Windows 7

Microsoft Says Bill Gates Is a Dummy, Still No Windows 7 ‘Til 2010

While we kinda already figured that Bill Gates was just a little over-eager to put Vista behind Microsoft when he volunteered that the next version of Windows would be ready to go next year, Microsoft wanted to be super-clear that you’ll have to wait until 2010 to leapfrog this generation’s Windows ME. It’ll be Jan.…

Bill Gates Says Next Windows Coming Next Year or So

A strange quote from Bill Gates today as he claims the next version of Windows, code-named Windows 7, is going to be released “sometime in the next year or so.” That’s way ahead of the previous estimates, which claimed Windows 7 was not going to be released in 2009 at all, but somewhere in 2010…

Rumor Smashed: Windows 7 Not Coming in 2009

Leaked footage of Windows 7 may have hit the internet last week, but the rumor that it’s going to be released ahead of schedule in 2009 seems very unlikely, according to a Microsoft email. WinVistaClub, being the Windows fans that they are, asked Microsoft for clarification on Windows 7 being moved up due to poor…

Windows 7 To Be Released Ahead of Schedule?

According to insiders and Microsoft partners, a “Milestone 1 code drop” has been released of the next-gen Windows OS. This, along with an updated roadmap leaked to TGDaily, points to a release window of 2nd Half 2009. Among the new features seen in the really, really early M1 release are combining multiple graphics cards from…

Windows 7 Getting Multi-Touch That Will “Blow Away” iPhone Users

One of the test engineers working on Windows 7, Hilton Locke, dropped a post today pimping Dell’s Latitude XT that also contained this little nugget: https://gizmodo.com/dell-latitude-xt-tablet-pc-gets-official-at-under-4-pou-332366 I will say that if you are impressed by the “touch features” in the iPhone, you’ll be blown away by what’s coming in Windows 7. Now if only we…

Windows 7, Microsoft’s Vista successor, will be out in three years. [seattlepi]