Microsoft have announced that Windows 7 will be in the stores October 22nd 2009 with RTM in the last two weeks of July. Meaning it will be ready for the the all important Christmas period. I have put Windows 7 RC on all my machines now and its running great, especially Media Center with HomeGroup
It also looks like anybody buying a new PC with Vista on it from July will get a low cost or free upgrade to Windows 7
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According to the announcement, Windows 7 will be in stores for the holidays, beginning October 22nd, 2009. In order for this to happen, the RTM (Release to Manufacturing) will be made available to Microsoft partners in the last two weeks of July.
As customers purchase new PCs over the summer and onwards, they will be given the option to participate in the Windows 7 Upgrade Option program. This will be made available to anyone buying a PC with Windows Vista Home Premium and above. At the time of purchase, the PC will run Vista, but when Windows 7 becomes publicly available, they will be given the option to upgrade for either a low cost or free, depending on the manufacturer.
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It’s good to have a date!
I thought it might have been September and that’s what I was saying to people, good to have a date now to plan around.
Once you have homegroup set up you start wishing all your machines were upgraded to Windows 7. That right there is a brilliant move by MS.
It is funny, MS is many people’s favorite company to bash but with Windows 7 and the new Zune I think I’d be pretty afraid if I was a competitor. They aren’t going to be paying attention, I can just feel it. And when they do, MS will own the whole house already.