Windows 7068 spotted on connect

[crazlunatic]

My friend is downloading it off connect now. Looks legit

Thing is the build string has the word retail in it...

Edited March 27, 2009 by Tom W

[xJakex]

I hope it's not fake lol! :laugh:

Does your friend plan on leaking it?

[Luis Mazza]

For god sake, leak it! :woot:

[crazlunatic]

no. there was some intent in posting it here lol...

[dafin0]

hopefully your friend knows how to set up a torrent :).

if not im sure it will make its way onto the net

[wguimb]

I have Connect but I don't see the download. Which Connection is he using?

[crazlunatic]

he will not be leaking it. that would be illegal right? :p

i'm on the ecosystem, the one where Neowin leaked the key to a couple months ago. I don't have it either.

This should be legit. He notified me about the build 7057 on connect but I did not trust him (we had just met). It was leaked a few hours later... so I'm trusting him on this one.

[torrentthief]

get him to post the MD5 hash key and also screenshots of the about box in windows.

not sure if this build will go on connect, more likely this 1: 6.1.7070.0.winmain.090324-1853

[Luis Mazza]

I just hope that, if they leak it, they do start with the x64 version.

[Macalicious]

Question: if it is so legit then how come he resorted to using a camera instead of just taking a screen shot?

[Luis Mazza]

Question: if it is so legit then how come he resorted to using a camera instead of just taking a screen shot?

It`s harder to Photoshop screens like that. But anyway, he could have faked the screenshot and then took the picture. lol

[xJakex]

The size of it is about 3.23 GB. That would be x64 wouldn't it? If so, that sucks.

[crazlunatic]

this was not issued to tech testers btw. probability of it being leaked is low...

[wguimb]

No, x64 would be great!!!! If it leaks that is. 7070 is supposed to be the RC escrow I thought.

No new builds on TechNet either at the moment.

[xJakex]

Yeah it's x64. :no:

I'm sure that x32 will come a day or two after, because of the fact that it's available on connect rather than waiting for someone to get a hold of both bit versions.

Edited March 27, 2009 by xJakex

[wguimb]

@crazlunatic

Well, thanks for info. Gives us some hope. ;)

[jonhapimp]

i really hope there is an 32 bit version not just 64

[Kevin.]

i'm on the ecosystem, the one where Neowin leaked the key to a couple months ago. I don't have it either.

I'm on the ecosystem program as well, and nothing new has come up there. What connection is your friend on? For right now, I'm skeptical due to the amount of fake leaks coming out lately.

[dcoaster]

I wouldn't get your hopes up, but if this does come out as true, very cool. ;)

[Lord Ba'al]

I just hope that, if they leak it, they do start with the x64 version.

Judging from the size, it should be 64-bit :cool:

Very nice! :woot:

[UncleSpellbinder]

I wouldn't get your hopes up, but if this does come out as true, very cool. ;)

Indeed. Especially since it seems to be 64-bit!! :woot:

Hope it's true.

[Inctye]

Any new 706X build would be great to pounce on, but I am still skeptical on whether this is indeed the RC. I mean, if MS is targeting a May release, then there is still another week or two to keep compiling more builds before signing it off as escrow build and sending it to the QA testing team. I think the RC will be a 707X build.

[wguimb]

@revreddy

I agree. This is probably just an interim build for ISV's, partners and OEM's. Today's build is 7070. Beta 1 was compiled about 3 weeks before the official release, so there are is more time before we see the escrow build.

[Subject Delta]

It is most likely a TAP build, which according to a person I know on TAP apparently often contain debug code and are generally not as good as ordinary builds.

Its quiet amusing actually watching people chasing shadows and expecting every build going to leak. Personally I am waiting for the RC

[Udedenkz]

Hopefully they fixed performance issues / made it faster.

@Lord Ba'al - Hwaaa?! 64-bit build is bigger?!