Microsoft have recently announced 22nd Oct as the release date for their widely anticipated Windows 7 operating system.
After a somewhat muted response to Windows Vista, they’ve spent the last 2 years asking PC owners exactly what they want from their operating system and building it accordingly. Although only available in Release Candidate version for free download at the moment http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/download.aspx , initial opinions seem to suggest that this is very polished product with many new and enhanced features.
Much has been made of the interface changes with the new version, but some of the smaller changes are just as compelling with benefits for home users wishing to store their music right up to company administrators remotely accessing systems http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features .
For those worried about ordering new hardware before the release date, different manufacturers are shipping a variety of qualifying PC’s which will be upgradeable free to Windows 7 when it arrives and if you upgrade your current PC with a qualifying edition of Vista you’ll be entitled to the same upgrade.
On the negative side, according to Microsoft, European users will pay up to twice as much as those in the US, even although the new operating system will ship without a browser in Europe. When the company launches Windows 7 on Oct. 22, it will price Windows 7 Home Premium, likely the most popular of the three editions available at retail, at €119.99 in the European Union (EU) and charge £79.99 in the U.K. Those prices are the equivalent to $168.66 and $132.14 U.S., respectively, at Saturday’s exchange rates.
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