Windows 7 RC Download Page Points To May Release
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Windows 7 RC Download Page Points To May Release
It looks like someone flipped the switch a little early. The Windows 7 Release Candidate download page on TechNet has made a premature appearance, much like the beta download page did before the beta was released to the public. The public RC will apparently be coming in May 2009, and not in April as previously rumored. The RC testing program will be available at least through June 2009, and the actual build will expire June 1, 2010. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions will be available in English, German, Japanese, French, and Spanish. This is different from the beta, which was available in English (32-bit and 64-bit), German (32-bit and 64-bit), Japanese (32-bit and 64-bit), Arabic (32-bit and 64-bit), and Hindi (32-bit). A quick glance at the hardware requirements shows no changes between Beta and RC requirements. I expect the download page to be pulled soon, so I've included a screenshot of the page and the text on it below:.
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Re: Windows 7 RC Download Page Points To May Release
It could of been intentional too IMHO.
To stop people from beating down the doors next month (April) as the rumor stated when the RC will be available to the public.
I wonder who started that rumor
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Re: Windows 7 RC Download Page Points To May Release
From past experience with the Vista release, this would suggest a September-ish public release of W7 at earliest IMO...
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Re: Windows 7 RC Download Page Points To May Release
I can't find the Windows 7 RC on the U.S. Technet site
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Re: Windows 7 RC Download Page Points To May Release
yeshuas wrote:I can't find the Windows 7 RC on the U.S. Technet site
The page in question is supposed to go live in May, but was released early for some reason -- so no big surprise if you can't find the W7 RC in there
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Re: Windows 7 RC Download Page Points To May Release
JabbaPapa wrote:yeshuas wrote:I can't find the Windows 7 RC on the U.S. Technet site
The page in question is supposed to go live in May, but was released early for some reason -- so no big surprise if you can't find the W7 RC in there
I figure someone fell asleep and accidentally layed there head on their keyboard, hitting just the right keys to set off a script or bat file that released the page early. j/k
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