MS announces that RTM will be available to select groups starting August 6

[Hansen]

Brandon LeBlanc, Windows Team Blog, has provided the timeline of dates that Windows 7 RTM will be available to certain groups:

OEM Retailers will get the OS two days after it goes to RTM (not yet announced)

August 6th for MSDN, Technet Subscribers, ISVs and IHV partners (Oct 1 for languages other than English)

August 7 for Software Assurance customers receiving English version and a couple of weeks later for languages other than English.

August 23 for Action Pack Subscribers (English version) (Oct 1 for languages other than English)

September 1 for Volume licence customers without software assurance

Of course, Oct 22 for shipping PCs and general availability


http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/07/21/when-will-you-get-windows-7-rtm.aspx

[Grentz]

Very nice. I think I might get a technet sub when I get back at the end of August.

Would be good for the shop as well. (unlike many that are jumping on it these days, I actually am qualified for it :p )

[HDJulie]

It's the 6th! :-) I don't see it on the MSDN site. Dang.

[LarryFlowers]

They probably wont post til later in the day, and historically it will be tonight... also remember 3 hour time difference between east coast and Redmond

[SayWhat?]

I guess October 22 is the date I was looking for.

I wonder how PCs and notebooks will be priced? They're pretty cheap right now.