The Windows 8 timeline could look like this:
March 2011: Windows 8 Milestone 3
June / July 2011: Windows 8 Beta
September / October 2011: Windows 7 Release Candidate
Early 2012: Windows 8 final.
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Windows 7 RTM Update: Roadmap Possibly Altered
KezNews forum, 10.7.2009
Initially, we reported that the RTM build was going to be officially signed off and announced on July 13th. At the time, Windows 7 was proceeding on schedule and several internal sources in Microsoft both close to us and...
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Two more builds in the hopper......
6.1.7270.0.win7_rtm.090708-1900 - RTM branch build
6.1.7271.0.win7_rtm.090709-1520 - NEW candidate in FINAL RTM branch build.
Ok, so here's the setup.
I have four hard disk drives/partitions connected to my Computer. One is where Vista and Ubuntu are installed (140GB), one is the recovery partition (8.37GB), one is a data storage drive (189GB), and another is a blank one where I am trying to install Windows 7 (74GB)...
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6.1.7268.0.win7_rtm.090701-1900 - NEW candidate in RTM branch build.
Posted by you know who..... (at one point this was listed as a bogus build but the numbers caught up with it)
RTM win7_rtm branch :
6.1.7264.0.win7_rtm.090620-1900 - Fake
6.1.7264.0.win7_rtm.090622-1900 - Real
6.1.7265.0.win7_rtm.090624-1905 - NEW candidate in build
And another build June 24 compile date
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My new HTPC came with W'7 RCandidate installed by the fella that built it...........could I go to the MS site and download and reinstall it again w/o any hassle...because it would be to a different person? This I believe would resolve my present problems I have having - Plus - since it has...
coming soon says paul thurrott! Link Removed - Invalid URL be on the look out for a leak....any day now. also http://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-release-candidate-beta-7100,7618.html
This is a 'release candidate' and can be accessed here:
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Follow the instructions to recieve SP1 via the update utility.
This will place 'Evaluation Copy' on the desktop altho' I've found a way to get rid of this annoying message. Send a PM if you want the info..