Windows 7 RC in the Spring, RTM for the Holidays
On the heels of an incredibly popular Beta 1 release of Windows 7, we haven’t stopped looking ahead. Projections for Windows 7 RC1 and RTM shipments have been made. If all goes well, millions around the world will get a juicy gift just in time for the holidays.
Hints from all over the web point to a general RTM date near Christmas of 2009. Releasing it around that time would be extremely advantageous in terms of revenue, it could generate a lot more hype than usual, and the potential for sales on the following Boxing Day, makes it the prime time to ship Windows 7.
Excerpts from a translated version of a Swedish Microsoft Partner Blog post yesterday afternoon reveal some more enticing hints:
Early in April, after CeBIT, the RC.
RTM and launch company as it stands right now Q3 2009 … The cut of all internal guesses here at the office right now is October 3 at 11.10
That blog is on the official MSDN Blog network, thus making it quite trustworthy. Microsoft seems to be making an attempt to meet those release dates; whether or not they do, is another story.
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The Beta feels SO much like a Beta 2, i’m not suprised thay it’s going forward so quickly. Anyone know if Win7 will have DirectX 11?
Windows 7 Beta already has DX11. Type in dxdiag in the search box in Start menu and you will see
I found some problems in network connection using DHCP in Windows 7 beta build 7000. I have sent the feedbacks to MS and hope it’s will be fix in the next 70xx.
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