Development of Windows 7: Difference between revisions

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}}</ref>) was [[Software release life cycle#Release to manufacturing (RTM)|released to manufacturing]] (RTM) with the build number 6.1.7600.16384. Windows 7 was launched for [[Software release life cycle#General availability (GA)|general customer availability]] on October 22, 2009.<ref name="GA">{{cite web

| url=https://blogs.microsoft.com/windowsexperience/2009/10/22/windows-7-arrives-today-with-new-offers-new-pcs-and-more/

| title=Microsoft Blogs: Windows 7 arrives today with new offers, new PCs, and many more!

| website=Windows Experience Blog

| publisher=Microsoft

| first1=Brandon

| last1=LeBlanc

| date=October 22, 2009

| archive-url=https://blogs.microsoft.com/windowsexperience/2009/10/22/windows-7-arrives-today-with-new-offers-new-pcs-and-more/

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== History ==

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At [[Professional Developers Conference|PDC]] 2008, Microsoft demonstrated Windows 7 with its reworked [[taskbar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2008/10/28/windows-7-unveiled-today-at-pdc-2008/ |title=Windows 7 Unveiled Today at PDC 2008 |last=Nash |first=Mike |date=October 28, 2008 |accessdate=November 11, 2008 |work=Windows Experience Blog |publisher=Microsoft |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101011844/http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2008/10/28/windows-7-unveiled-today-at-pdc-2008.aspx |archivedate=November 1, 2008}}</ref> On December 27, 2008, the Windows 7 Beta was leaked onto the Internet via [[BitTorrent (protocol)|BitTorrent]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osnews.com/story/20703/Windows_7_Beta_1_Leaked |title=Windows 7 Beta 1 Leaked |website=OSNews.com |accessdate=May 25, 2009}}</ref> According to a performance test by [[ZDNet]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Adrian |last=Kingsley-Hughes |url=http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-7-beta-1-performance-how-does-the-os-compare-to-vista-and-xp/ |title=Windows 7 beta 1 performance - How does the OS compare to Vista and XP? |website=[[ZDNet]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |date=January 1, 2009 |accessdate=May 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105145717/http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3236&page=2 |archivedate=January 5, 2009}}</ref> Windows 7 Beta beat both Windows XP and Vista in several key areas, including boot and shutdown time and working with files, such as loading documents. Other areas did not beat XP, including PC Pro benchmarks for typical office activities and video editing, which remain identical to Vista and slower than XP.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/11/12/follow-up-benchmarking-windows-7/|title = Follow-up: Benchmarking Windows 7 |accessdate =January 29, 2009|last = Graham-Smith|first = Darien|authorlink = Darien Graham-Smith| date=January 2009 }}</ref> On January 7, 2009, the [[x64]] version of the Windows 7 Beta (build 7000) was leaked onto the web, with some torrents being infected with a [[Trojan horse (computing)|trojan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slashgear.com/leaked-windows-7-rc-torrents-infected-with-trojan-2842048/|title=Leaked Windows 7 RC torrents infected with trojan|website= SlashGear}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://w7info.com/articles/2009/01/windows-7-64-bit-beta-hits-the-web/ |title=Windows 7 64-Bit Beta Hits the Web |accessdate=January 7, 2009 |last=Pennington |first=Kenneth |date=January 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121125718/http://w7info.com/articles/2009/01/windows-7-64-bit-beta-hits-the-web/ |archivedate=January 21, 2009 }}</ref> At [[Consumer Electronics Show|CES]] 2009, Microsoft CEO [[Steve Ballmer]] announced the Windows 7 Beta, build 7000, had been made available for download to MSDN and TechNet subscribers in the format of an ISO image.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/jan/08/steve-ballmer-ces-keynote |title=CES: Steve Ballmer unveils Microsoft's Windows 7 &#124; Technology &#124; guardian.co.uk |work=The Guardian |___location=London |accessdate=May 25, 2009 | first=Bobbie | last=Johnson | date=January 8, 2009}}</ref> The stock wallpaper of the beta version contained a digital image of the [[Siamese fighting fish|Betta fish]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yes, the Windows 7 beta wallpaper was a picture of a betta fish – The Old New Thing|url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20100901-00/?p=12973|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218082719/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20100901-00/?p=12973|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-02-18|date=2019-02-18|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

The release candidate, build 7100, became available for MSDN and TechNet subscribers, and Connect Program participants on April 30, 2009. On May 5, 2009, it became available to the general public, although it had also been leaked onto the Internet via [[BitTorrent (protocol)|BitTorrent]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Miller |first=Paul |url=https://www.engadget.com/2009/04/24/windows-7-rc-7100-making-its-way-to-oems-a-torrent-tracker-near/ |title=Windows 7 RC 7100 making its way to OEMs, a torrent tracker near you |website=[[Engadget]] |publisher=[[Aol]] |date=April 24, 2009 |accessdate=May 25, 2009}}</ref> The release candidate was available in five languages and expired on June 1, 2010, with shutdowns every two hours starting March 1, 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/download.aspx | title = Windows 7 Release Candidate Customer Preview Program | accessdate =May 5, 2009 | website= Microsoft.com|publisher=Microsoft}}</ref> Microsoft stated that Windows 7 would be released to the general public on October 22, 2009<ref name="GA" />, about less than three years after the launch of its predecessor, [[Windows Vista]]. Microsoft released Windows 7 to MSDN and Technet subscribers on August 6, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/07/21/when-will-you-get-windows-7-rtm.aspx|title=When Will You Get Windows 7 RTM?|website=The Windows Blog}}</ref> Microsoft announced that Windows 7, along with [[Windows Server 2008 R2]], was released to manufacturing in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] on July 22, 2009. Windows 7 [[Release to manufacture|RTM]] is build 7600.16385.090713-1255<ref name="RTM" />, which was compiled on July 13, 2009, and was declared the final RTM build after passing all Microsoft's tests internally.<ref name="rtm">{{cite web|url=http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/07/22/windows-7-has-been-released-to-manufacturing.aspx|title=Windows 7 Has Been Released to Manufacturing|last=LeBlanc|first=Brandon|website=Windows Team Blog|publisher=Microsoft|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227022915/http://blogs.windows.com/windows/archive/b/windows7/archive/2009/07/22/windows-7-has-been-released-to-manufacturing.aspx|archivedate=February 27, 2014|url-status=}}</ref>

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