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Windows 7 RTM in April?, My Prediction Summer 2009

Josh's Windows Weblog — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:48:04 GMT

Paul ( here ) think is expecting Windows 7 to be finalized by April, at the latest. My personal opinion

re: When will Windows 7 ship? My prediction: April 2009

shark47 — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:51:44 GMT

@RTE: "[Vista SP1] was still not enough to save the Vista name brand."

Well, Windows 7 doesn't even carry the Vista name brand. It's a totally different version of Windows, so if Sp1 couldn't save Vista, I don't that 7 will.

@chuck: "I don't pretend to know the timing of the release of Win7, but it will be ironic to have all our computers at work (the only place I use Windows to any extent) STILL running XP. Vista has been not just ignored by our IT people, it is prohibited."

I deal with a lot of clients in my current role. Almost every client I've met uses Windows XP with IE6 and Outlook 2003. Forget upgrading to Vista. They still haven't gone from IE6 to IE7, which is a free update. One of our clients is only now moving to Vista. We are still on XP. I'm waiting for the day that they choose to upgrade.

re: When will Windows 7 ship? My prediction: April 2009

DRWAM — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:38:52 GMT

Cost is typically the issue if something is not needed. Our systems run fine on XP and a Vista upgrade is just not needed, and would be expensive to buy and implement. We are not avoiding Vista for any other reason. Our Pacs servers run XP and GE owns the software, so GE would be the one to make any upgrade, and they won't for quite some time [FDA stuff mostly]. When we replace our IS actually RIS for Radiology IS], we will certainly insure that we can use Vista.

Now, our 3 hospital,Health care system is moving to Microsoft Amalga as it's IS. Many of us see this as a very smart move, not as it's much more affordable, but compatibility is built it for future OSes. This will enable us to upgrade/replace computers with more modern OSes from MS, rather than the need for legacy products.

re: When will Windows 7 ship? My prediction: April 2009

chuckb84 — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:30:10 GMT

I don't pretend to know the timing of the release of Win7, but it will be ironic to have all our computers at work (the only place I use Windows to any extent) STILL running XP. Vista has been not just ignored by our IT people, it is prohibited.

This is more a statement about our IT systems than it is about Vista, but it will be just weird to be that far behind the curve. Microsoft should spend a lot of effort on dragging some of their business customers along.

The other odd thing is that, at the office, Vista is -prohibted-, while OS X is allowed, although not officially supported. The unofficial support is pretty good, since some of the IT staff like it and run it on their personal machines.

Maybe Microsoft needs to sell Win7 with a virtual machine pre-installed that runs XP?I'm almost serious about that...

re: When will Windows 7 ship? My prediction: April 2009

subzerohitman721 — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:02:34 GMT

@Raaj,

So if Windows Seven launches and it is less than consumers want, wouldn't that still give the hardcore and regular Mac fans a legit gripe. I can hear it now if Seven is less than stellar.

I can tell you what Lindy, RobertsJoe, Ocean, john, and the rest will say.

"Microsoft has produced two consecutive duds. Can we say M.E. beta 3! Look how good SnowLeopard looks! More Microsoft customers not buying Seven. Apple's taking the market by storm!"

Yeah, I can already hear it. So I would rather have Apple rush Snow Leopard out the door and have Windows Seven be pretty damn stellar. A lot of businesses were planning to upgrade to Vista in 09. I'm pretty sure that has been put off while the market is in a freefall. If they have no money for Vista, they won't have any money for Seven.

@timii,

Again I would have to say no. If the polish and performance aren't there, then businesses will react to the public word of mouth reaction. Its critical that Microsoft continue to polish Windows Seven. You are going to compound the situation with Vista with Seven feeling "rushed."

My arguments is this. What's the rush? Vista is still on pace with XP sales. If consumers aren't rushing out to buy PC's, they aren't going to buy a new OS. This is will be the first time a Windows OS will face a major recession scenario. If sales this holiday season are flat, along with more layoffs in 2009, customers are going to keep their wallets shut. This also is true for Apple, as they are making drastic cuts to spur sales.

If the economy is still in the tank by May 2009, then Seven's reception will be met with poor sales. This is not the PR story Microsoft needs.

So instead of feeding to Hardcore Windows fans paranoia, take a play out of the playbook of Barack Obama. Patience, pragmatism, and a firm hand. Continue your "A" game. Beta test the heck outta Seven. Make it the biggest public beta to date. Constantly test and retest benchmark scores so that it beats XP, Leopard, and SnowLeopard hands down. Refine every element until we have an RC code that impresses with a blind test. Then you RTM and have the mother of all launch parties. 2010 is fine because all of the best Windows launches are 3 years apart.