Filed under: OS Updates, Windows, Microsoft, Windows x64
Yes, Windows 7 really will RTM in ten days
by Lee Mathews Jul 3rd 2009 at 12:30PM
Microsoft has activated the As mentioned a two weeks ago - and now been confirmed by an 'inside source' close to our chum Paul at Geeksmack - the final build is slated for July 10th and code sign-off will follow on the 13th.
General availability won't come until October, officially. However, since the RTM ISO downloads will be available to Technet and MSDN subscribers soon, they'll probably be available on every torrent tracker in the known universe within hours of the first successful download.
Or sooner, if the crew at Wzor.net is feeling generous.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Jash Sayani said 12:46PM on 7-03-2009
Hmm.... I am an Apple fan, but Apple is acting like an a**, so I'm pissed. Windows 7 news is always exciting! I'm really looking forward to Windows 7.
BTW, do the Bug reporters get a free copy of Win 7 ??
Some vista beta users said that they did get one.
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sRc said 1:17PM on 7-03-2009
not open beta participants, no
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Brian said 2:16PM on 7-03-2009
Read the Manual?
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wrs589 said 2:52PM on 7-03-2009
What's the easiest way to go from 7100 RC to the RTM?
Can I upgrade at all or will it need a clean install?
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Malteserr said 2:59PM on 7-03-2009
As usual, you can probably upgrade but because Microsoft said they won't test Windows 7 -> Windows 7 upgrades, you might end up with some weird bug. So a clean install is my personal choice.
Drew Green said 3:15PM on 7-03-2009
Can't wait. Just purchased a TechNet subscription a week ago. Gonna get my hands nice and dirty with some 7 RTM...
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Taras said 10:04PM on 7-03-2009
So Drew, is it going to be 7265 or.......? What do you think?
Drew Green said 12:36AM on 7-04-2009
@Taras: No idea. I'm running 7260 and it's running very well.
Bryan Price said 10:41PM on 7-03-2009
10 days, and I'll have my laptop on RTM. Great!
I guess I need to get that memory and hard drive upgrade for this desktop so I can go to Win 7 here.
And get my other desktop prepared to be my Palm sync platform, since Palm refuses to support 64-bit anymore. Really pisses me off. Yeah, yeah, I can use bluetooth, but that's slow as molasses compared to the wire, and the way it works, I can't even leave it plugged in to keep it charged!
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Psycros said 4:42AM on 7-04-2009
Oh yay, Win7 is coming out, I'm just bursting with anticip..oh, look, belly button lint.
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