Go go go for Windows Vista

It seems there is nothing to stop Windows Vista from being available to consumers by January 30, 2007. Seattle times have reported that Microsoft has already handed down Windows Vista to computer manufacturers and vendors as a finished product. According to co-president Jim Allchin, their work is done and the ecosystem is expected to kick off in high gear and allow them to finish the compatibility of their products, drivers, and software to the operating system.
Jim Allchin has boasted about the power of Windows Vista with focus on connectivity, graphics, gaming and security. In an excerpt:

The Windows operating system, used on 93 percent of computers, is the “plumbing” that connects software applications such as word processors and media players to communicate with the PC’s hard-disk drives, monitors, printers and other hardware.

Vista’s features include the capability to search for all types of files on a PC, a network and the Internet in one step. It has a new “glass” user interface and, coupled with the right hardware, “mind-blowing” graphics capabilities, Allchin said.

“The gaming experience on Windows Vista is going to go beyond any of the gaming consoles and anything that’s been done before,” he said.

Microsoft has made a huge investment in improving the security of all its products, particularly the operating system.

At last, I have grown tired of reading Vista delays for the longest time and to learn that it is already in the responsibility of the ecosystem feels good. Unless high-powered vendors like HP, DELL or gaming companies encounter massive amount of problems, there is nothing to stop the shipping date anymore.

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