Ok, so now its confirmed! W7 RTM on Friday!

Django x2 · 21 Jul 2009 at 16:54

Friday 24th is RTM day. In case you didn't know.

Whoop/

Ozymandias · 21 Jul 2009 at 17:13

Lucero said:
Friday 24th is RTM day. In case you didn't know.

Whoop/

Where is it confirmed?

I've seen rumour and speculation but no confirmation from an authoritative source.

Craig321 · 21 Jul 2009 at 17:19

Lucero said:
Friday 24th is RTM day. In case you didn't know.

Whoop/

Nice. Shame we have to wait until Oct 22nd to get it on home machines

muttclugg · 21 Jul 2009 at 17:20

What is RTM?

mikeym · 21 Jul 2009 at 17:21

Release to Manufacturer I think

Dangerous · 21 Jul 2009 at 17:21

muttclugg said:
What is RTM?

"release to manufacturing"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle

something daft already!! · 21 Jul 2009 at 17:23

There will be certain places with it available. I saw build 7600 out there recently

zzzJonny · 21 Jul 2009 at 17:25

Craig321 said:
Nice. Shame we have to wait until Oct 22nd to get it on home machines

Well, some people are hoping for it to be leaked.

Destination · 21 Jul 2009 at 19:40

Can manufacturers sell machines with it installed prior to 22nd oct?
Or is the early RTM to allow them to get their stuff in order for a 22nd oct launch?

philjohn · 21 Jul 2009 at 19:41

gads said:
Well, some people are hoping for it to be leaked.

What good will it be without a license key?

Does anyone know if MS partners are getting it earlier like we did with Vista?

Django x2 · 21 Jul 2009 at 19:56

RTM will be on MSDN on friday AFAIK

Ascendancy · 21 Jul 2009 at 20:19

philjohn said:
What good will it be without a license key?

Can re-arm it 3 times, giving 180 days before a key is needed. By that time we'll just about have it.

whiskycycle · 21 Jul 2009 at 20:59

Lucero said:
RTM will be on MSDN on friday AFAIK

Custard proof, or it isn't happening.

RTM availability on MSDN and Technet's usually a couple of weeks after actual RTM, which was the case with Vista. Do you have the absolute "proof" that says Friday 24th then?

deuse · 21 Jul 2009 at 21:15

Ascendancy said:
Can re-arm it 3 times, giving 180 days before a key is needed. By that time we'll just about have it.

120 days

mrk · 21 Jul 2009 at 21:19

Yup, I have Friday and Monday off as hols too so I'll spend all weekend getting used to Win7 on a kick ass PC with SSD too

ants83 · 21 Jul 2009 at 21:42

is 7600 not exactly the same as RTM?

Slashiem · 21 Jul 2009 at 21:46

ants83 said:
is 7600 not exactly the same as RTM?

Nope, i believe that there is several builds leeked after 7600. So cant really tell what build is RTM until it has been released.

ants83 · 21 Jul 2009 at 21:55

Slashiem said:
Nope, i believe that there is several builds leeked after 7600. So cant really tell what build is RTM until it has been released.

surley there wont be any noticable difference between 7600 and RTM?

snowdog · 21 Jul 2009 at 21:59

Afaik 7600 is RTM. And it's been out for a while.

Ninja Please! · 21 Jul 2009 at 22:04

So does 7600 have dream scenes? Or any more eye candy than 7264 has?