According to a posting on Microsoft's Swedish partner blog we could be seeing the Windows 7 release candidate in early April.The blog also hints at a RTM and business launch of Q3 2009. According to the blog Michael Bohlin, a Windows product manager, was questioned over Windows 7 availability. The blogger also states "the cut of all internal guesses here in the office right now is October 3 at 11.10" for the RTM date. Windows chief Steven Sinofsky posted a blog entry today to put to rest any rumours of a beta 2 for Windows 7 and confirm the next release will be the near final release candidate.
Microsoft is currently rumoured to be readying an interim build for Windows 7 testers for next month.
I'm looking forward to it !!!
/beta fiend
/beta fiend
Haha, I know how you feel!
While this is true, I'm also quite sure that any future builds, public or not, will continue to be leaked to the torrents, as every other build has.
We hope so... although Vista been a pretty good OS for a while now.
Makes sense, I guess they want companies still running XP to migrate to Win 7 instead of Vista that way they can lay off there Vista call center lol.
Except they designed in an upgrade path for Vista users, but not XP. Not quite as attractive, cost-wise to someone who has to pay for it.
Vista's been out for almost 3 years now
"Vista, I served with ME. I knew ME. ME wasn't a good friend of mine. Vista, you're no ME"
Windows 1.01 to 2.03 - 2 years
Windows 2.03 to 2.11 - 1.5 years
Windows 2.11 to 3.0 - 1 year
Windows 3.0 to 3.1 - 2 years
Windows 3.1 to 3.11 - 1.5 years
Windows 3.11 to 95 - 1.5 years
Windows 95 to 98 - 3 years
Windows 98 to 98 SE - 1 year
Windows 98 SE to ME - 1.5 years
Windows ME to XP - 1 year
Windows XP to Vista - 5 years
Windows Vista to 7 - 2.5 years?
So basically, in the grand scheme of things, Windows 7 is coming out a bit slow (most releases were 1-2 years after the previous one). ME was only around for 1 year, and wasn't important enough in MS' eyes to receive any major updates, and the kernel it was based upon was promptly scrapped in favor of the NT kernel. Vista is getting (at least) 2 service packs, and Windows 7 is building upon the investments made in Vista.
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The time table matches what we have been told and have learned over the past few months.
They never have the intention to do something really different. Why they should?. They already have payed for vista "new" ""kernel"", why they would even bother to release a new and fresh OS. If they already have one, why they would spend more money and time with something that is already 'working'. After all, you just make a new skin and the stupid crowd would by this **** without any question. Just a new skin and you make millions. Its not bad for them, thats for sure.
Oh, Just go ahead and tell everyone nothing is going to be supported backwards.
Yeah.
And if everyone is saying that it (Win 7) is ready now, why the wait until October...it just doesn't make any sense.
Lastly for someone in Microsoft to say a date is stupid since when has ms ever officially said a date...they don't .... and they wouldn't let this guy say one either....unless... it was wrong !
I believe the RC will be late March / early April and GA (general availability) by early June.
As per Paul Thurrott's forecast, he has already accurately predicted when the Beta was going to come out, and seeing that everyone recons that it (Win 7) is good to go now, the RC time frame seems right on the money, so why shouldn't the RTM and therfore GA be right.
In otherwords JUNE with the lastest of JULY.
It's not only Microsoft that has to be ready for launch it's all the hardware companies as well.
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