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Vista's successor now known as "7," due out within three years, Get RAM now

engadget.com — Although Vista still seems fresh as a daisy, that hasn't stopped Microsoft from planning their next major OS release, and it looks like a part of the plan is changing the internal codename from Vienna to "7."

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  • mrpink.137, on 10/11/2007, -31/+430Is it called "7" because you will need 7 GBs of RAM to run it?
  • ViRaZ, on 10/11/2007, -27/+287It's because of the 7 TOS agreements you have to agree to when installing it. Oh that 6th one about your soul? Just don't worry about that.
  • totorototoro, on 10/11/2007, -7/+242Hmmm...I wonder if I can just use XP til then, and skip Vista completely..3 years isn't that long.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -16/+2167...hundered dollars
  • nick2, on 10/11/2007, -16/+164no, it will take 7 hours to install and activate it
  • carpespasm, on 10/11/2007, -10/+134didn't they say vista would be in stores in 2004 back in 2001?
  • xst4t1kx, on 10/11/2007, -9/+130It's actually 7.0

    7 for the number of "new" features they will announce that consumers actually want, and
    0 for the number that will actually make it into the final build.
  • deadbaby, on 10/11/2007, -10/+122It won't be out in 3 years. Vista cost an insane amount of money to develop and if they release its successor too early they won't recoup the development costs.
  • mattcoady, on 10/11/2007, -10/+1147 as in 7 years from now until it actually releases.
  • kaffein, on 10/11/2007, -8/+1097 as in 7 versions to choose from!
  • MrSarcasm, on 10/11/2007, -13/+107Get RAM now? Umm, yeah. Buy loads of RAM at today's prices, regret that for the same ammount of money you get waaay more RAM when "7" is actually released. GOOD PLAN!
  • SethBoy, on 10/11/2007, -9/+101Microsoft 7.

    Features:
    Gluttony - System resource hog.
    Pride - Claims to be more secure, again.
    Envy - Features ripped off from OS X.
    Greed - Business Edition. Home Edition. Ultimate Edition!
    Sloth - Just building on Vista's code.


    Okay I give up on wrath and lust.


  • aknowles5139, on 10/11/2007, -14/+973 years eh? Will see about that... Microsoft is worse than EA when it comes to release dates.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+80Or maybe it will come it in 7 years, rather than estimated 3.
  • juicebag, on 10/11/2007, -9/+753 years? That's silly. We still lack low priced computers that can efficiently run Vista.
  • DaBrainiac, on 10/11/2007, -13/+717... people will upgrade to it.
  • themarq, on 10/11/2007, -6/+61The rumour I heard was that it was to be codenamed 'Blackcomb.'

    The reason being, XP was codenamed "Whistler" for the ski resort in BC (favorite of the Redmond developers), Blackcomb is right next to it and Longhorn (Vista) is a bar between the two resorts. Therefore, to get from Whistler to Blackcomb you need to stop at the Longhorn.

    Probably just an urban myth.
  • wildfire, on 10/11/2007, -3/+54I hope by then 8GB is standard -- maybe even 16GB if the memory cartel drops prices or technology improves significantly.
  • chris9902, on 10/11/2007, -1/+51We don't talk about ME
  • GeekyGerge, on 10/11/2007, -6/+52And 13 more hours to apply the 72 patches.
  • MioTheGreat, on 10/11/2007, -8/+51You do, of course, realize that new releases of Windows generally install faster than previous version?
  • nick2, on 10/11/2007, -6/+48george costanza will be proud
  • madroneDorf, on 10/11/2007, -7/+48I guess I fail to see whats wrong with having a new OS in four years, seems pretty standard to me

    Windows 3.0 -> 95 5 years
    Windows 3.1 -> 95 3 Years
    Windows 95 -> 98 3 Years
    Windows 98 -> XP 3 Years (ME doesn't exist ok)

    Really its only XP -> Vista (5+) Years thats out of the loop but thats still pretty close to the 4 years between Vista and this one
  • CrypticSkeptic, on 10/11/2007, -6/+47It's called 7 because if you check your My computer properties on XP you see that XP is Version 5.xxxx and Vista is 6.xxxx
  • BenO169, on 10/11/2007, -3/+42Maybe it's because Bill is a big Seinfeld fan ;)
  • LeeVal, on 10/11/2007, -5/+437 this year, 6 next year. 5 the year after

    you get it
  • r2pro, on 10/11/2007, -2/+34Based off of the NT track of versioning: NT 3.x, NT 4, Win2K(5), XP(5.1), Vista, and now vienna
  • rapiddemon, on 10/11/2007, -7/+36Oh, 3 years Microsoft time=10 years normal time, no need to hurry on purchasing that RAM
  • drcreek, on 10/11/2007, -3/+32Windows System 7! I can see it now!
  • gquaglia, on 10/11/2007, -7/+36Yeah, for the home basic version.
  • ddxChrist, on 10/11/2007, -4/+33Damn. I only have 128MB of RAM. I guess I'm ancient.
  • anti_hax0r, on 10/11/2007, -6/+35ammount?
  • Darrelc, on 10/11/2007, -8/+34Wow, Shame you can't pull with crappy microsoft jokes, Nobody on digg would be single. -_-
  • mytea, on 10/11/2007, -4/+30Dude.. harsh.. no, I don't care either.. but the man was only saying his bit
  • dignick, on 10/11/2007, -3/+29I wouldn't bet on that 3 year estimate. Microsoft said 2 years for Vista in 2001.
  • Yodacola, on 10/11/2007, -2/+27Version 7 XP was 5.1 . . . Vista was 6
  • tempusrob, on 10/11/2007, -0/+25Just a little bit. Do yourself a favor and spring on another 128MB. Your sanity will thank you.
  • EarlOfLade, on 10/11/2007, -12/+357 seconds - time from installation to first infection! Improvement if you ask me!
  • scooper86, on 10/11/2007, -5/+28hello?!.... seven deadly sins....
  • Toshibi, on 10/11/2007, -1/+23Wrath - Developers Developers Developers Wooooo!
    Lust - This one is impossible...Microsoft isn't cool enough for lust.
  • Tippis, on 10/11/2007, -2/+23So... it'll be out in 2013 then?
  • DMDekoth, on 10/11/2007, -1/+22I defy you to come up with a better name than Seven.
  • realdeal83, on 10/11/2007, -11/+32Ya 3 years is crazy, in three years there'll still be more computers running xp then vista.
  • damentz, on 10/11/2007, -1/+20It's the number of copies you will find on thepiratebay.org on launch.
  • natenovs, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1964-bit OS?
  • jicon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+17Someone stole my idea!!!! INDEPENDENT GEORGE IS GETTING UPSET!
  • theonlyvlad, on 10/11/2007, -1/+18i'm sorry - what?

    I think that most MS sales are from vendors like Dell and HP anyway. And yes, it's an awesome mentality: "x number of ***** are going to steal your product, don't make it anymore"
  • Jedimonkey27, on 10/11/2007, -0/+17 IIRC it was originally named Blackcomb, but last year they changed it to Vienna.
  • theMurdocVolta, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17We all know that it isn't going to come out in three years just like Vista didn't come out in 2003.
  • ElMoselYEE, on 10/11/2007, -2/+172-3 hours? you must have a fear of windows PCs which prevents you from using them normally.
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