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Windows 10 RTM to Be Ready in Late July - Rumors

Russian leaker says Microsoft picked the date for Windows 10

May 12, 2015 05:04 GMT  ·  By
The whole world's waiting for Windows 10 RTM
   The whole world's waiting for Windows 10 RTM

Windows 10 is work in progress right now at Microsoft, but according to new speculation, the company has already picked the date for its official debut that was initially said to take place during the summer.

Here’s the story so far: Microsoft previously said that Windows 10 would launch in the summer of 2015, but the company never had a date in mind because, depending on how much development of specific features take, it could push back the debut of its new OS without causing too much controversy in the market.

Previously, AMD officials said that Microsoft was looking at late July for the launch date, but Microsoft never confirmed this statement, explaining that it still wanted to bring it out in the summer in order to allow manufacturers to launch devices running Windows 10 to benefit from growing sales during the back-to-school season.

Now Russian leaker WZor claims that the late July 2015 rumored date is indeed accurate, but that’s not the moment when Windows 10 would go live for everyone, but only the RTM target for OEMs. This means that the full launch of Windows 10 would most likely take place in August.

Last preview coming in June

As far as Windows insiders are concerned, WZor says that the next public insider preview will be rolled out in June 2015, which means that we might have to wait one more month until we get a new Windows 10 build. That’s, however, unlikely to happen because Microsoft has already promised to bring out new builds at a faster pace, but time will tell if this information is accurate.

What’s more, the Russian leaker suggests that the June build would be the very last before RTM, as Microsoft would then focus on fixing bugs and improving performance before signing off Windows 10.

Obviously, all these details are unconfirmed for the moment, so just take them with a pinch of salt until the company says something about Window 10 RTM.