Microsoft confirms Windows 7 2010 Release Year

Martin | Mar 13, 2008 | Comments

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It seems that Microsoft tried to ignore all the speculations and rumors about a soon to be published Windows Vista successor for as long as they could until they finally gave in and confirmed to Softpedia that the official release year for Windows 7 will be 2010, not 2009 and not 2011 as some other blogs and magazines have suggested.

Microsoft explained that it would deliver Windows 7 three years after the consumers launch of Vista. “We are currently in the planning stages for Windows 7 and development is scoped to three years from Windows Vista Consumer GA. The specific release date will be determined once the company meets its quality bar for release,” a Microsoft spokesperson revealed to Softpedia via email.

What does it mean for the consumer ? 2010 is still two years ahead which will give consumers enough time to switch to Windows Vista or sit it out with Windows XP until Windows 7 arrives. If you want my personal opinion, I don’t think it’s very smart from a consumer standpoint to release the new operating system in 2010 which feels awfully early.

Microsoft might think otherwise and analyst might prove them right again.

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About the Author: Martin Brinkmann is an Online Journalist from Germany who discovered his love for technology in high school. He is currently working as a freelancer for several publications and runs his own Internet website Ghacks

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  • Clifton Karl
    Only problem is that I work for a school and they want to upgrade their systems to offer ECDL's version of vista from xp and I want them to wait for windows 7 but the official date is not stable!!
  • Clifton Karl
    I have quad core, with 4gb DDR2, Geforce 9200 and still prefere XP then VISTA. Far more faster during office work, browing and gaming. Hopefully 7 will be better. I wish I can test & out with my quad core.
  • Anonymous
    i thought windows 7 is gonna be out in 2009, so now i have to wait another 2-3 years
  • Ashish
    Vista looks good.
    Is XP really better.
  • Hugh
    deffo sit it out with XP. Would not touch Vista. Have been testing Windows 7 Beta for  a few weeks now and really like it.
  • Catherine
    Sit it out with XP? HA! I would love to have XP back!
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