Windows 7 coming this October

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in macOS edited January 2014
When are we getting a release date for Snow Leopard?



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8081003.stm

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    mr. memr. me Posts: 3,221member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by talksense101 View Post


    When are we getting a release date for Snow Leopard?



    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8081003.stm



    Snow Leopard has nothing to do with Windows 7. The two operating systems have very different missions. Snow Leopard is the next evolution of MacOS X. Windows 7's mission is to save Microsoft from the disaster that was Vista. However, Microsoft appears to have made a decision to rush Windows 7 to market in time for the Christmas shopping season. Who shops for Christmas? It isn't businesses or professionals. And did I say "rush to ... market"? Yeah, that's one guaranteed to generate confidence
  • Reply 2 of 6
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,423member
    Judging from the bunch of Snow Leopard books coming in the August timeframe I'm guessing that SL will be shipping in September.
  • Reply 3 of 6
    benroethigbenroethig Posts: 2,782member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mr. Me View Post


    Snow Leopard has nothing to do with Windows 7. The two operating systems have very different missions. Snow Leopard is the next evolution of MacOS X. Windows 7's mission is to save Microsoft from the disaster that was Vista. However, Microsoft appears to have made a decision to rush Windows 7 to market in time for the Christmas shopping season. Who shops for Christmas? It isn't businesses or professionals. And did I say "rush to ... market"? Yeah, that's one guaranteed to generate confidence



    Have you used Win7 RC1 or the beta? There's nothing rushed there.
  • Reply 4 of 6
    amorphamorph Posts: 7,112member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by talksense101 View Post


    When are we getting a release date for Snow Leopard?



    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8081003.stm



    When they're ready to announce one.



    Microsoft has a... complex... history with announced release dates. But even if they do ship in November it doesn't matter that Apple hasn't announced yet.
  • Reply 5 of 6
    talksense101talksense101 Posts: 1,738member
    Windows 7 is stable because it is a evolutionary upgrade to Vista. I like what they did with WDM memory management. I can't imagine why they let the stupid implementation in Vista slip past alpha testing.



    http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/200...rformance.aspx



    Snow leopard is a rewrite of sorts. Anyway, I do hope Apple ships a complete release instead of one that will require an upgrade a year down the road.
  • Reply 6 of 6
    pbpb Posts: 4,255member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by talksense101 View Post


    When are we getting a release date for Snow Leopard?



    Normally next week we will know it.
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