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Late last month, Microsoft unveiled a first peek at what was once called “Blackcomb,” later renamed “Vienna,” and finally dubbed “Windows 7.” (Or, as some wags have named it, the “Wait, come back, we were just kidding about Vista!” build.) Now, I must admit that I’ve been pretty skeptical about Windows 7 because, while on one hand Microsoft has been very closed-mouthed about the details of Windows 7, on the other hand the company has been pretty open about its existence and imminence. These two factors seemed to add up to a marketing shell game – it almost seemed like Redmond’s plan was to get us all excited about the idea of a newer, better Windows (which has the effect of partially drowning out the anti-Vista buzz), but then to avoid any specifics about that supposedly newer, better Windows. Now, however, we’ve got some of those specifics, and I’ve been pleasantly surprised to see a number of neat things slated for the mid-2010 version of Windows.

Wins for Windows 7 The first eyebrow raiser came in the form of a couple of interesting promises. First, all drivers that work on Windows Vista will work on Windows 7. Second, if your hardware runs Vista well, then it will run Windows 7 well. Why’s that interesting? Well, think of the way that many organizations buy new computer hardware. Many folks have a fixed-length buying cycle or “hardware refresh period” of three to five years, meaning that if you work for Bigfirm and Bigfirm has a hardware-refresh period of three years, then you get a new laptop every three years. Clearly the choice of period has a direct effect on the amount of money that Bigfirm spends in a year, and in times like these you’ve got to like anything that’ll stretch out that period.

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