Gates: Windows 7 may come 'in the next year'

**Capper** · April 4th, 2008

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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Friday indicated that Windows 7, the next major version of Windows, could come within the next year, far ahead of the development schedule previously indicated by the software maker.

In response to a question about Windows Vista, Gates, speaking before the Inter-American Development Bank here, said: "Sometime in the next year or so we will have a new version." Referring to Windows 7, the code name for the next full release of Windows client software, Gates said: "I'm super-enthused about what it will do in lots of ways."

Most of Gates' speech was devoted to topics closer to home for the crowd, such as how Latin America can be more competitive.

screwballl · April 4th, 2008

looks liek they are pulling another WinMe stunt with Vista... just using it as a stop gap until their next OS.

halutzparilla · April 4th, 2008

i'm not so happy with the WinME... and so far Vista was way more stable than my exp with WinME...

screwballl · April 4th, 2008

in my experience:
Win95 sucked until the OSR2
Win98 sucked until SE
WinME sucked its whole life
Win2000 rocked after SP3
XP has always worked well for me but I did see some issues alot of other people had before SP1
MCE sucked if you tried to use any 3rd party software
Vista has so far sucked its whole life which is why I suggested they are pulling a "WinME" situation, come out with a much better OS (we hope) and leave Vista by the wayside, dropping all support for it by Jan 2010.

Remember that support for 98 and 2000 was extended after XP's release until around SP1. Yet WinME support was allowed to lapse in its normal timeframe which was very early into XP's release.

I do hope they have a kickass OS with "7" and completely drop all Vista support by early 2010 (do we say by "10"?? or 010?)

qazwsx · April 4th, 2008

ahhh good ol' windows ME. We had an old family PC that got over 300 cases of critical malware and still booted up ok.
And we say 20-10 I think because the olympics in london is dubber 20-12

screwballl · April 4th, 2008

ok, so its 07, 2017, 2027, 37, 47, and so on.. only the teens and 20s are drawn out?

wish I had my great grandmother born in 1910 to ask...

April 4th, 2008	#2
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Gates: Windows 7 may come 'in the next year' looks liek they are pulling another WinMe stunt with Vista... just using it as a stop gap until their next OS. Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

April 4th, 2008	#3
halutzparilla ako the pinoy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: by the beach Posts: 1,698	Re: Gates: Windows 7 may come 'in the next year' i'm not so happy with the WinME... and so far Vista was way more stable than my exp with WinME... Abit IP35-E C2D E6750 G0 @ 2.66ghz [TR Ultra120EX] EVAG 8800GTS [TR HR03] Corsair [2gbDual@800] 820GB HDD[120/200/500] Antec TP 550W Silverstone Temjin 09 Saitek Eclipse1 & Razer DeathAdder Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit

April 4th, 2008	#4
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Gates: Windows 7 may come 'in the next year' in my experience: Win95 sucked until the OSR2 Win98 sucked until SE WinME sucked its whole life Win2000 rocked after SP3 XP has always worked well for me but I did see some issues alot of other people had before SP1 MCE sucked if you tried to use any 3rd party software Vista has so far sucked its whole life which is why I suggested they are pulling a "WinME" situation, come out with a much better OS (we hope) and leave Vista by the wayside, dropping all support for it by Jan 2010. Remember that support for 98 and 2000 was extended after XP's release until around SP1. Yet WinME support was allowed to lapse in its normal timeframe which was very early into XP's release. I do hope they have a kickass OS with "7" and completely drop all Vista support by early 2010 (do we say by "10"?? or 010?) Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

April 4th, 2008	#5
qazwsx With a pinch of insane! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England, 127.0.0.1 Posts: 640	Re: Gates: Windows 7 may come 'in the next year' ahhh good ol' windows ME. We had an old family PC that got over 300 cases of critical malware and still booted up ok. And we say 20-10 I think because the olympics in london is dubber 20-12 Last edited by qazwsx; April 4th, 2008 at 11:27. Reason: spelling and grammer

April 4th, 2008	#6
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Gates: Windows 7 may come 'in the next year' ok, so its 07, 2017, 2027, 37, 47, and so on.. only the teens and 20s are drawn out? wish I had my great grandmother born in 1910 to ask... Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

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