Microsoft has given small system builders the green light to start selling new Windows 7 PCs more than a week before the general launch date of Oct. 22, a Seattle-area computer maker said today.

Windows 7 and Vista are staging an unexpected comeback as users push back against Windows 11.

SEATTLE -- Microsoft said Thursday that prices for the Windows 7 computer operating system are largely in line with those for Vista, and that people who buy PCs before the new system goes on sale in ...

PC makers will ship new laptops on Thursday to coincide with the release of Microsoft’s Windows 7 in an effort to drum up excitement around the new OS. Many have called Windows 7 the best and fastest ...

Microsoft is unleashing Windows 7 to the masses on Thursday, and momentum for the new operating system has even put it ahead of Harry Potter on Amazon this week, set to break retail records. But ...