Rumor: Windows 7 Beta 1 in December
PrintUsually all auguries of keenly anticipated technologies originate from anonymous sources, and yet excitement mounts with every unsubstantiated bit of news. Keeping that tradition alive, rumors related to Windows 7 are escalating. Now, according to a report on ZDNet, Windows 7 beta 1 won’t arrive in October/November, as the website previously speculated, but in December.
The report that cites unnamed sources – no surprises – further claims that Microsoft has supplied some of its most intimate customers and partners with alpha builds of the OS designated M1 and M2 (M stands for milestone); M3 is in the works per the sources. A beta release by the end of this year will almost ensure the release of Windows 7 in late 2009 or early 2010; therefore, this delay won’t have a huge impact on Windows 7 release plans.
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Keith E. Whisman
September 15, 2008 at 8:05pm
BTW did you get the dates wrong up there? Did you mean that Win7 will be released in Late 2009 or early 2010?
Keith E. Whisman
September 15, 2008 at 8:02pm
Yep that's why I don't play scrabble. I stink at it. Even with the power of the net at my finger tips.
Looks like Windows 7 is just going to be a cleaned up and updated Version of Vista. Why don't they just call it Vista 2010 Edition like ME. I sure hope it's going to be worth it and have value but I think that when Windows 7 gets released people are going to wine about how great vista is and how crappy 7 is. How buggy 7 is compared Vista...
Win7 will be the next Vista that everyone will hate on.. Microsoft just can't win..
sirphunkee
September 15, 2008 at 7:48pm
Hey Keith...in case you were wondering, "auguries" would have been 9 points, assuming no double/triple score spaces.
nduanetesh
September 16, 2008 at 7:06am
Doesn't the sentence, "Windows 7 beta 1 won’t arrive in October/November...but in December," mean this is actually a late beta?
Strongbad536
September 15, 2008 at 5:10pm
umm, lets do this one good boys. (not saying Vista was bad, it just didn't live up to the hype). good 64 bit support out of the box without updates would be nice (but I guess thats up to the hardware makers)
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