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June 1st, 2012, 15:12 GMT · By

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Windows 8 RTM Confirmed for Late July, Final Flavor in October

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Today, Microsoft made available for download the Release Preview of its Windows 8 operating system, which is the final pre-release flavor of the operating system.

We already had a look at some of the main enhancements included in this release, but we should wait for more of them in the upcoming development milestones.

Apparently, we won’t have to wait too long for them to arrive. Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky mentioned in a blog post on Building Windows 8 that the RTM version of Windows 8 will arrive in two months’ time, which means that late July is the timeframe to look for.

As soon as the platform is released to manufacturing, hardware partners will start applying the final touches to their Windows 8 devices, and should have them ready sometime in October.

Various reports on the matter have already emerged, and Steven Sinofsky’s statement appears to confirm them. Microsoft released the final version of Windows 7 too three months after the RTM flavor.

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Comment #1 by: Jim on 12 Jun 2012, 18:02 UTC reply to this comment

Why does the interface look so cheap? It certainly doesn't look like an industry solution.


Comment #2 by: Sneeky on 16 Jun 2012, 08:28 UTC reply to this comment

Nice fast boot and shutdown and I like the new look :)

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