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NEWS: Microsoft is planning Windows 7 launch for the end of the year. The enterprise is getting excited to finally enter the next generation of Windows. Both consumers & vendors are hoping for the best. But Apple needs to be worried !

Microsoft’s Windows 7 is slated for a late 2009 release. Pundits are gearing up to chime in on its possibility of success. Consumers are anxiously & excititly awaiting the opportunity to finally get their hands on the OS. Companies are wondering if it will be better than Windows Vista.

And the cool, consumer-friendly Apple – is preparing an OS of its own, Snow Leopard, that, it contends, will best any operating system it has ever released. In the meantime, it has made little mention of a possible dilemma the company might have: Windows 7. Will it be good? Will consumers like it? Most importantly, will it boast features that make Mac OS X look dated?

Since Microsoft has said that its most recent Windows 7 release, Release Candidate 1, is close to the final version of Windows 7, I think we can answer those questions now. Yes, it will be good. Yes, consumers will like it. And yes, it will boast features that make Apple's operating system look dated. And Apple will be forced to respond.