Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, said more than three million customers are currently trying out its Windows 7 operating system software.
Customers who downloaded the pre-release version of the operating system or installed it from a compact disc have provided a list of 175 points for the company to review, Eddie Wu, general manager for Microsoft’s Original Equipment Manufacturing division in Asia, said in Taipei on Monday.
Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, said May 11 it will release Windows 7, its newest operating system, before the year-end holidays. Sales in its Windows division may get a boost from the new platform after revenue suffered as consumers delayed updating to Windows Vista, which was released to consumers in 2007.
Users have a near-final version of the platform, known as a release candidate, free of charge and will have to pay for the software before the trial cut-off date of June 30 next year, Wu said.
Taiwan’s Acer and Asustek Computer are among vendors who’ve backed Windows 7 and say they’ll release products supporting the new platform.
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