Microsoft May Release Windows 7 Beta at Show
Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service
Dec 25, 2008 1:50 am
Attendees at next month's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) could
get the first public look at Windows 7, the next version of
Microsoft's client OS.
At its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles in
October, Microsoft said it would release the beta early in 2009.
Though nothing has been confirmed, signs are pointing to sometime
in January and possibly the CES show in Las Vegas as a likely
release date. CES is scheduled for Jan. 8-11.
A member of Microsoft's public relations team in the U.K. said in
an e-mail that at the show, "Microsoft will be making some
significant announcements including Windows 7." She did not
specify exactly what the news around the OS would be. But several
blogs, including All About Microsoft, have reported that beta
testers are expecting a Windows 7 beta any day.
Furthermore, Microsoft wrote on a Web site for its Microsoft
Developer Network Conferences (MDCs) that attendees of those
conferences, some of which are scheduled for mid-January, can
expect a Windows 7 beta DVD.
Some of the MDCs were this month and the site gave Microsoft an
out if the beta wasn't released in December, saying that "the DVD
will be shipped to attendees when it becomes available." A Windows
7 beta was not released at those conferences, and the next MDCs
are scheduled for Jan. 13 in Chicago and Minneapolis.
Microsoft expects to release Windows 7 in early 2010, although
some industry observers expect it may be out by the end of 2009
because of lackluster customer response to Windows Vista. Many
business customers in particular have opted to skip Vista and run
XP until Windows 7 is available.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/156032/microsoft_may_release_windows_7_beta_at_show.html
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