Apparently, the growing number of disappointed users of Microsoft Windows Vista may have made Microsoft to release a follow up OS called Windows 7 as early as 2009, which was initially set for release on 2010.
News wires were abuzz Friday with gossip that Microsoft may be planning to release its follow-up to Vista, currently known as Windows 7, as early as next year. Previous reports had the next-generation OS shipping no sooner than 2010, but now — for some strange reason — it seems Microsoft may be upping its timetable.
For now, the rumors are based on little more than offhand comments by Microsoft executives. At a meeting in Miami, Gates remarked that a new version of Windows should arrive “sometime in the next year or so.” Meanwhile, the Windows XP support timetable suggests that 2010 might coincide with the one-year anniversary of Windows 7. Source: Washington Post
I never upgraded to Vista no matter how promising the features were because firstly, my system specs do not fit to the minimum requirements for Windows Vista, secondly, the increasing number of negative feedbacks from disappointed users has alarmed me not to upgrade and thirdly, I’ve been one of the contented Windows XP users.