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Windows 7 release date: October 22nd
The company has been indicating that it hopes to have Windows 7 out in time for the holiday shopping season, and an October launch certainly fits the bill. But if you're in the market for a back-to-school computer this fall, it looks like you're going to have to stick with Windows Vista, XP, OS X, or Linux.
[via Engadget]
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Subscribe to commentsLee MathewsJun 2nd 2009 2:39PM
OEMs will get their hands on it in July, so we'll likely see the full RTM on torrent trackers well in advance of October 22nd.
I hear someone's been leaking a build every now and then...
markybJun 2nd 2009 4:57PM
I'll be watching the torrents just like when Vista RTM came out. I remember seeing a picture of a Vista display in a store, that said Coming Soon, and someone put a burned Vista RTM disc with serial on that display.
kojo87Jun 2nd 2009 11:14PM
i will definitely be "buying" Win7 as soon as i can
markybJun 3rd 2009 7:50AM
And by buying you mean paying for internetz
kojo87Jun 2nd 2009 11:14PM
why does almost every Win7 screen i see have goofy boxes on the desktop. what is that?
markybJun 3rd 2009 7:51AM
thats when you point at the desktop it moves the windows out of the way so you can see the desktop.
TwistedGamezJun 3rd 2009 7:51AM
This is confusing. In the post you say it will be commercially available October 2009!!!
How is that the case??? I think you are mistaken i think it is 2010!
I say this because the Microsoft windows 7 emails being sent out about expiry dates say that the Release Candidate will be shutting down from MARCH 1, 2010 to JUNE 1, 2010...
If the RC is shutting down in 2010 i don't think the final will be out before the RC expires...!
I think you are mistaken because the preview of the source quoted does not actually say 2009... Can we please try figure this out!
Søren Hartmann KristensenJun 3rd 2009 7:51AM
I'm pretty sure it's 2009! It wouldn't make sense to expire the RC until after the real version is commercially available. Then you'd have to switch back to vista before upgrading back to win7... that would be ridiculous!
TwistedGamezJun 3rd 2009 7:51AM
Hmm yeah i guess but you'd think they would overlap it by 1-2 months not 5 months. Hmm maybe you do have a good point.
Brad LinderJun 3rd 2009 7:54AM
It's 2009:
http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/06/02/the-date-for-general-availability-ga-of-windows-7-is.aspx
epobirsJun 3rd 2009 6:44PM
I suspect system will have vouchers for a free Win7 upgrade in time for back to school sales. This is the traditional pattern for major new Windows releases.
joyek9Jul 19th 2009 7:21AM
I notice the release date of october is similar to the information being
circulated, that "Windows Live One Care" will not be supported after october 09. Can any one tell me is this synonmous are they connected in any way. I wonder if the utilities in One Care are to be part of Win7?
john