On October 8th of this year, 2008, I wrote an article on why Microsoft must launch Windows 7 in 2009 with that very title; giving reasons why Microsoft won’t want to wait until 2010 to launch their new operating system.

AMD showed some presentation slides at CEATEC (Cutting Edge IT & Electronics Comprehensive Exhibition) which may show that the softies actually do have plans for a 2009 launch date.

AMD’s presentation suggested that the chipmaker has plans to introduce 40nm chips next year, along with DirectX 11-capable GPUs. PC Watch took a few snaps of AMD’s presentation; which allegedly included a slide titled ‘What to expect in 2009’, which says that we can expect a move to 40nm chips, as well as the arrival of Windows 7 and DirectX 11, in 2009.

Microsoft themselves haven’t yet publicly confirmed or denied this; although taking into account the words of Bill Gates in April 2008 that "sometime in the next year or so that we’ll have a new version[of Windows]." I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see it for sale on the shelves at Christmas 2009 or before. What do you think? Leave a comment.