Windows 7 reaches escrow build, RC imminent?
When Microsoft jumped the gun a few weeks ago and posted a Technet article dated May of 2009, there was all kinds of wild speculation around the Internet that we wouldn't see a release candidate until then. That's not what we'd heard before - that an RC could be coming as soon as April 10th, which is rapidly approaching.
NeoWin has confirmed that Microsoft has indeed reached Escrow with build 7105. The full build string is 6.1.7105.0.090404-1235_x86fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GB1CULFRER_EN_DVD, indicating that it was freshly-pressed this Saturday. News of the build originally appeared on a Russian forum and it's entirely likely that the same site will announce that the ISO has been leaked to torrent trackers in the next few days - since that appears to be the norm with Windows 7.
Just last week, Microsoft's Laurence Painell announced that there would be some big Windows 7 news in the upcoming weeks. A release candidate download would certainly have to be considered "big news."
Stay tuned. If there's a download to be had, we'll let you know about it.
[via NeoWin]
NeoWin has confirmed that Microsoft has indeed reached Escrow with build 7105. The full build string is 6.1.7105.0.090404-1235_x86fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GB1CULFRER_EN_DVD, indicating that it was freshly-pressed this Saturday. News of the build originally appeared on a Russian forum and it's entirely likely that the same site will announce that the ISO has been leaked to torrent trackers in the next few days - since that appears to be the norm with Windows 7.
Just last week, Microsoft's Laurence Painell announced that there would be some big Windows 7 news in the upcoming weeks. A release candidate download would certainly have to be considered "big news."
Stay tuned. If there's a download to be had, we'll let you know about it.
[via NeoWin]
