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Thursday 30 April 2009, 4:53 PM
Windows 7 launches 23 October, Acer says. Sort of
David asked whether D'Angelo had just outed the release date for Windows 7. He replied no, the AIO would go on sale on the 23rd of October "and not a day before".
There was a flurry from the ranks at that point, and the marketing guy looked as if he'd pay almost anything to have Massimo retro-fitted with Control-Z. But what was said could not be unsaid - and while there's no confirmation of the date from anyone else, it is our firm impression from the circumstances of the blooper that it's accurate.
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Just to clarify: the AIO (the specific model of this All-In-One PC is the Z5600) will be in stores at the back end of September so customers can have a play around with it prior to the Windows 7 launch - hence D'Angelo initially referring to that timeframe.
That means the Windows 7 machine will be tantalisingly in view for around a month before it goes on sale, perhaps to give people a real demonstration of the multitouch touchscreen business that will be one of the OS's biggest selling points. After all, since RC1 (which can be run hassle-free all the way until June next year) becomes available to anyone who wants it on Tuesday, the public will have already had a good play with the OS on current hardware.
