Après une première fuite à la fin du mois de mars, de nouveaux éléments viennent confirmer l’arrivée prochaine de la Release Candidate ouverte au téléchargement public.
Initialement attendu pour la fin du mois de mai prochain, la Release Candidate de Windows 7 serait vraisemblablement disponible dès le 5 mai prochain comme en témoigne la capture d’image ci-dessous où se trouve le paragraphe suivant :
As the next-generation operating system from Microsoft, Windows 7 opens new development, sales, and services opportunities for your business. With Windows 7, you can offer your customers a robust foundation for high-quality experiences across applications, services, PCs, and devices. We are pleased to announce that Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) is available. Windows 7 RC is the prerelease version of Windows 7. Since this is not the final release, your PC will gather and send information to Microsoft engineers to help them check the fixes and changes made based on testing of Windows 7 Beta. Test-drive Windows 7 RC today to see for yourself—and to show your colleagues and customers—how Windows 7 delivers improved management, security, reliability, and performance. Download Windows 7 RC Partners: If you have a subscription to MSDN or TechNet, you can download Windows 7 RC now. Otherwise, you can download Windows 7 RC starting May 5, 2009.
Certains partenaires comme Dell ou Fujitsu-Siemens seraient d’ores et déjà en train de tester cette RC.
En attendant le 5 mai, vous pouvez consulter les divers articles consacrés au futur système d’exploitation Microsoft.
[Source : Arstechnica]
