Windows 7 RTM

[Terbinator]

Of course it is, because that's what the torrent said right?

You said you had it before it was signed off. There are several "RTM" builds floating about with different build versions.

Until Microsoft release the exact build number that has been RTM, no one knows for sure which, if any, is the real one.

Er, seen as i use Newsgroups no. The RTM is the iso i downloaded the other day: 7600.16385

[dangel]

/yawn give up Clearly you have a problem with me I've no need to explain myself to you. That's all I have to say on that matter, m'kay?

Well then perhaps telling all and sundry you're going to pirate windows wasn't such a good idea m'kay? Or haven't you worked that one out yet? Nothing personal, it's just that violating your EULA for your technet sub doesn't put you on a moral high ground - and being arrogrant about it isn't very clever either.. This is, of course, supposing you even have that sub. But you've no need to explain yourself to me, as you said.

[Singh400]

Er, seen as i use Newsgroups no. The RTM is the iso i downloaded the other day: 7600.16385

Fact remains, the hashes might not match. Best wait untill you start installing an un-verified ISO. Just to be on the safe side

[Terbinator]

Original m$ ISO:
Windows 7 Retail Ultimate englisch (x64)
Name: 7600.16385.090713-1255_x64fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULXFRER_EN_DVD.iso
CRC: 0x1F1257CA
SHA-1: 0x326327CC2FF9F05379F5058C41BE6BC5E004BAA7

From my source.

[Agent]

From my source.

your source?
Would that be an offical Microsoft employee who has it posted on their Microsoft blog ?....

[Splash]

Am I alone in not giving a rats ass about all the leaked builds? RC is fine, and I'll grab the official release from an official source (Technet) when it's officially released.

[Terbinator]

your source?
Would that be an offical Microsoft employee who has it posted on their Microsoft blog ?....

Probably, as i have also found Microsoft employes refering to Microsoft as "m$"

[Barrichello]

Am I alone in not giving a rats ass about all the leaked builds?

No your not.

[pollaxe]

Am I alone in not giving a rats ass about all the leaked builds? RC is fine, and I'll grab the official release from an official source (Technet) when it's officially released.

+1 (well, +2 by the looks of above) to that.

[nightkhaos]

+3 Actually. Even throught it is leaked I will still buy it (everything I have heard has not changed my mind about Windows 7), mainly because I actually want a key. (Pirating is messy, tiresome, and honestly, not worth the effort, and this is before you consider the moral implications like the certain issue of legallity.)

[Wood586]

I agree, nightkhaos. Piracy is just not worth all the time and hassle. I've ordered a full retail version of Windows 7 home premium from tesco for £45 (pre-release price) plus p&p. Windows has never been so cheap!

[Blitzen]

/yawn give up Clearly you have a problem with me I've no need to explain myself to you. That's all I have to say on that matter, m'kay?

You push the subs price up for people who actually use these services correctly as you are stealing.

[Singh400]

Info on upcoming 'waves'...

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Release Waves

893 different images are being released to MSDN Subscriber Downloads in 3 waves:

Wave 1 (August 6th):

• All Windows 7 Client (x86 and x64) Retail and VL Editions – English only
• Language packs, WAIKs, WDKs, SDKs, and Symbols – in all available languages

Wave 2 (August 14th):

• Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, Itanium (x64 and ia64) – English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese
• All Windows 7 Client (x86 and x64) Retail and VL Editions – French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese
• Checked builds – English

Wave 3 (August 21st):

• Remaining Windows 7 Client and Windows Server 2008 R2 Editions in the following languages, released as they become available (likely order) – Dutch, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Brazilian, Polish, Korean, Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong – SAR), Turkish, Czech, Portuguese, Hungarian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Arabic, Hebrew, Greek, Ukrainian, Thai, Romanian, Lithuanian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Estonian, Croatian, Serbian Latin, Latvian, Slovenian
• Windows 7 Starter Edition – All languages

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[finlay666]

+3 Actually. Even throught it is leaked I will still buy it (everything I have heard has not changed my mind about Windows 7), mainly because I actually want a key. (Pirating is messy, tiresome, and honestly, not worth the effort, and this is before you consider the moral implications like the certain issue of legallity.)

And if you pirate it you have no idea what they have cooked into it, so you don't know what is in there

I have happily bought a retail licence for it, it will get enough use on my main pc alone, I might buy another for my spare pc as a full retail is much more useful than an abused technet sub where they can block the keys (and my uni might get it for personal use also if I'm lucky for my laptop if I get a new one)

[shaithis]

24 hours to go

I wonder how the Microsoft site will hold up......especially if W2008 R2 RTM is made available at the same time......

[latrosicarius]

so.... anyone know the exact time? Is it at the stroke of midnight tonight?

(From Technet, i mean of course)