Vista - Windows 7 targets October 2009 RTM, retail soon after?

**z3r010** · 10-22-2008

Connecting the dots is so fun. Usually I don’t speculate about release dates, especially if the only source is “I heard from my step-brother’s uncle who knows someone who works on Windows”, but I’m pretty confident about this one.

Twitter user “remtiwk” had pointed out to me something very interesting yesterday which only today I realized is not just bluff or a mistake. On the ever-changing WinHEC 2008 website now writes “there is not another WinHEC planned before Windows 7 is released”. Wikipedia then confirmed WinHEC was an annual event. This morning, Ed Bott links to an interview which the ASUS CEO is quoted as saying “in the second half of next year we will put Windows 7 on Eee PCs”.

If you put the two together then Windows 7 is scheduled to be released to manufacturing in late October 2009. Retail release should be a month or two after, so late November 2009, just before the holiday season.

Ninjas at Microsoft nodded at my guesstimations before quickly vanishing to do other ninja stuff.

Source:- http://www.istartedsomething.com/20081022/windows-7-targets-october-2009-rtm-retail-soon-after/

**Bare Foot Kid** · 10-22-2008

How could this be, as they haven't done any 'betas' yet ???

Later

Ted

**fieseler** · 10-22-2008

.....unless windows 7 is just going to be a 'cleaned up' version of vista

SCSIraidGURU · 10-22-2008

I'll wait for SP1 to be released in 2010.

**echrada** · 10-22-2008

Anybody else received an invite from Connect to test beta?

10-22-2008	#1 (permalink)
z3r010 Windows 7 Ultimate x64 21,391 posts	Windows 7 targets October 2009 RTM, retail soon after? Connecting the dots is so fun. Usually I don’t speculate about release dates, especially if the only source is “I heard from my step-brother’s uncle who knows someone who works on Windows”, but I’m pretty confident about this one. Twitter user “remtiwk” had pointed out to me something very interesting yesterday which only today I realized is not just bluff or a mistake. On the ever-changing WinHEC 2008 website now writes “there is not another WinHEC planned before Windows 7 is released”. Wikipedia then confirmed WinHEC was an annual event. This morning, Ed Bott links to an interview which the ASUS CEO is quoted as saying “in the second half of next year we will put Windows 7 on Eee PCs”. If you put the two together then Windows 7 is scheduled to be released to manufacturing in late October 2009. Retail release should be a month or two after, so late November 2009, just before the holiday season. Ninjas at Microsoft nodded at my guesstimations before quickly vanishing to do other ninja stuff. Source:- http://www.istartedsomething.com/20081022/windows-7-targets-october-2009-rtm-retail-soon-after/
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10-22-2008	#2 (permalink)
Bare Foot Kid Vista 64-bit Ultimate Win7 64-bit Ultimate XP SP3 32-bit Pro 2,126 posts	Re: Windows 7 targets October 2009 RTM, retail soon after? How could this be, as they haven't done any 'betas' yet ??? Later Ted
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10-22-2008	#3 (permalink)
fieseler Vista Ultimate SP1 x64 456 posts	Re: Windows 7 targets October 2009 RTM, retail soon after? .....unless windows 7 is just going to be a 'cleaned up' version of vista
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10-22-2008	#4 (permalink)
SCSIraidGURU Vista x64 Ultimate 1,823 posts	Re: Windows 7 targets October 2009 RTM, retail soon after? I'll wait for SP1 to be released in 2010.
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10-22-2008	#5 (permalink)
echrada Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate x64 SP2 Windows 7 7127 x64 869 posts	Re: Windows 7 targets October 2009 RTM, retail soon after? Anybody else received an invite from Connect to test beta?
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