Its done, officially confirmed by Ballmer.
I am pleased to announce that Windows 7 has RTM’d!
As I mentioned previously, RTM officially happens only after sign-off occurs. What happens is a build gets designated as a RTM contender after going through significant testing and meeting our quality...
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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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FINAL ROADMAP FOR WINDOWS 7
Process Next-Step : RTM Escrow > RTM RC > Gold code > Final version > RTM-version
06.01 ~ 06.19 BUILDING RTM ESCROW
06.22 ~ 07.10 RTM RECALL
07.10 RTM FINAL BUILD TARGET (Gold)
07.13 RTM SIGN-OFF (Final)
RTM SIGN-OFF : JULY 13
OFFICIAL RTM ...
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Well, according to a post from SoLoR, who has been more accurate than anyone up to this point, the Win 7 team has reached a milestone, and have jumped build numbers up to 7105. The build string is 6.1.7105.0.winmain.090404-1235.
As I said, and most of you probably know already, SoLoR seems to...
This appears to be positive news as a Release Candidate is likely to have a proper upgrade path to th final.
......Microsoft has said that the next milestone for Windows 7 will be a release candidate, which will likely be offered to the general public. .....
Quote was taken from Macworld...
Microsoft has provided details on how the Windows 7 Beta process is progressing. It has also confirmed that Windows 7 Beta 1 will be the first and last public beta for Windows 7; the next milestone is Windows 7 Release Candidate. There is no new information on a release date for either the RC or...
http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080122/neowin-forum-review-windows-7-m1/
As for the gui:don't worry vista's gui in that phase of development also wasn't there(the hope dies always last)!
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