Windows 7 Is Now On A Straight Line To RTM!

More good news for the ones (quite many, I have to admit) who are already Windows 7 RC fans. Windows 7 will RTM sometimes in the second half of July and it will be in stores beginning October the 22nd. Around the same time frame, the RTM code for Windows Server 2008 R2 will be available to Microsoft partners.

I’ve already talked about my experience so far using some beta builds of Windows 7 as well as the latest RC release. Still, it doesn’t cease to amaze me. Most probably, the main reason for this is the fact that it really looks to be light years away from the Vista experience (although I have to admit that post-service packs Vista is much better than the original RTM).

To be honest, it is the first time in my career that I feel really enthusiastic about an OS from Microsoft. Don’t get me wrong, I do like Microsoft operating systems, but I never felt like “this is the one I’ve been waiting for”. You know what I mean? Every time there were some things that made me say “yeah… this is ok, but I hope they will fix/improve this or that in the next service pack or version”.

Obviously, Windows 7 is not perfect. But it makes me feel like it’s the OS I’ve been waiting for for a long time.