Some New PC Customers Could Get Windows 7 a Bit Early

Windows 7 officially launches on October 22, which most readers to this blog are probably well aware of. However, it seems that at least some smaller computer retailers will be able to get new PCs with Windows 7 installed into the hands of their eager customers as early as October 13th.

According to Jon Bach, the president of Puget Systems, several Microsoft representatives have told him that his company, which sells custom PCs nationally out of its Auburn, Wash. facility, can install Windows 7 on new machines, then sell and ship them to customers on October 13.

Bach speculated about why Microsoft is letting system builders get a jump on larger computer makers. "They released Windows 7 to manufacturing early, and they've been very conservative on dates all along, so it's definitely ready," he said. "Maybe they saw no reason to wait, and decided that there wasn't anything to gain by holding on the OEM side."

You can read more about this in Microsoft OKs Early Windows 7 PC Sales by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld, on the About.com Computing Center site.