when is new windows os coming out?
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For regular users, in january 2007. For corporate users, Nov 2006.
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The latest published date is "First Quarter 2007" delayed from late this year... but even that is up for debate.  The following article was published a couple days ago.\n\nVista’s Outlook Gets Cloudier\n\nGartner predicts Microsoft will ship its upcoming Vista operating system later than the January 2007 target.\n\nMicrosoft’s upcoming operating system Windows Vista is unlikely to ship until the second quarter of 2007, research firm Gartner said Wednesday, suggesting another potential delay that would be profoundly embarrassing for the software giant despite having little long-term impact. \n\nGartner said it now expects Vista to hit the shelves anytime between April and June of next year, instead of January, which is when the company last said it would roll the OS out. Microsoft still has plenty of work to do on the product, said Gartner. \n\nMicrosoft is expected to release Beta 2, or the second test version of the product, next month. Analysts estimate it will take another nine months to turn that into a final product. \n\nVista is the first major operating system to come out of Redmond in nearly five years and is regarded as the most important one since Microsoft released the Windows 95 OS nearly a decade ago. \n\nVista has been through multiple delays. Microsoft was initially supposed to ship Vista in 2005, but moved it to 2006 after it failed to meet internal targets for test releases. In April, Microsoft said Vista would be out in January 2007, instead of fall 2006 as was expected (see Microsoft Clouds Tech’s Vista). \n\nMicrosoft responded to Gartner’s report, saying it will stick to its schedule this time around. “We respectfully disagree with Gartner’s views around timing of the final delivery of Windows Vista,” said the company in a statement forwarded by its public relations company, Waggener Edstrom. “We remain on track to deliver Windows Vista Beta 2 in the second quarter and to deliver the final product to volume license customers in November 2006 and to other businesses and consumers in January 2007.”
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The finished version will be released when Windows Vista is released near the end of this year.
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Try to update windows !
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Microsoft is releasing Windows Vista as the next version of Windows.  For more information about it, see my source...
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Windows Vista. Beta version is available already. It will be even more "visual", transparent windows etc, --> requires a modern video adapter.
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< "Mainstream deployment of Vista won't even really begin until 2008, but Microsoft is trying to address issues related to enterprise and consumer issues now," said Gartner analyst Michael Silver. "They'll be careful to craft their announcements to reflect what's definitely going to appear." \n\nOne of Microsoft's Web sites revealed new information about different versions of the company's upcoming operating system, Windows Vista, but was posted prematurely and yanked off the network quickly. \nA page in the company's online help section noted that Microsoft will release eight different editions of the new operating system, although no formal announcements have been made about that plan. \n\nAfter removing the page, Microsoft noted that it would not confirm or deny the information, and will instead continue with its rollout of Vista details, which began months ago and is due to continue until the operating system ships in late 2006. \n\nIndustry Gossip \n\nMedia organizations that perused the Web site before it was removed noted that Microsoft would be offering six different editions of Vista for a U.S. and non-European audience. \n\nOne of the editions, reportedly called Windows Starter 2007, will be a stripped-down version of the system that is likely to be targeted at emerging markets that are trying to fight software piracy. \n\nOther editions supposedly include basic and premium versions for home users, and tailored editions for small businesses and large enterprises. \n\nThe Web site also noted that a higher-end product, named Windows Vista Ultimate, will be geared toward gamers and those who use multimedia extensively. \n\nTwo other variations do not include Windows Media Player, and would be targeted for Europe. The creation of these editions would comply with the European Union's antitrust rulings. \n\nFor more information check the site below.
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You will when your new operating system replaces Windows.
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Windows Vista is Microsoft's new version of Windows slated for a release date in late 2006.
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Official Windows Vista is not released yet. But some magazines permitted to evaluate the beta version. They said, Vista has a lot of good enhancement. But, requires more powerfull hardwares.
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Now, a version will be available for corporate customers from November 2006, while the public will have to wait until January 2007 for the new operating system.\n\nBBC News\n\nAs for betas, don't bother. Vista is said to be the most processor munching version of Windows yet. Only the latest computers will run it. However if your really desperate try a forum or join Microsoft MSDN subscription service and they will give it to you for free.
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Microsoft Windows Update
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At the moment WIndows Vista will be release this year to the corporate market (sometime in Dec 2006), however for the consumer it will be release early next year.  As for when it'll be shipped with new PC, it will be about the same time.\n\nThe question of whether or not to wait, is up to you.  Normally what happens is that various companies (not all of them), one or 2 months before the release of a new MS operating system, will also issue free upgrade vouchers, this is so that they can continue to sell what they have now.  So you can either wait for Vista to be released, or you can buy a new PC maybe next month with one of those company's that offer the free upgrade.  The choice is yours.\n\nHope this helps.
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Probably never. Windows Vista (late 2006) will come out before Windows XP SP3 will be needed.
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I believe the current release date is set for August 18, 2006
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I don't think so but if you wait a few months they might release a version for Vista.\nUntil then stick to XP.
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Windows Vista is the next version of Microsoft Windows operating system, superseding Windows XP. It was previously known by its codename Longhorn, after the Longhorn Saloon, a popular bar in Whistler, British Columbia (see the other Microsoft codenames). The name "Vista" was unveiled on July 22, 2005. According to sources, the scheduled release date for Windows Vista is currently July 23, 2006. That release date is only scheduled for PC vendors so that systems will be made Vista-ready before Christmas. The general public availability is projected to be around late October to early November 2006, five years after the release of Windows XP, making this the longest time span between releases of desktop versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system.\n\nWindows Vista has many new features such as an updated graphical user interface called Aero, improved searching technology, a number of new security features, and completely new networking, audio, print, and display engines. Vista also aims to increase the level of communication between machines on a home network using peer-to-peer technology, making it easy to share files, password settings, and digital media between computers and devices. Windows Vista also has an entirely new development API, called WinFX, based on the .NET framework, which aims to make it significantly easier for developers to write high-quality applications than with WinFX's predecessor, Win32. In many ways, as Bill Gates has said, Windows Vista is the broadest and biggest update since Windows 95, which was released over ten years ago.\n\nWindows Vista will carry the version number 6.0 (Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 being Windows NT versions 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2, respectively).\n\nWindows Server "Longhorn", the successor to Windows Server 2003, is also under development, and will be based on the Windows Vista codebase. It is expected to be released in the first half of 2007.