Windows 7 ?

The rumors in forum postings in the last week or so suggest that Windows 7 may arrive in 2009.

It sounds like Vista may be the new Windows ME, an upgrade from Win98SE that floundered.

Vista received a cool reception from users, who haven’t flocked to the stores to upgrade. I upgraded for about 2 weeks, then “downgraded” back to my stable XP. I didn’t appreciate the fact that much of my expensive, albeit specialty software was rendered useless by Bill Gates. And I like Bill.

And while Microsoft is bringing out a service pack update this year, the company has said it will contain virtually no new features. As such, it is unlikely to boost consumer sales.

Ken Ivey is a veteran technology addict, consultant, author, web designer, and president of MidTN Technology. His website is www.The-Tech-Reporter.com