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9th November 2006, 12:16 AM
Microsoft completes long-delayed Windows Vista, says it will be available to consumers Jan. 30
7:18 p.m. 11/08/2006 Provided By AP Worldstream
SEATTLE, Nov 09, 2006 (AP Worldstream via COMTEX) -- Microsoft Corp. finished work on its long-delayed Windows Vista operating system, and said the software would be broadly available Jan. 30.
Wednesday's announcement means Microsoft will meet - just barely - its revised goal of putting Vista in consumers' hands in the first month of 2007. The release will be the first major upgrade in more than five years to the operating system that powers most of the world's personal computers.
Windows Vista's code was released midmorning Wednesday to manufacturing - a step that allows the company to begin making the copies that will be distributed with PCs and sold at stores, said Jim Allchin, co-president of the Microsoft division that includes Windows, in a conference.
"This is a good day," Allchin said.
7:18 p.m. 11/08/2006 Provided By AP Worldstream
SEATTLE, Nov 09, 2006 (AP Worldstream via COMTEX) -- Microsoft Corp. finished work on its long-delayed Windows Vista operating system, and said the software would be broadly available Jan. 30.
Wednesday's announcement means Microsoft will meet - just barely - its revised goal of putting Vista in consumers' hands in the first month of 2007. The release will be the first major upgrade in more than five years to the operating system that powers most of the world's personal computers.
Windows Vista's code was released midmorning Wednesday to manufacturing - a step that allows the company to begin making the copies that will be distributed with PCs and sold at stores, said Jim Allchin, co-president of the Microsoft division that includes Windows, in a conference.
"This is a good day," Allchin said.