Microsoft has unleashed their Vista release tour dates and places for the US. They are planning on visiting 15 different cities. The first one will be in New York on the 16th.
Key launch events are planned in 7 cities in January:
Phoenix (Jan. 17)
Tampa, Fla. (Jan. 18)
Boston (Jan. 24)
Los Angeles (Jan. 26)
Washington, D.C. (Jan. 30)
Francisco (Jan. 30)
The rest of the launch events will be held in February:
Minneapolis (Feb. 1)
Chicago (Feb. 7)
Atlanta (Feb. 
Houston (Feb. 13)
Detroit (Feb. 13)
Philadelphia (Feb. 15)
Dallas (Feb. 21)
Seattle (Feb 26)
One thing is for sure. I don’t think Microsoft will ever re-capture the buzz and excitement that surrounded the Windows 95 (Code named Chicago at the time) release.