Formal delivery of Windows 7 production

"Sohu It News" Beijing time July 23 News, according to foreign media reports, Microsoft Wednesday afternoon announced that the Windows 7 operating system has completed testing, will be delivered to production (RTM).

Microsoft's announcement means that Windows 7 's development program is over and will be used to make installation discs or be pre-installed on computers. The final version of the serial number is 7600.16385.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the news at a MGX sales meeting inside Microsoft in Wednesday. Microsoft employees have posted photos and facts of the meeting on Twitter and other sites.

Microsoft also announced in Wednesday that it has completed the development of Windows Server 2008 R2. This is an important upgrade to the Microsoft server operating system.

Windows 7 is still being tested, according to Microsoft's previous statement. Independent hardware and software vendors can download the Windows 7 RTM as early as August 6. Microsoft will release Windows 7 RTM to other partners in late August. Enterprise users and developers can download the English version of Windows 7 RTM on August 7, and other language versions will be released later.

Windows 7 will be officially on sale on October 22. Microsoft has done a lot of work to prevent Windows 7 from appearing similar to Windows Vista compatibility issues. Mary Jo Foley, a well-known journalist at ZDNet, predicts that by October 22, a number of hardware devices from several manufacturers will be pre-installed with Windows 7.