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Windows 7 goes RTM - but when can you get it?

By Simon Bisson & Mary Branscombe in Editorial

Posted in Windows 7, operating systems, Beta, Futures, Microsoft on July 21, 2009 at 9:29 pm

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Microsoft announced RTM today (Wednesday 22nd), but that doesn’t mean you can get the code right now. Depending on how you get Windows, you’ll see it anytime from August to October. Courtesy of the Windows Team blog, here are the dates. All dates are for the initial English version; other languages will follow by the end of October at the latest.

When                           Who

Right now                               Gullible downloaders risking malware to get a leaked version on Russian sites that appears to have significant problems.
now to 2 days after RTM      PC manufacturers
’shortly’ after RTM                IT pros who want the evaluation version from Springboard
August 6th                              software and hardware developers who use Microsoft Connect and MSDN
                                                 TechNet and MSDN subscribers
August 7th                              Volume Licence customers with SA
August 16th                            Microsoft Partner Program Gold/Certified Members who use the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) Portal
August 23rd                           Microsoft Action Pack Subscribers
September 1st                       Volume licence customers without SA
October 22nd                         Consumers buying a boxed copy or a new PC

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