Vista - Microsoft aims Windows 7 for 2009 holiday season

LOS ANGELES--In a technical session on Thursday afternoon, Microsoft provided the clearest public indication that it is planning on getting Windows 7 completed in time to run on PCs that ship for next year's holiday buying season.

In a presentation on its somewhat secretive Velocity program to improve PC quality, Microsoft director Doug Howe showed a slide saying that the Vista Velocity program would continue through next spring as Microsoft worked to improve Vista machines that ship in next year's back-to-school time frame. He went on to say that Microsoft would continue the Velocity effort with Windows 7.

The slides and Howe's presentation appeared to confirm what has been widely speculated--but something Microsoft has not outright said--namely that Windows 7 is aimed to ship around mid-year, in time to be on machines that ship for the 2009 holiday buying season. After the session, Howe essentially confirmed that Microsoft is aiming Windows 7 for the holidays

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so far im liking what i hear about windows7. I hope they update or change some of the outdated features that havent differed since win98 like disk cleanup too.

I heard a rumour they were taking boot-up time seriously this time around too.

However, i wont jump into windows 7 now that ive got vista running perfectly.

There's no way I'll be changing over to Windows 7 for a good while either, I've only just got a Vista machine so wouldn't be able to afford another one for a good few years anyway