OEMs to receive Windows 8 RTM on August 1

Microsoft had earlier announced that the Windows 8 Release to Manufacturers (RTM) will be available in the first week of August. However, news has it that Mary Jo Foley revealed in a recent Windows Weekly Podcast that as per her sources from MSDN and TechNet services, the Windows 8 RTM will be made available for its OEM partners on August 1. Also, recently Win8China got their hands on leaked screenshots of the Final Build of Windows 8 RTM, which is said to be the build 9200.16384.WIN8_RTM.120725-1247. The site also got a glimpse of the Lock Screen of Windows 8 RTM.
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That's not what she said. She said her sources said it would be available on TechNet and MSDN on Aug 1 around Noon. No mention of OEM other then business customers would get it the first week in Aug. Although she didn't mention OEM I would assume they would get it the same day and that's probably what this writer is saying. I love the way these hack writers copy some other blog (which he did) and they don't check their facts.

Jim :cool:
 

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I guess we'll know on August 1 how accruate that is. I'm a bit wary of following a chain of links to one unofficial site after another.

I'm in no hurry anyway. If it shows up on TechNet on 8/1 I'll have another VM to install, and if not, well, maybe somebody got it all wrong. :D
 

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Must admit it doesn't phase me either way to be honest. I'm not exactly hanging by my fingernails waiting. In fact, so much has been said about it, the actual release will be a bit of an anti-climax for me ... Ho hum!
 

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You can BET that ESPECIALLY HP....

also Dell, Acer, Toshiba, Lenovo, Asus, and others that ALSO sell to small business will be very concerned with the final product. Their livelihood is on the line here.
 

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I was thinking about putting Win8 RP on my netbook but now I'm going to hold off until RTM. I haven't had time to back up the netbook or create a bootable flash drive yet anyway, so now I have an excuse to procrastinate a little longer. :D
 

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    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS - Home Built
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
    Motherboard
    ASUS M5A99X EVO
    Memory
    Crucial Balistic DDR-3 1866 CL 9 (8 GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI R6850 Cyclone IGD5 PE
    Sound Card
    On Chip
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS VE258Q 25" LED with DVI-HDMI-DisplayPort
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Two WD Cavier Black 2TB Sata 6gbs
    WD My Book Essential 2TB USB 3.0
    PSU
    Seasonic X650 80 Plus GOLD Modular
    Case
    Corsair 400R
    Cooling
    Antec Kuhler H2O 620, Two 120mm and four 140mm
    Keyboard
    AVS Gear Blue LED Backlight
    Mouse
    Logitech Marble Mouse USB, Logitech Precision Game Pad
    Internet Speed
    15MB
    Antivirus
    NIS, Malwarebytes Premium 2
    Other Info
    APC UPS ES 750, Netgear WNR3500L Gigabit & Wireless N Router with SamKnows Test Program,
    Motorola SB6120 Gigabit Cable Modem.
    Brother HL-2170W Laser Printer,
    Epson V300 Scanner
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