Microsoft has dropped two strong hints in the past two days that the next version of its Windows operating system, Windows 7, will arrive in 2009.
Microsoft intends to cut its losses with Windows Vista, which has been poorly accepted by customers, especially large companies or corporations.
Microsoft has long said it wants to release Windows 7 about three years after Vista, which was released to manufacturing in November 2006 but not officially launched until January 2007.
Microsoft also hint that it would extend the availability of Windows XP Home for low-cost laptops, Microsoft said it would retire the operating system only after June 30, 2010, or one year after the release of Windows 7.
I would expect Windows Vista to end up like Windows Millennium Edition (Me). Windows Vista might be the second shortest lifespan operating system created by Microsoft.
Here is some leaked screenshots of Windows 7:
From the screenshot above we can notice that in Control Panel, there is one new feature added,
April 7th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Any idea where to download it? I want to test it out too.
April 9th, 2008 at 6:34 am
I look just like Vista.
April 12th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
why it is version 6.1 but not version 7.0?
April 13th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Ask Microsoft. Even Windows Vista SP1 is shown as version 6.0 only.
April 21st, 2008 at 9:45 pm
one main question about windows 7. i believe many people also concern about it. whether windows 7 will be stable and reliable or not. and will windows xp software be able to run on them?