Windows 7 coming in October

2009-05-02


ACCORDING TO Acer UK MD Bobby Watkins, Windows 7 systems will begin shipping on 23 October 2009.

Watkins let the date slip in an interview with Pocket Lint.  Explaining the company's update policy. Watkins is said to have said: "23rd October is the date the Windows 7 will be available."

Yesterday, a Microsoft man indicated to the INQ that the firm was on track for a release date, "no more than three years" after Vista. That gives the firm a January 2010  deadline.