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.
Once Windows 7 is complete, how do I get it?
The answer depends on who you are:
He answers a number of other key questions over on the blog about continuing to use the RC, product keys and more.
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 ?
look at the update part of this story: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/07/microsoft-windows-7-hasnt-hit-rtm-yet.ars
looks like Microsoft screwed up... hilarious!
^^ Read the Update 2 on that news. The transcriptor has made an error on the date.
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?
Jimbob
I hear you....time is time and shoudln't be determined by our head office location. All I can say is I'm trying to make this point internally and hopefully can drive some change for the future.
all I can say for now is sorry and I hope it shows up in the next hour or so.
thanks for the feedback...it's helpful for me to share
Krystalo - trust me, it has hit RTM