Microsoft gave a few tidbits about Windows 7. It’s scheduled to be released in 2009, and it’s based largely on the Vista kernel, which they’re not modifying. The biggest change is… ready?… multi-touch. Wonderful. Take something that someone else mastered, for an entirely different purpose, and hack it into your OS that only your apps will probably be able to use.

But don’t give up hope… there will likely be some new games included.. multi-touch Pinball? Oooh… maybe Mahjongg that you can ONLY play with 2 fingers because that’s the way Microsoft has decided it should be, of course – screw "legacy interfaces".

My guess is it’ll cost $300 for the entry package, and there’ll still be 5+ versions ranging from "stupidly crippled version that’s bundled with low-end PCs" to "wickedly overhyped with a techy color-scheme".

/sigh