Vista - Windows 7 RTM: July? August? September? October?

It is widely expected that the Windows 7 Release Candidate will arrive in April, 2009, though whether the rumored April 10 date holds remains to be seen. Just over a month from now, we'll likely be playing around with the RC and wondering when the final will arrive. Despite the fact that Microsoft insists on sticking to the January 2010 timeframe, which is three years after the general availability of Vista, many sources have already pointed to an earlier release. This is not surprising whatsoever; January is not a good time to release a new product.

• ZDNet expects that the final version will be ready in July 2009 since the beta will be expiring the month after. "When the Beta expires on August 1, 2009, you’ll need to reinstall a released version of Windows to keep using your computer," according to the Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview Program page on TechNet. This argument holds as long as the RC that is released in April is also set to expire in August.
• Bloomberg expects that the final version will be ready in September 2009 citing the president of Taipei-based Compal Electronics: "According to current planning, it should be late September or early October."

Full Story: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/03/windows-7-rtm-july-august-september-october.ars

Can't wait for the full version!

~Lordbob

Like I said before, I'm sayin' mid September.

Lets hope so! (Maybe I will have money then.........)

~Lordbob

woop, i didnt know it was that soon, i was led to believe that it was coming out in jan 2010

i bet the Rc will expire in december 2009.. why would windows release a rC for such a little time?

Why did they release Vista before it was done?

~Lordbob

they did? ive no idea im just guessing

but im definatly going to upgrade from vista ultimate 64 bit to the windows 7 ultimate 64 bit.. soon as its ready

Windows Vista is going to end up the forgotten child isn't it? I have loved Vista but I am now running Windows 7 beta (7048) on an old computer. I would never even think of running Vista on this old PC. Windows 7 runs great. I will be switching to 7 when it comes out. Vista almost feels like the Windows 7 beta. Windows 7 beta feels like what Vista should have been. I feel like I'm just getting ready for 7. Vista will be all but gone in two years.

so windows 7 does not lots of ram like vista does?