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Windows 7 RTM – Not Yet

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Straight from the horses mouth - Windows 7 has not hit RTM…yet. Despite all of the hoopla and some unofficial announcements, the goods are still in the oven but cooking nicely. When it appears on the Windows 7 Team Blog we’ll know it’s done.

Brandon has some useful info on how you’ll be able to get Windows 7 when it is done

 

Once Windows 7 is complete, how do I get it?

The answer depends on who you are:

  • MSDN & TechNet Subscribers: Subscribers will be able to download the final version of Windows 7 a few weeks after we announce RTM.
  • Volume License (VL) Customers: As announced today by Bill Veghte during his WPC09 keynote, Windows 7 will be available to Volume License customers on September 1st.
  • Consumers, Enthusiasts, & Beta Testers (Everyone else): The retail version of Windows 7 will be available in stores October 22nd. If you pre-ordered Windows 7, it should be delivered sometime around the October 22nd timeframe (depends on the retailer). You can pre-order Windows 7 today through many online retailers like the Microsoft Store.
  • On New PCs: OEMs are expected to start shipping new PCs with Windows 7 pre-installed on them around October 22nd.

 

He answers a number of other key questions over on the blog about continuing to use the RC, product keys and more.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    July 13, 2009
    i saw a question on the wtblog asking why the beta testers has fallen to the normal customers section, really that is a good question. They did helped a lot for the bugs and all, and finally they get nothing ?

  • Anonymous
    July 14, 2009
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  • Anonymous
    July 14, 2009
    ^^ Read the Update 2 on that news. The transcriptor has made an error on the date.

  • Anonymous
    August 06, 2009
    So is one to reasonably presume that since August 6 (the purported date on which the "RTM" would be delivered to MSDN subscribers) has long since arrived across the world, that this is a fictitious date and Microsoft is again going to drop the ball on its ISVs and partners? Is there a milestone set that the Windows "team" is ever able to meet?  This reminds me of people saying "well, I'll try..."  Try to do what?  Try to do it and succeed, or try to do something and flounder around like a bumbling idiot waiting for the right time to apologize for not really trying at all?

  • Anonymous
    August 06, 2009
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  • Anonymous
    August 06, 2009
    Krystalo - trust me, it has hit RTM