Windows 7 RTM (The Final Countdown...)

aerandir92 · 11 Jul 2009

dinesh said:

Can technet or MSDN subscriber download it at an early date?

I hope so. And hopefully there are someone that leaks it!

Dinesh · 11 Jul 2009

BTW, i am an MSDN subscriber but did not see anything new yet.

Joshatdot · 11 Jul 2009

I think this is moar of MS's theme song

poin2 · 11 Jul 2009

dinesh said:

Can technet or MSDN subscriber download it at an early date?

Maybe not as quickly as a couple other places, but nothing has indicated they shouldn't get it sooner rather than later as well.

I think Vista took about a week to get to them when it RTM'd.

They should at least get it sometime before October.

[Edit: Looks like Vista may have taken two weeks from RTM to hit Technet/MSDN.]

Dinesh · 11 Jul 2009

poin2 said:

Maybe not as quickly as a couple other places, but nothing has indicated they shouldn't get it sooner rather than later as well.

I think Vista took about a week to get to them when it RTM'd.

They should at least get it sometime before October.

So i can expect it by September. That's good.

poin2 · 11 Jul 2009

dinesh said:

So i can expect it by September. That's good.

I'd actually expect it still in July, or early August at the latest. It'll be surprising if they let it go longer than that, especially given that it'll be "out" via others by then.

Was kind of funny looking up the Vista dates. Guess it made it to torrents a good bit before the Technet/MSDN people got it, but I suppose those things happen.

edrik · 11 Jul 2009

Joshatdot said:

I think this is moar of MS's theme song

LoL I love dethklok hahaha...I find their songs amusing.. have you heard "duncan hills coffee"

manosdoc · 11 Jul 2009

Quick Info :

Among 7100 and RTM over 12.000 bugs are going to be adressed.

Most common "bug" is from people installing Vista drivers where they couldn't find a w7 one. Please stick with what W7 provides or only if Manufacturer has tagged their drivers to W7 support.

Animal99 · 11 Jul 2009

yodno4759 said:

I'm sorry but i'm beginning to be pessimistic with the rtm to be signed-off on monday considering that the last known build-candidate was compiled only last thursday. This means the select group of engineers have only 3 days to check on this 7271 build for showstoppers. I don't know how good and fast are these people in catching bugs, but to me 3 days may not be enough if build 7271 is a build to be considered as rtm-candidate.

I honestly hope i'm wrong, otherwise the signing-off date of the rtm could be anyone's guess.

Some builds come out daily....So I would think 3 days is PLENTY of time!!

Zidane24 · 11 Jul 2009

LFB said:

some updates:

A russian user posted on Twitter (he is Editor of thevista.ru)

He received an e-mail from Microsoft about Windows 7 RTM will be available to Software Assurance-customers by the end of July.

address on twitter:
https://twitter.com/deeper2k/status/2569789380

the e-mail from Microsoft (in russian)

Is not much but, at least we have an Official confirmation about RTM will be availiable in the end of the month...

Edit:
Original post on theVista.ru:
Windows 7 áóäåò äîñòóïíà ïàðòíåðàì â êîíöå èþëÿ - TheVista.Ru - Îïåðåæàÿ âðåìÿ - Ïðîäóêòû ñåìåéñòâà Windows è Office

The repercussion on a famous blog:
Business licensees to get final Windows 7 release in July | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

Thanks for the post...remember folks that different types of people affilated with Microsoft will get the RTM at different times. WZor still states the RTM to sign-off on Monday...before we start crying about waiting till the end of the month, lets see what happens on Monday. By the way if it signs off on Monday, a leak we come due shortly...(look at 7264...only the top 18 partners got it and it literally flew out their door on to the interent)