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July 29th, 2009
Windows 7 first look: More than just "Vista, fixed"

Posted by Ed Bott @ 1:36 pm

Windows 7 won’t be officially available to the public until next week—Thursday, August 6, to be exact—when MSDN and Technet subscribers will finally get the chance to download the software legitimately and activate their copies with product keys. It’s the first step on a long rollout that will end October 22 when the software will be available for purchase in retail boxes and on new PCs.

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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1195