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UPDATE: Apparently, I’ve jumped the gun a bit and Bill didn’t say, “morning,” but, rather, “month.” Thanks to Ilia Jerebtsov for the closer observation. So, RTM could very well be any day now but it’s not *quite* here just yet. In the mean time, there is a build of 7600 floating around out there which was recently leaked. Check your local torrent hub to find it if you haven’t already and get to downloadin’! Anyway, I’ll leave the rest of this post as-is even if simply for just having egg on my face for apparently jumping the gun. Well, the time has finally arrived. In less than 3 years of development, Windows 7 is (almost) officially FINISHED! Yesterday morning, Bill Veghte, Senior Vice President for the Windows Business, announced that they would be releasing Windows 7 to manufacturers, but according to friends of mine with good sources, it hasn’t quite RTM’d just yet. According to WZor, though, the final build string could very likely be the following: 6.1.7600.16385.win7_rtm.090713-1255 Hats off to Microsoft for undoing the negative stigma that was created through the development of Longhorn, i.e. falling well short of market delivery time frames. Likewise, Windows 7 has many of us champing at the bit to escape any of the minor/major annoyances/inconveniences we experience in Windows Vista. For me, that major annoyance is the fact that Windows Vista doesn’t remember my folder view preferences (I can’t even begin to tell you how much that aggrivates the HELL out of me. It’s like, Microsoft peddles an interface that’s to be as productive as possible, yet when I want to see file information via the details view, I have to manually select it 7 out of 10 times. Grrr). But I digress… With this announcement, you can expect a leak of the RTM build to follow shortly hereafter, so stay tuned! And as is always the case, it’s on to the next with, “the next” being Windows 8. If you’re interested, you can check out a few Windows 8 articles I’ve previously posted: - Windows 8 to Contain New Networking Features As you might expect, you will find unique Windows 8 content on my site whenever I get a hold of such! Having said that, don’t hold your breath as this is typically a fairly slow point in the Windows news department, with the completion of a new version and planning taking place for the next, but rest assured that I’ll be on the case to bring you the very latest when possible. Once again, congrats, Microsoft, for wrapping up a damn fine OS! -Stephen |
