Windows 7 RC 7100 vs RTM?

Inazuma · 4 Dec 2009 at 17:03

Hey everyone,
Just wondering what has changed between the RC and RTM?
I've googled it but all I can find is articles from before the RTM was released.

Burnsy2023 · 4 Dec 2009 at 17:05

Bugfixes mainly.

bledd · 4 Dec 2009 at 17:06

Yup

No reason to be running the RC, everyone should have ordered RTM when it was cheap

Inazuma · 4 Dec 2009 at 17:56

When it was cheap? When was that?

Also, can I use a Upgrade copy to upgrade my RC installation?

Burnsy2023 · 4 Dec 2009 at 18:07

Inazuma said:
Also, can I use a Upgrade copy to upgrade my RC installation?

No.

ChileanLlama · 4 Dec 2009 at 18:29

The major change is that the RTM isn't designed to stop working middle of next year - well I hope not anyway

Fire Wizard · 4 Dec 2009 at 18:36

Inazuma said:
When it was cheap? When was that?

Windows 7 was quite heavily discounted from around the middle of July, which was around 3 months before General Availability, up and till not so long ago.

Also, can I use a Upgrade copy to upgrade my RC installation?

I'm afraid not. To qualify for an Upgrade license of Windows 7, you need to have a legitimate copy of an OEM or Retail license of either Windows XP or Windows Vista. Though, once you have installed Windows 7, you will not be able to use the version of Windows that you used as the qualifying product. Also, depending on weather you upgraded to Windows 7 from an OEM or a Retail license of Windows XP / Windows Vista, those same licensing restrictions would then apply to Windows 7 as well.

paradigm · 4 Dec 2009 at 18:39

Fire Wizard said:
To qualify for an Upgrade license of Windows 7, you need to have a legitimate copy of an OEM or Retail license of either Windows XP or Windows Visa.

I hear mastercard works too these days, as long as your credit limit supports the now stupid price of Windows 7

ChileanLlama · 4 Dec 2009 at 18:44

paradigm said:
I hear mastercard works too these days, as long as your credit limit supports the now stupid price of Windows 7

Priceless

Fire Wizard · 4 Dec 2009 at 18:48

paradigm said:
I hear mastercard works too these days, as long as your credit limit supports the now stupid price of Windows 7

Haha, opps.

SiriusB · 4 Dec 2009 at 19:14

paradigm said:
I hear mastercard works too these days, as long as your credit limit supports the now stupid price of Windows 7

27p a day for Home Premium if you use it for a year. Damn good value if you ask me.

toon_mad · 4 Dec 2009 at 19:33

SiriusB said:
27p a day for Home Premium if you use it for a year. Damn good value if you ask me.

how much if its a leap year

SiriusB · 4 Dec 2009 at 19:38

With rounding exactly the same

toon_mad · 4 Dec 2009 at 19:48

is that bankers rounding?

or sod it this could go on and on, ok 27p a day i take your word for it!

theheyes · 4 Dec 2009 at 21:34

I'm still on the RC at home through sheer bone idleness. I use the RTM at work and can't say I've noticed any difference - if anything the RTM gives me more trouble on this particular laptop.

ac1d1ty · 5 Dec 2009 at 16:33

I'm still on build 7100, buggy as hell (well not THAT buggy, but things are coming undone at the seams).

Got a windows disc next to me (bought el cheapo) but I have got just under 1tb of stuff on the HDD and can't be arsed to move it all off.

toon_mad · 5 Dec 2009 at 17:01

ac1d1ty said:
I'm still on build 7100, buggy as hell (well not THAT buggy, but things are coming undone at the seams).

Got a windows disc next to me (bought el cheapo) but I have got just under 1tb of stuff on the HDD and can't be arsed to move it all off.

come on homer, it wont take that long

sjcf1 · 5 Dec 2009 at 19:30

I managed to get around it as I got a student copy of it. I formatted my drives before hand, and went for the clean install method. Worked just a treat for me.