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Microsoft finally names Windows 7

Having turned up to the OS party unfashionably late and decidedly under–dressed with Windows Vista, Microsoft has decided it's taking no risks w

The suits have just decreed that the new software will simply be dubbed Windows 7, keeping the codename its had ever since Vista started taking an unseemly amount of flack from pretty much anyone with the much–maligned OS on their PC.

Apparently this is because an, “…“all-new ‘aspirational’ name does not do justice to what we are trying to achieve.” Essentially, because Windows 7 is going to be a tarted up version of Vista, the Big M doesn’t want to create a hype machine, especially after last time.

Which seems strange, seeing as the feature on offer include multitouch support, proper Windows Live integration and fewer add–on apps to keep things ticking along nicely.

The plan is to have all this on PCs at some point in 2009. And with netbooks still running XP, it looks like you could skip Vista altogether and got straight for Windows 7 instead.

Essentials

Windows 7

Price: £TBA

On sale: 2009

Contact: Microsoft

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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