As Windows 7 moves towards Beta 1, with an end-of-2009 target for final release, Microsoft will puzzle over how to position the next-gen OS.
Windows 7 is gearing up for its public debut at next month’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC) be held in Los Angeles, where Microsoft will distribute the first widely-available preview edition of the OS.
All attendees at the premier techfest (APC among them) will receive a 160GB USB hard drive containing a fresh-baked ‘pre-beta’ build from the Milestone 3 series beyond the current m3.6780 edition. The hand-out will be repeated at the annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) to be held in early November. PDC and WinHEC have both been crucial seeding platforms for Microsoft to distribute advance copies of previous Windows releases in varying pre-release stages.
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