Reports: Window 7 Beta Expected In January
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An early version of Windows 7, Microsoft’s follow-up to its ho-hum Vista operating software, may appear at a developers conference in mid-January.
Developers attending the 11-city one-day MSDN Developer Conferences will either be mailed or will receive the new software Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer touts as “Windows Vista, a lot better.”
Microsoft has said it would unveil Windows 7 in 2009.
In a note to its developer network, Microsoft said Windows Beta 1 will be mailed to those attending the first three conferences in Houston (Dec. 9), Orlando, Fla. (Dec. 11) and Atlanda, Ga. (Dec.16).
“All attendees will receive a Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD” for conferences Jan. 13 in Chicago and Minneapolis, according to Computerworld.
In October, Microsoft distributed alpha versions of Windows 7 at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.
Apple in November let slip it plans to release Mac OS X 10.6, codenamed “Snow Leopard” during the first quarter of 2009.
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