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    Microsoft Finally Confirms Windows 7 Will Launch by December

    Acer: Windows 7 Will Be Out Oct. 23, Free Upgrade If You Buy a PC 30 Days Before
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    Image of jsparakov jsparakov
    05/11/09

    In reply to Microsoft Finally Confirms Windows 7 Will Launch by December
    stop that. Nobody can love microsoft that much. nobody.
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    05/11/09

    @jsparakov: i drink its bath water.
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    05/11/09

    In reply to Microsoft Finally Confirms Windows 7 Will Launch by December
    So RC! is out and loaded. Who cares?!
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    05/11/09

    @oliveboy: i do. i care. i love you microsoft. you're the best company in the world.
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    05/11/09

    In reply to Microsoft Finally Confirms Windows 7 Will Launch by December
    *off topic


    anyone know how to get the fingerprint reader to work in RC1? i hate typing in my password and it keeps my friends from using my laptop.

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    05/11/09

    @bad mood_Nick: Take it up with your manufacturer. Basically, it's like installing Linux on a laptop. Mileage may vary.
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    05/11/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: i was ascurred of that. hopefully someone has ghetto rigged their's up and can share.
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    05/11/09

    @bad mood_Nick: Try installing the driver under compatibility mode. not runnig it under compatibility mode - installign it under compatibility mode.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/11/09

    In reply to Microsoft Finally Confirms Windows 7 Will Launch by December
    I no longer believe any "official" release date from Microsoft. I read somewhere that it was 2010, then I read it was summer, then I read it was October, then then then then then.


    This obscure timetable for release will make it hard for a lot of people to decide what to buy. If they can't get a trustworthy release date, they may just get something else if time is of the essence (such as the kid leaving for college but needs a computer to bring). I know that one could just use any other XP, Vista or Mac (or Ubuntu lolz) option, but that just means another lost sale for 7.

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    Image of Pwnerjam3.0 Pwnerjam3.0
    05/11/09

    In reply to Microsoft Finally Confirms Windows 7 Will Launch by December
    All I care about is the 10.6 release date.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    05/11/09

    @Pwnerjam3.0: Tiger got to .10 before Leopard shipped. There's still 4 more subpoints for Apple to use in its foot-dragging.
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    05/11/09

    In reply to Microsoft Finally Confirms Windows 7 Will Launch by December
    doesnt "holiday season" stared at Thanksgiving?
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    05/11/09

    @kaiban: Yes.
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    05/11/09

    @kaiban: this year it's starting in october. darn economy.
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    05/11/09

    In reply to Microsoft Finally Confirms Windows 7 Will Launch by December
    So now June has become December...


    Microsoft, please stop acting like Microsoft.

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    05/11/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: so we can expect something by mid may...
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    05/11/09

    @xkl: In Microsoft's defense, Apple shipped Leopard six months late while airing commercials mocking Windows for shipping late.
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    05/11/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: where did you read June?! I've only ever read them say 2010
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    05/11/09

    @stackedrecords:


    June was the original aim date because it covers graduation and back-to-school.


    [www.engadget.com]


    [www.internetnews.com]

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    05/11/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: not to flame you or anything...but this is less of a defense and more of an attack. Not an unjustified one, but still not truly a defense.
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    05/11/09

    @eagles3_Want's NASA money to afford college.: Often, the best defense is an offense.
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    05/11/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Dude - using *Engadget* speculating on a shipping date as a reference is like asking a hooker for advice on STDs.


    The only *official* date is one Microsoft announces. And this is the only *official* date they've ever announced. All the other ones were unofficial - mostly by salesmen (and come on - you must live in this same universe we do - salesmen say ANYTHING to get a sale, so you don't use them as reputable sources).


    This is how the Vista fiasco really started. Microsoft never gave firm dates. Yet the techblogs kept trying to guess when it would ship. Vista wasn't actually late - the blogs were all wrong.

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    05/11/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: so you, me, and the bush administration make three. we're like peas in a pod.
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    05/11/09

    @TheWerewolf: Engadget flame, eh? you tryin to score brownie points?
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    05/11/09

    @TheWerewolf: It was also cited as an internal Microsoft date. This has been a steady creep, from one quarter to the next.


    And it's a shame because Windows 7 is such a robust OS right now.


    Let's just hope that this doesn't reach the level of "PlayStation 3 fiasco." If Microsoft can keep Ballmer from saying that the next generation of operating systems doesn't start until Microsoft says it does, they should be safe.

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    Image of Neighborhood Ninja Neighborhood Ninja
    05/11/09

    In reply to Microsoft Finally Confirms Windows 7 Will Launch by December
    Not suprising at all... The RC1 releasse is extremely stable with the exception of SLEEP. My damn computer doesn't seem to stay asleep for longer then 2 minutes. :(
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    05/11/09

    @Hanz001: My issue was I had my xbox 360 wireless charger in the usb port. so check the usb devices that could be your issue.
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    05/11/09

    @SpikeWT: wireless charger???? did you somehow manage to use photons to charge something. lmao
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    05/11/09

    @abrahamcarmona: Where have you been? Wireless charging has been around for awhile. Hell, my toothbrush is charged wirelessly.


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    05/11/09

    @Rabid Penguin: Oral B Vitality.
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    04/30/09

    In reply to Acer: Windows 7 Will Be Out Oct. 23, Free Upgrade If You Buy a PC 30 Days Before
    Between the economy and the late release of Windows 7, I think we can all expect zero PC sales through the next two quarters.
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    04/30/09

    In reply to Acer: Windows 7 Will Be Out Oct. 23, Free Upgrade If You Buy a PC 30 Days Before
    Nice time to release a product like this, seeing as how it's going to be almost 2 months into the Fall Semester. Good show!
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    04/30/09

    In reply to Acer: Windows 7 Will Be Out Oct. 23, Free Upgrade If You Buy a PC 30 Days Before
    So if you are starting grad school at the beginning of September, you're screwed. Ugh
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    04/30/09

    @SwatLax: Not at all. Buy whatever computer you want. As a student you'll eventually be able to pick up Windows 7 for just a few bucks.
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    04/30/09

    @SwatLax: I'm more concerned that you think you will have money (or time) during grad school.


    Tsk. Tsk.

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    04/30/09

    @Log1c: Oh I have no allusions about that - that's why I don't want to buy a new laptop (current one is approaching 3 years old) and then have to separately buy Windows 7 a couple months later.
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