Reports: Windows 7 out before Christmas
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
With Windows 7 Beta getting positive reviews, more rumors are emerging that Microsoft's new operating system will be available before Christmas. But Microsoft is still refusing to admit that Windows 7 will be ready by the end of this year and insists on the January 2010 release date.
equivalent version of Vista to Windows 7. As previously reported, the versions in which Windows 7 will come are highly similar to Vista's.
Microsoft reiterated several times that Windows 7 might not be ready in time for this year's holiday season, sticking to their originally planned launch date in early 2010. However, if indeed Microsoft will give users who buy a new computer with Windows Vista a free/cheap copy of Windows 7 when the new OS becomes available, the launch date of W7 shouldn't be too far away.