CNET reports that Microsoft plans to launch its Windows 7 operating system on October 22nd. That's the date people will be able to purchase Windows 7 and stores and when new computers will begin shipping that have Windows 7 installed.
Microsoft made the near-final release candidate version available last month. Shortly after its release, Microsoft finally confirmed that it was aiming Windows 7 for a holiday 2009 release, something that was widely anticipated, but not confirmed by those in Redmond.
In an interview, Phil McKinney, chief technology officer of Hewlett-Packard's computer unit, said that he feels good about Microsoft's launch date.
"We're locked and loaded for the launch," McKinney said. "The quality of code is just absolutely stellar."
Windows latest version of its operating system, Windows Vista, launch in January, 2007. Most PCs running on Windows software are using Windows Vista (63%) or Windows XP (23%) according to a chart on Wikipedia's Microsoft Windows entry.
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