It’s been a while since we last heard some actual news about Seven. Microsoft has been quiet about it, not risking to make the same mistakes as they did with Vista, resulting in the admittedly boring 2007 we’ve had on the Windows side.
Things seem to be ready to get active again pretty soon though, with the news that got out today that Microsoft has hit its first milestone into Seven’s development and distributed a build to selected partners!
The build is said to be able to handle a mixed setup with different graphics cards from different manufacturers, and to include an updated version of Media Center. Not included in this build, but confirmed features for the final version include a stripped down kernel called MinWin, and touch screen features.
Along with hitting this step, Microsoft has revised its roadmap to show it’s ahead of schedule with Seven, which is now set to be out in the second half of 2009 rather than 2010 as previously announced.
