PC vendors may get Vista next summer
PC World | at | by Mike
Microsoft expects to release to manufacturing the next version of its Windows desktop OS on July 25, 2006, to ensure PC vendors will have it on machines in time for the 2006 holiday season in the U.S., according to sources familiar with the company's plans.
Microsoft is expected to give Windows Vista to PC vendors earlier than customers expected to "get a jump on the Christmas season," Ethan Allen, a Microsoft beta tester and administrator of The Hotfix Web site, said in an e-mail Monday. The information also is posted on The Hotfix site, and corroborated by another beta tester.