Windows 7 release date announced

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8081003.stm

Windows 7, the next major release of the world's most popular operating system, will be officially available to the public on 22 October.

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RTM mid to end of July for MSDN/Technet subscribers.

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Next question is whether waiting until January for sales is worth it? Do these even exist in the computer hardware market?

savemoney

Using the beta 7100 for a couple of days must say the pc is very smoother and faster to boot than both 32/64bit versions of Vista

Looking forward to getting the final build

Lum

Deleted_User wrote: »

Next question is whether waiting until January for sales is worth it? Do these even exist in the computer hardware market?

For hardware bought from major retailers (eg. Currys, PC World etc.) yes you will get January sales, however these retailers charge a lot more than if you just bought it online in the first place.

Besides, if your current PC can run Vista, it can run Win7, so may as well just buy the software alone.

lesleyvhalifax

this may seem a daft question but if u have got the evaluation copy do you get a discount if you want to buy it

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Lum wrote: »

For hardware bought from major retailers (eg. Currys, PC World etc.) yes you will get January sales, however these retailers charge a lot more than if you just bought it online in the first place.

Besides, if your current PC can run Vista, it can run Win7, so may as well just buy the software alone.

The cheapest places I've found seem to be dell.co.uk, dmxdimension.co.uk or maybe ebuyer.co.uk.

I've got a AMD Turion 64 ML-34 with a clonky 1GD PC2700 DDR RAM.

I'm currently running Exchange 2007 in a VM and it's flatlining the CPU chronic. Time for an upgrade...

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lesleyvhalifax wrote: »

this may seem a daft question but if u have got the evaluation copy do you get a discount if you want to buy it

Afraid not.

Lum

lesleyvhalifax wrote: »

this may seem a daft question but if u have got the evaluation copy do you get a discount if you want to buy it

Nope, you do get to format and reinstall though, as the evaluation copy cannot be upgraded to the release version. Only XP and Vista can be upgraded.

lesleyvhalifax

it was just a thought

el_gringo_3

Lum wrote: »

Nope, you do get to format and reinstall though, as the evaluation copy cannot be upgraded to the release version. Only XP and Vista can be upgraded.

Yeah, its a bit daft. I've just done a new build and used Windows 7. Around Xmas my 'evaluation' will be which is cheaper - a flash new mobo, 2 gig stick of ram and OEM vista 64, or windows 7 retail and no hardware upgrade. Probably would have just done the latter if they'd have allowed me to keep it running, and I have a sneaky suspicion there will be a big lag between retail and OEM copies of 7 being easily available.