Windows 7 Available by Christmas?

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.

Windows 7 will be available at retail by Christmas this year — say both The Inquirer and CNet News, according to different sources. The Inquirer quotes Microsoft techie Mark Russinovich, who said in a webcast that Windows 7 “will be sent for manufacture three years after Vista did the same, which was in October 2006.”

On the other hand, CNet’s Ina Fried quotes “PC industry sources in Asia and the U.S” saying that “they have heard things are on track to launch by this year’s holiday shopping season.” CNet also says that Microsoft is prepping a program to offer Vista users an inexpensive alternative to updating to Windows 7.

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via: Infoworld