All You Need to Know About RTM...

pparks1 said:

But why the excitement and the need to get it right now, why not just wait until it's easily obtainable after official release? Are people having issues with the freely available and safely downloadable RC1 release that Microsoft is providing? I've been using that since it came out and it's been completely stable and functional for me.

"For me" I believe is the operative phrase here :).

Do you restore your open folder windows when you logon? Give it a try with RC1 (or any other build before 7600, assuming you can find an option for it in Folder Options) and tell me the results, once you're able to recover. Do you have a Canon iPF6100 wide-format printer? Didin't think so. Do you use sleep / wake your system a lot? Do you transfer files or share printers with other networked PCs constantly? Is your PC overclocked?

Everybody has different systems and usage requirements, and what works perfect for somebody may not work at all for somebody else. Some of us are just getting there as far as a totally working environment in Windows 7. And since I really don't want to use my old XP x64 SP1 environment, like 7echno7im I want to get to the end of this thrill ride ASAP. I will probably stick with 7600.16384, as it is now working pretty much 100% for me. So far .

Muad Dib said:

I second that! Not only are they having anxiety attacks regarding getting the latest leak, they are arguing with and insulting each other over which version will be the REAL RTM!

You thnk that's bad, check out Neowin .

pparks1 said:

Alright, I gotcha. Sorry, I just lumped you in with the majority of those here who are not MSDN/TechNet members and aren't looking for their releases in official channels.

Many of us have preorders in place, but Oct 22 is a long ways out, relatively speaking. Why always assume the worst of people?

I love the insinuation that everyone here is EITHER legitimate OR gets torrents.

Can't be both with you, huh?

I have both MSDN and a top-level EA. Regardless, I don't get into most betas without asking pretty please. And I haven't got the time anyway. So I pull the leaks. *shrug*

As for this original post - the blog - it's hilarious and just terrible really. I love the part about how "if you download a torrent of Windows 7 it is fake and has malware in it". Nice.

DJG said:

Many of us have preorders in place, but Oct 22 is a long ways out, relatively speaking. Why always assume the worst of people?

I didn't just assume the worst...that's why I asked at the beginning why there was so much excitement and to set me straight.

DJG said:

Everybody has different systems and usage requirements, and what works perfect for somebody may not work at all for somebody else. Some of us are just getting there as far as a totally working environment in Windows 7.

Again, that's why I was asking. I just didn't realize that people were clammering for the release because they had parts that were still broken that they needed fixed ASAP.

7echno7im said:

hmm that's not what I see, it says.

"As always, beware of what you download. There are many bogus copies of Windows 7 floating around the Internet.

Really? I haven't seen EVEN ONE bogus copy. Every torrent I've downloaded has legitimately been Windows 7.

More often than not, they contain a rather nice malware payload.

Again - really? I haven't seen any yet. If they contain malware, it would have to be inserted by Microsoft, since they're just the ISO's straight from MS!

And don’t believe everything you read on the Internet. When Windows 7 hits RTM, it will be announced here. Until that happens, any builds you are likely to see on the web are either not the final bits or are laced with malicious code."

Sounds like he's saying all the builds currently out are either not final (which I believe) or full of malware (which is BS).

Seems like a warning to me, and not what you are stating.

In the same way that MS's usual FUD is a "warning", sure.