{"id":292,"date":"2009-07-22T19:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T19:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/?p=292"},"modified":"2009-07-22T19:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T19:53:00","slug":"windows-7-rtm-on-6th-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/2009\/07\/windows-7-rtm-on-6th-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 7 RTM on 6th August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static; \"><span class=\"kLink\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 150, 0); font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static; background-color: transparent; \">Microsoft<\/span><\/span><span style=\"position: relative;\" id=\"preLoadWrap0\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: absolute; z-index: 4000; top: -32px; left: -18px; display: none;\" id=\"preLoadLayer0\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px none ;\" src=\"http:\/\/kona.kontera.com\/javascript\/lib\/imgs\/grey_loader.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/span> has <a href=\"http:\/\/windowsteamblog.com\/blogs\/windows7\/archive\/2009\/07\/21\/when-will-you-get-windows-7-rtm.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">just sent word<\/a> that MSDN and TechNet customers will be able to get hold of Windows 7 RTM on August 6.<\/p>\n<p>Windows 7 RTM will initially be available in English on August 6th and remaining languages by October 1st for both MSDN and TechNet customers.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has released a time-line for RTM availability, English will be first followed by other languages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>ISV\/IHV<\/b> &#8211; ISV (Independent <span style=\"color: rgb(0, 150, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static;color:#009600;\" ><span class=\"kLink\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 150, 0) ! important; font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static;\">software<\/span><\/span> vendor) and IHV (Independent hardware vendor) Partners will be able to download Windows 7 RTM from Microsoft Connect or MSDN on August 6th.<\/li>\n<li><b>Partner Program Gold\/Certified Members<\/b> &#8211; August 16th. By October 1st, the remaining languages will become available to download.<\/li>\n<li><b>Action Pack Subscribers<\/b> &#8211; August 23rd. By October 1st, the remaining languages will become available to download.<\/li>\n<li><b>OEMs<\/b> &#8211; Approximately 2 days after Microsoft officially RTM<\/li>\n<li><b>Volume License with Software Assurance<\/b> &#8211; August 7th via the Volume License Service Center (VLSC). The rest of the languages for Windows 7 RTM should be available within a couple of weeks after that. <\/li>\n<li><b>Volume License without Software Assurance<\/b> &#8211; September 1 (downloadable from the Volume License Service Center)<\/li>\n<li><b>MSDN\/TechNet<\/b> &#8211; August 6th and remaining languages by October 1st. <\/li>\n<li><b>Everyone else<\/b> &#8211; October 22nd, general availability date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Microsoft also confirmed there is no special deal or &#8220;thank you&#8221; for Windows 7 testers. The special pre-order pricing was &#8220;done with our beta testers in mind&#8221; according to Brandon LeBlanc.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft have not confirmed the RTM build number or when exactly they plan to announce the official RTM so the wait continues.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Source: Neowin.Net <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has just sent word that MSDN and TechNet customers will be able to get hold of Windows 7 RTM on August 6. Windows 7 RTM will initially be available in English on August 6th and remaining languages by October 1st for both MSDN and TechNet customers. Microsoft has released [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ms-news","category-windows-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}