Microsoft Vista to Release on Nov 30

Techtree News Staff, Nov 02, 2006 1712 hrs IST

Microsoft has announced that their new operating system, Windows Vista, will be released on November 30 this year, at an event in New York City.

Microsoft has announced that their new operating system, Windows Vista, will be released on November 30 this year, at an event in New York City.

The company said that Windows Vista would, however, be available only to businesses at first. The consumer version would be available to the mainstream public early next year, the release date for which is rumored to be January 30, 2007.

But, the November release of Windows Vista would be the first new release of a Windows operating system since 2001. It has been dubbed a world-wide release, and will also include the launch of the new Office 2007 and the Exchange Server 2007 software.

The Exchange Server 2007 launch will give businesses access to Microsoft s latest e-mail server and e-mail client, Outlook 2007.

Microsoft had previously planned to release Windows Vista and Office 2007 to both business and retail customers by the end of 2006. But, in March, the company said it would delay the retail launches, after determining that it was not possible to meet the schedule required by some PC manufacturers and others in the industry.

Even though Windows Vista and Office 2007 will be available to business customers later this month, many business customers have said likely they will not upgrade to Vista right away, but that they will hold off until such a time that they do hardware upgrades, or are able to justify the cost of the new operating system. Meanwhile, Microsoft is hoping customers will deploy Windows Vista and Office 2007 together.



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f UCK bILL gATES iM ON 64 BIT LINUX

Ben | Chicago | 02/11/06 09:44 PM | Report abuse Reply

I'm glad your 64-bit Linux is putting you in such a good mood! You poor thing! LOL!

Cadbury Perk | Hyderabad | 07/11/06 06:15 PM | Report abuse

**** your Linux. Vista is best. Microsoft is evergreen.
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Anonymous | india | 30/01/07 01:05 PM | Report abuse

I personally was a beta tester for all known versions of longhorn/vista. First of all, there are STILL a few issues that I VERY strongly do not like and they just haven't fixed. Also, having 10 versions of vista is completely BS. Five 32bit versions and many more x64 versions to deal with isn?t the best way to do this. When I upgrade to vista, I am NOT PAYING for my windows CD-key to be cancelled. Bla blab la. I want a full version that is cheap. Which, that is what college is for. :-D to get a cheap OS for 10-20 bucks is better than 250 dollars. Anyway, this upgrade is not for everyone. I do not recommend that people upgrade their systems to vista. However, I will tell you customers to build a new system WITH NEW FiUiCiKING TECHNOLOGY with vista installed on it. Meaning, it needs to have at least 1GB of ram on it, 256mb of video ram. Bla blab la. Personally, I would recommend 2GBs.

Jason | USA | 14/11/06 04:12 AM | Report abuse Reply

windows vista is very god

Gianni | Santa Marinella | 13/11/06 05:28 AM | Report abuse Reply

whats the meaning of vista

Gianni | Santa Marinella | 13/11/06 05:16 AM | Report abuse Reply

windows vista e' buon sistema innovativo

Gianni | Santa Marinella | 13/11/06 05:10 AM | Report abuse Reply

I would like to have more information about it before I get 2 new computers so I I know they will work with it

Charlotte Stree | Salmon, Idaho | 09/11/06 07:30 AM | Report abuse Reply

after 20 hours of super frustration with a new XP installation - going through 5 ''Techs'' in India, I'm canceling installation, buying a MAC and selling all my MSFT stock!

peter | placerville | 02/11/06 09:22 PM | Report abuse Reply

What was the problem?

Cadbury Perk | Texas | 07/11/06 06:18 PM | Report abuse

Vista a better tomorrow for die hard window fans, mac an excellent today for elite group of people

wasim | bangalore | 07/11/06 04:17 PM | Report abuse Reply

whats the meaning of vista

sagar | pune | 06/11/06 11:40 AM | Report abuse Reply

What will be the aprox price of VISTA: Home Basic ? It is enought for gamming, isn't it ? (don't want AERO)

ayan | Kolkata | 02/11/06 08:13 PM | Report abuse Reply

Microsoft will be realesing many versions of Vista...one home for home users which will have basic features and entertainment and gaming features then business which will be purely for office work plus multimedia capabilities and then a media centre sort of edition with the media handling capabilities. And then the Premium with all the features. These different editions don't mean that a business version wouldn't run games but it means that it is particularly designed to suit all that. You can still play hardcore games on any of these versions. However the big difference is Price-Home-$175,Business-$200,Media centre-$225,Premium-$250.These are approximate and no guarantee that these will not fall and surely our piracy gods will do something.I already have a Beta Version of the Vista but can't run it as my RAM is still a sloppy-256. Ciao

Sahaj Umang S. | New Delhi | 05/11/06 03:13 AM | Report abuse

we are very eager to use it............................................................................... :-) i wish u all the best....

chandu | vijayawada | 03/11/06 04:27 PM | Report abuse Reply

i like this site

ravi | chandigarh | 03/11/06 03:28 PM | Report abuse Reply

i like very much

ravi | chandigarh | 03/11/06 03:24 PM | Report abuse Reply

plz let us know as to what will the recommended and minimum required configuration of a PC/laptop,for running Vista,be?

Satya | Ahmedabad | 02/11/06 06:37 PM | Report abuse Reply

Dear Satya, minimum requirement should be in Desktop Pentium D processor and Core Duo and in Laptop Core duo processor and RAM should be minimum 256, thnx if u have any reuqirement pls let us know since v hv a branch in AHM too

Manoj M | Mumbai | 03/11/06 11:17 AM | Report abuse

vista requires 1GB of RAM to work in acceptable fashion

Tester | chennai | 03/11/06 11:42 AM | Report abuse

Nice move by microsoft to launch new OS. But i can tell u in OS Window 2000 is one of the best OS what i hv seen to far since we are in IT solution, it is purely secure

Manoj M | Mumbai | 03/11/06 11:12 AM | Report abuse Reply

what is the price of vista home premium upgrade?

garry | welsh la. | 03/11/06 06:43 AM | Report abuse Reply

choose mac... leave the rest behind ;)

ibrahim lathyf | Male' Maldives | 02/11/06 10:07 PM | Report abuse Reply

choose mac.... its better!! leave the rest behind... ;)

ibrahim lathyf | Male' Maldives | 02/11/06 10:05 PM | Report abuse Reply

Minimum Supported Requirements Processor: 800 MHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor2 System Memory: 512 MB GPU: SVGA (800x600) HDD: 20 GB HDD Free Space: 15 GB Optical Drive: CD-ROM Drive

Jake | SP | 02/11/06 09:38 PM | Report abuse Reply

My company is currently in the process of upgrading all our workstations (+10000) to XP, so I estimate that the Vista rollout will be in about half a decade... At home, I've switched to Mac - for good.

Chris | Halle | 02/11/06 08:19 PM | Report abuse Reply

MAC: good choice.

ayan | Kolkata | 02/11/06 08:26 PM | Report abuse

Thanx for the update

BLAZE | Mumbai (Of Course) | 02/11/06 05:30 PM | Report abuse Reply

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