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    Is an up to date Windows 7 RC the same as the RTM?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by onnek, Sep 19, 2009.

  1. onnek

    onnek Newbie

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    Quick question:

    If you install Windows 7 RC, and downloaded all the latest updates, wouldn't it just be like the RTM version (apart from the RC version expiring sometime in 2010)? Are all windows updates the same for both the RC and the RTM?
     
    onnek, Sep 19, 2009
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  2. Starfox

    Starfox Notebook Evangelist

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    No. RC != RTM, patches won't fix that.
     
    Starfox, Sep 19, 2009
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  3. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    RC with updates not= RTM
     
    coolguy, Sep 20, 2009
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  4. Amnesiac

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    No, the RC still has some bugs.

    Therefore, RC Updated =/= RTM.
     
    Amnesiac, Sep 20, 2009
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  5. Koshinn

    Koshinn Notebook Deity

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    No.

    The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 10 characters.
     
    Koshinn, Sep 21, 2009
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  6. Amnesiac

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    Amnesiac, Sep 21, 2009
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  7. Koshinn

    Koshinn Notebook Deity

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    I like your 3 different ways of saying "not equals".
     
    Koshinn, Sep 21, 2009
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  8. Amnesiac

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    Oh, right.
     
    Amnesiac, Sep 21, 2009
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  9. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The RTM version can be fully activated, and it literally the same bit-for-bit as what you will get with an install DVD from a retail shop starting 10/22.

    The RC was the 'almost ready to go edition' whose programming is designed to cease functioning after a specific cutoff date. Can't remember when, but you'll know when it happens.
     
    Greg, Sep 21, 2009
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  10. Koshinn

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    I believe it's sometime next year, May or June I think.

    And yeah, RTM means Release to Manufacturing. It's literally the version they send to OEMs and it's the image they actually write to the retail install discs.
     
    Koshinn, Sep 21, 2009
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