{"id":1452,"date":"2009-06-02T22:43:45","date_gmt":"2009-06-02T22:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/06\/windows-7-edges-closer-to-release.htm"},"modified":"2009-06-02T23:01:21","modified_gmt":"2009-06-02T23:01:21","slug":"windows-7-edges-closer-to-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/06\/windows-7-edges-closer-to-release.htm","title":{"rendered":"Windows 7 edges closer to release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I keep saying that I don&#8217;t really do news here&#8230; but I&#8217;m excited about Windows 7 I heard a whisper that Microsoft was going to announce ship dates at a conference in Taiwan tomorrow (thanks Dave).  I also heard via the OEM channel that there would be a programme for Windows Vista to 7 upgrades on new PCs purchased this summer&#8230; which was supposed to be top secret but that&#8217;s been announced too.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Windows Team Blog (breaking Microsoft&#8217;s own embargo on this news&#8230;) <a href=\"http:\/\/windowsteamblog.com\/blogs\/windows7\/archive\/2009\/06\/02\/the-date-for-general-availability-ga-of-windows-7-is.aspx\">Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will RTM in July and Windows 7 will be in stores for 22 October<\/a>.  The blog post also confirmed that plans are in the works for a Windows 7 upgrade option program (with more details expected soon).<\/p>\n<p>Other Windows 7 related developments in recent days include that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dsgiplc.com\/netbooks\">PC World (the UK&#8217;s largest computer retailer &#8211; not the magazine!) is removing Linux netbooks from its shelves<\/a> as <a href=\"http:\/\/windowsteamblog.com\/blogs\/windowsexperience\/archive\/2009\/04\/03\/windows-on-netbook-pcs-a-year-in-review.aspx\">Windows now dominates that market<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/03\/installing-mac-os-x-105-on-a-lenovo-s10e-using-a-retail-dvd.htm\">even if some of us do run OS X on ours&#8230;<\/a>) &#8211; and Windows 7 should capitalise on that, replacing XP as the Windows version shipped by OEMs on netbooks.  What Microsoft failed to mention in <a href=\"http:\/\/windowsteamblog.com\/blogs\/windowsexperience\/archive\/2009\/06\/01\/windows-on-small-notebook-pcs-the-momentum-continues-in-the-us-and-the-uk.aspx\">their blog post<\/a> is that PC World will still stock small screen (sub 10&#8243;) and Linux models online. I never thought I&#8217;d be in agreement with PC World but they also said that &#8220;netbooks are for viewing, notebooks are for doing&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/12\/lenovos-ideapad-s10e-is-exactly-what-id-hoped-for.htm\">which is pretty much what I said a few months back<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/windowsteamblog.com\/blogs\/windows7\/archive\/2009\/05\/29\/let-s-talk-about-windows-7-starter.aspx\">Microsoft has removed the 3 application limit from Windows 7 Starter Edition<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/04\/windows-7-starter-edition-lets-put-it-into-perspective.htm\">not that it was ever a problem in reality<\/a>&#8230; just a PR disaster waiting to happen). There are a number of other limitations though that mean I will be using another version of Windows 7 when my netbook is rebuilt soon (things like Aero Glass, domain membership, multi-monitor support, and DVD playback &#8211; but there are other features that are missing in Starter Edition too, as should be expected from the name of the product).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/imapc-win7.png?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"I'm a PC - and I'm running Windows 7\" \/>Notice that I said &#8220;when my netbook is rebuilt&#8221; &#8211; I may be playing with OS X on my S10e but that&#8217;s just a geek project and I expect it to be a Windows 7 machine again soon.  Perhaps more significantly, my everyday notebook PC (upon which I depend to do my work) is already running the RC build of Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (64-bit).  I may be reticient to say &#8220;I&#8217;m a PC&#8221; (I also use Macs and Linux at home) but the accompanying graphic has appeared on a few e-mails in my Inbox this week and, at least for work, it&#8217;s entirely appropriate for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I keep saying that I don&#8217;t really do news here&#8230; but I&#8217;m excited about Windows 7 I heard a whisper that Microsoft was going to announce ship dates at a conference in Taiwan tomorrow (thanks Dave). I also heard via the OEM channel that there would be a programme for Windows Vista to 7 upgrades &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/06\/windows-7-edges-closer-to-release.htm\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Windows 7 edges closer to release<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[144,32],"class_list":["post-1452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-windows-7","tag-pc-hardware"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Windows 7 edges closer to release - markwilson.it<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/06\/windows-7-edges-closer-to-release.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Windows 7 edges closer to release - markwilson.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I keep saying that I don&#8217;t really do news here&#8230; but I&#8217;m excited about Windows 7 I heard a whisper that Microsoft was going to announce ship dates at a conference in Taiwan tomorrow (thanks Dave). 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