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By DWIGHT SILVERMAN Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
June 2, 2009, 10:14PM
Windows 7, the successor to the beleaguered Windows Vista, will be released on Oct. 22, Microsoft said Tuesday.
The personal computer operating system should be finished sometime in July, the company said, and will be sent to PC makers for testing and installation on their systems. Expect to see both retail computers with Windows 7 and boxed copies of the software starting on the October date.
Windows 7 has been in development since Vista was released for consumers in early 2007.
Microsoft said it planned to release the new operating system within three years of Vista’s release, and the October date means it will ship ahead of schedule.
Microsoft released two public test versions of Windows 7 this year — a beta version in January and a release candidate last month — that received high praise from reviewers.
In contrast, the finished version of Windows Vista met with lackluster reviews at best to outright scorn at worst.
Competitor Apple is also working on the next version of its computer operating system, Mac OS X 10.6, dubbed Snow Leopard.
Apple executives are expected to show off a nearly completed version of Snow Leopard during the company’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco next week.
Apple has not yet said when its new operating system will be available.
dwight.silverman@chron.com http://blogs.chron.com/techblog
June 2, 2009, 10:14PM
Windows 7, the successor to the beleaguered Windows Vista, will be released on Oct. 22, Microsoft said Tuesday.
The personal computer operating system should be finished sometime in July, the company said, and will be sent to PC makers for testing and installation on their systems. Expect to see both retail computers with Windows 7 and boxed copies of the software starting on the October date.
Windows 7 has been in development since Vista was released for consumers in early 2007.
Microsoft said it planned to release the new operating system within three years of Vista’s release, and the October date means it will ship ahead of schedule.
Microsoft released two public test versions of Windows 7 this year — a beta version in January and a release candidate last month — that received high praise from reviewers.
In contrast, the finished version of Windows Vista met with lackluster reviews at best to outright scorn at worst.
Competitor Apple is also working on the next version of its computer operating system, Mac OS X 10.6, dubbed Snow Leopard.
Apple executives are expected to show off a nearly completed version of Snow Leopard during the company’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco next week.
Apple has not yet said when its new operating system will be available.
dwight.silverman@chron.com http://blogs.chron.com/techblog
