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On a Windows 7 system by 2010

13.04.2008

Just three years after the debut of Windows Vista, the Redmond giant plans to present its next operating system, i.e. in 2010, the release of Windows 7 will take place (it is under this modest name that the new generation OS is now known).

There is no official information regarding the reasons for such an aggressive policy on the development of the next Microsoft product, but there are rumors that this is largely due to the disappointing sales of Windows Vista. What awaits us in the future: banal work on bugs or is it really a new generation OS?

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