Windows 7 SP1 beta rumored by end of 2009, RTM summer 2010
Windows 7 may be out, but Microsoft is of course still hard at work improving the operating system. Rumor has it that SP1 for Windows 7 will come sooner than it did for Windows Vista.
... Output the final version of SP1 for Windows 7 is scheduled for the autumn of 2010, PC makers will get the updated distributions of Windows 7 with SP1 as always much earlier ie in the summer of 2010.
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 had a five-month beta program: there was a Beta, a Release Candidate Preview, a Release Candidate, a Release Candidate Refresh, and a Release Candidate Refresh 2. The last one ended up becoming the RTM build. SP1 will address many of the issues bugging users since the release of Vista. It rolled together more than 300 hot fixes covering everything from data protection to video performance. Windows Vista hit RTM in November 2006 and SP1 hit RTM in March 2008.
Windows 7 hit RTM in July 2009 and according to the information from wzor.net, SP1 will hit RTM somewhere between June 2010 and August 2010, which is a much faster turnaround than Vista. Still, this is just a rumor, and even if it's on the money right now, delays are bound to occur.
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