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Next-Gen Windows Systems Due in 2012
Steve Ballmer says the next generation of Windows systems will be out next year? Umm, Windows 8 better be AMAZING to get me to upgrade from Windows 7 Ultimate x64. That's all I gotta say about that. 
During remarks at a developers conference in Japan on May 23, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer referred to the next version of Windows as "Windows 8." He also said the next generation of Windows systems will be out next year.