It is widely anticipated that the Windows 7 Release Candidate will arrive in April, 2009, even though whether or not the rumored April 10 date retains continues to be to be witnessed. Just over per month from now,
Office 2010 Activation, we'll probably be enjoying around together with the RC and pondering when the last will arrive. Despite the truth that Microsoft insists on sticking towards the January 2010 timeframe,
Office 2010 Activation, that is 3 many years after the basic availability of Vista, numerous sources have already pointed to an before release. This can be not surprising whatsoever; January is just not a fantastic time to release a new product.
ZDNet expects the last model will likely be all set in July 2009 since the beta is going to be expiring the month right 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 towards 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 the ultimate version will probably be prepared in September 2009 citing the president of Taipei-based Compal Electronics: "According to current planning, it should be late September or early October."
In short, nobody really knows, because Microsoft itself doesn't know—"when it is ready" is not just a PR tactic. That said, there are internal dates that Microsoft is aiming for, and I'm willing to bet that the first one is related to "before the back-to-school-craze" and the fall-back date is "before the 2009 holiday season." Those are two huge shopping sprees throughout the year during which thousands of Windows PCs are purchased,
Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise, and it only makes sense that Microsoft doesn't want to wait a whole extra year to take advantage of them. It therefore makes sense that rumored timeframes are all clumped together in a row.
For the sake of comparison, Windows Vista RC1 (5600.16384) was compiled on August 29,
Office 2010 Professional Plus, 2006,
Office 2010 Key, RC2 (5744.16384) was compiled on October 3 and RTM (6000.16386) was compiled on November one. That means just a little above two months between the first RC and the RTM, while of course common availability of Vista was two months right after that. Microsoft has emphasized that Windows seven will only have one RC, so that will also play a role in how quickly the RTM arrives following the RC. Place your bets ladies and gentlemen. When will the RTM build be compiled, and when will standard availability be?