
But as a user of WinXP, Vista, Mac OSX and Linux I cannot understand the fanboys here. Each OS does work and work remarkably well. Each has its faults.
Which GUI you prefer is just that, a personal preference.
Many of the comments here really don't cover the core issues between the OS's except security and all of them suffer from vulnerablities.
But an OS is just that an OS that make the computer go..and most users I deal with could care less about the OS ...it is the applications .. Office or web browser or dtp package that matters to them.
If they need to run a web server they use LAMPS, if they need to high end DTP they want to use a Mac, for enterprise desktops or day to day computing Windows is fine.
Windows 7 is a step forward over Vista but it still sits on the Vista kernel much as Snow Leopard sits on the mach kernel.
I hope Windows 7 is a technical success because it will impact on most users of PCs everywhere!
I think you are the one incredibly stupid. Bought this thing when ME first came out. Ram has been updated to the max, been through 3 cd drives, and upgraded the HD. Its life is not over, it will be moved into my shop to use there. How does it feel to be an idiot?
http://www.tech-talks.com/windows-7-available-23-october-on-acer-z5600-pc/
As if PC sales weren't low enough already, now the bottom will fall out from this market as people wait for Windows 7. Get ready for a long summer and a poor 2Q.
- by tithead2you May 7, 2009 11:16 PM PDT
- reserving comment I lost a lot of money by buying vista,and look what crap that is I am back on vista,microsoft and gates are shysters
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