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Windows 7 RTM coming soon... but not here yet
by Brad Linder Jul 14th 2009 at 9:30AM
According to Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc, the Windows 7 team is on track to ship Windows 7 to manufacturers for testing and inclusion on upcoming PCs during the second half of July. Microsoft is still putting the finishing touches on the operating system before sending it out to manufacturers, and even after the RTM is available, work will continue on Windows 7 right up until the date it's made available to the general public on October 22nd (and presumably after that date as well, unless Microsoft has succeeded in creating a bug-free super-operating-system).
In other words, while yet another pre-release build of Windows 7 leaked out onto BitTorrent trackers this week, that version isn't Windows 7 RTM.
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nukee said 9:55AM on 7-14-2009
So do we know for certain if MSDNAA will get this or not?
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Drew Green said 10:29AM on 7-14-2009
Two points: MSDNAA will definitely get Windows 7 at some point. Whether this is October 22nd or closer to the MSDN/TechNet release is yet to be determined. Also, just because it's available to MSDNAA does not mean that it is always available to you. Your MSDNAA admin needs to give you access to it.