Windows 7 RTM (The Final Countdown...)

[Corei7Extreme]

I just hope we don't have an influx of "fake" 7300's. Even though the signoff occurs on July 13th I believe Wzor reported that we would need to wait for confirmation of RTM status.

 

[Sammy]

Looks like the countdown could be off some Windows 7 RTM Update: Roadmap Possibly Altered

 

[Corei7Extreme]

Looks like the countdown could be off some Windows 7 RTM Update: Roadmap Possibly Altered

This contradicts the following from Wzor:

 

[Sammy]

This contradicts the following from Wzor:

Wzor posted that couple weeks ago and that article was wrote today, so in another words things do change & can change since wzor posted that, since MS still finding show stopper bugs/problems.

 

[Corei7Extreme]

Ok so I just checked some sources and apparently a fake build of 7300 x86 was leaked. It's 7264 x86 and using the same setup from 7264.

 

[manosdoc]

For the god of sake. Bugfixing has ended.

Just wait for the first official Closed beta testers to get it through Connect starting @ 14 July.

 

[Sammy]

For the god of sake. Bugfixing has ended.

Just wait for the first official Closed beta testers to get it through Connect starting @ 14 July.

Take it up with the person who wrote the article and not me

 

[Zod]

I don't believe the RTM has been delayed,it's still going to come out on time i guess

 

[manosdoc]

Take it up with the person who wrote the article and not me

I'm not saying it with anger or anything else.
It just needs common sense that bugfixing stops sometime in these large scale projects to test and ensure some other things (driversets, app compatibilities, last minute Install / Deployment tasks, compatibility with other Microsoft Tools, Update mechanism etc), and these are what are RTM candidates are about. Code, APIs and most stuff were frozen long ago.

Lets say MS is performing Test driving now.

 

[Zidane24]

Looks like the countdown could be off some Windows 7 RTM Update: Roadmap Possibly Altered

They are basing this exactly off of what Softpedia had to say ("Windows 7 would RTM on the transistion of executive seats). The post about bug fixing is correct. They have already started pre-orders that have people expecting for Windows 7 to be GA on October 22. If the keep delaying (I do want them to fix more bugs...) than they will miss this deadline and it will not be good for them...

 

[manosdoc]

Bugfixing for RTM is over, I can assure you.

 

[Antman]

The old joke is:
The new system is complete. We are just adding the bugs.

After all, the money is in support

 

[copernicus]

The old joke is:
The new system is complete. We are just adding the bugs.

After all, the money is in support

lol

 

[aerandir92]

EU ****ed things up , that's what they got. If I were MS, I ripped out a lot more things in version E or made a crappy build, exclusively compiled for EU..or at least put a huge watermark which is "alwaysontop" saying "build 7xxx EU edition" and covers almost the whole screen. That's what EU deserves.

The only problem with this is that version E comes to all of Europe and not only to the countries that are in the EU. So countries like Norway would get that crappy version even though they haven't said anything against MS and IE


Sorry my bad english.. I'm from Norway as you might gues

 

[Sven]

Will there be ANY chance at all for us EU-people to buy a download-version in our language from OUTSIDE EU, f.i. Microsoft's own online shop?

I have a feeling that installing Windows 7 "something" without the browser integrated, and put IE8 in after installation, that something will be missing like update an old version OS with a newer build, instead of clean install it. I want to buy a legal, danish Windows 7 Home Premium WITH IE8, Mediaplayer, paint, directx, games, firewall, calculator, backup, devicemanager, diskdefragmenter, trashcan, windows update, notepad, Explorer, Sticky notes aso. NOT a handicapped version missing this and that.

 

[Zidane24]

Now time for the news!

As someone posted above...WZor had indeed comfirmed build 7270 and 7271!

...sorry for getting this late to you (I went swimming!)

 

[wguimb]

If all bug fixing is over, why do we have a new build yesterday 7271? It's almost cooked friends.

Oh, rumor has it that Microsoft employees and engineers are putting that build through the paces today.

 

[Sammy]

If all bug fixing is over, why do we have a new build yesterday 7271? It's almost cooked friends.

Oh, rumor has it that Microsoft employees and engineers are putting that build through the paces today.

Becuase they are still finding things wrong

 

[wguimb]

Becuase they are still finding things wrong

Yes, things wrong = bugs

BTW, if MSFT is actually going to release RTM to partners at the WPC09 next week, they better get a move on!!!!! Looking into my crystal ball, hmmm July 24th equals RTM stamped gold (most likely renamed to 7300).

 

[aerandir92]

Will there be ANY chance at all for us EU-people to buy a download-version in our language from OUTSIDE EU, f.i. Microsoft's own online shop?

I have a feeling that installing Windows 7 "something" without the browser integrated, and put IE8 in after installation, that something will be missing like update an old version OS with a newer build, instead of clean install it. I want to buy a legal, danish Windows 7 Home Premium WITH IE8, Mediaplayer, paint, directx, games, firewall, calculator, backup, devicemanager, diskdefragmenter, trashcan, windows update, notepad, Explorer, Sticky notes aso. NOT a handicapped version missing this and that.

I think the closest you can come, is buying Windows 7 Ultimate from the US and install the danish language pack..