PC Mag writes, "After Microsoft's confirmation on Monday that there won't be a second big beta release of Windows 7 and yesterday's announcement of the specific SDKs, most people I've talked to now believe that Windows 7 will indeed be finished this summer--and be on machines in time for the holiday season.
I've found a lot of things to like about Windows 7, and think most people will indeed prefer it to Vista. But to me, the most important thing is that Microsoft gets it right this time. I'd rather see it ship later than see Microsoft rush it out before it's ready.
Let me explain: Since Microsoft passed out the pre-beta release of Windows 7 at its Professional Developers Conference, I've been running various builds of the pre-release operating system as my primary Windows environment. (This isn't recommended for most users.) Since the start of the year, that means Beta 1, which I've run in both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions. In general, it's worked quite well for me--but there are still some issues that Microsoft and its partners need to work on before Windows 7 comes out. "
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
Wait so they're killing Vista this Year?
no.
Vista dying huh mr. commenter? You know 7 is just Vista w/ a Service Pack right?
Nope,as a person with both a machine running Vista Ultimate and a machine running Windows 7,there's nothing in the latter that will make me purchase it.
How many times have we been burned by Microsoft blowing their wad prematurely to get product to market?