Windows 7 secretly released!!
Thursday, August 13, 2009 23:24
The ‘RC’(release Candidate) designation is no longer carried by Windows 7 versions on the Technet and MSDN download sites.
Though the OS will not go up on general sale till the 22nd of October 2009, the full version of Windows 7 will now be available to all potential enthusiasts. While Technet’s news area hasn’t declared any formal announcement relating to RC, the subscriber’s download area have made available the final files for download.
Apart from Windows 7 Professional, Home premium and the Ultimate edition, the Home Basic and starter editions are also being made available to subscribers which won’t go on sale for the US customers.It has been officially announced about windows 7 RTM, that everything is according to schedule.
It has also been mentioned that the downloads of the English version of the software are available to the volume license users.Bulk purchases of the Operating System will begin on September 1st 09.
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DataCabbitKSW says:
August 14th, 2009 at 7:24 PM
I’m not sure if this came in late or somebody was just misinformed. There was no “secret” about it. Microsoft has posted about it repeatedly. Technet Plus and MSDN subscribers gotten access to all versions of the RTM, essentially the final version that you will see on the discs in boxes on October 22nd. Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise/Ultimate… all of them. They got this back on the 6th of August (source: http://tinyurl.com/nu26jt ). Other groups will be getting it very shortly, like Volume License folks ( see this for a timetable: http://tinyurl.com/nrsmj2 ). However, for those who aren’t in on the licensing deals, or aren’t an IT Pro or Developer, you can still get ahold of the Release Candidate until August 20th. That is when they are cutting off new downloads of the RC. You can still get it off of Microsoft’s TechNet here: http://tinyurl.com/9agzvs .
Techfrog says:
August 14th, 2009 at 8:10 PM
I agree with you ‘DataCabbitKSW’, its no secret and though we seem to have been a bit late on posting this article, many many people seem to be totally unaware of this new step taken by MS. Though they have made repeated announcements, a large number of followers are still in the dark. The links in your comment will surely help them get more information regarding this, even though just 6 days remain.