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So last we heard Windows seven will be officially hitting RTM position a while this month, but as to when we'd have the ability to get our fingers on it, turns out that's an incredibly challenging question. In accordance on the official Windows website, OEMs will probably be ready to obtain it around two days after the OS goes RTM, and beta testers that are previously subscribed to TechNet can download RTM shortly following it happens totally free. Independent software and hardware vendors can download by means of Microsoft Connect / MSDN on August 6th. Same goes for MSDN-subscribed developers and IT Specialists which has a TechNet account, but only the English language version. Microsoft Companion Plan Gold / Certified members can join the entertaining August 16th through Microsoft Companion Network portal on the sixteenth, and Action Pack Subscribers on August 23rd -- equally also English only. All other language versions for those groups are due out by October 1st.
You're not still working Windows seven Beta have you been? Tsk tsk, far better get your RC construct prior to your system commences spontaneously shutting down each and every 2 hrs. As Microsoft has warned frequently, Windows seven Beta builds will get started bi-hourly shutdowns starting on July 1st within a bid to maneuver you over for the newest release candidate. RC user will experience precisely the same remedy commencing March 1st, 2010 around the approach to a June 1st expiration -- effectively following the October 22nd launch date of Windows 7 to retail. This concludes this Engadget public service announcement, your frequently scheduled snarkiness will return inside a instant.
It isn't as excellent as gold, but according to Microsoft's Spouse Plan internet site, Windows 7's release candidate is because of out to the masses on May well five, a tad earlier compared to BBC report had previously noted. MSDN and TechNet subscribers can apparently download the brand new build now,Microsoft Office Professional 2007, despite the fact that Ars Technica is reporting it could not be up just yet. There is constantly the chance that this date was posted in error or will likely be pushed back, so inside the meantime, maybe marking your calendar with pencil or erasable pen isn't really these a bad notion.
[Via Ars Technica; thank you, John]
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