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Not long now. :)
MoreDetails of Microsoft's next major Windows version, codenamed Threshold, have been steadily emerging over the last few weeks - and, as our regular readers will know, many of the biggest and most interesting details have been exclusively revealed by us here on Neowin. But one detail that has remained a little ambiguous is when we might actually get our first official look at the new OS.
Last week, it emerged that Microsoft is planning to release a preview version of the OS around the end of September, and today, The Verge revealed that that information - originally revealed by Microsoft-watcher Mary Jo Foley - is accurate. According to its sources, Microsoft is "tentatively planning" a press event for September 30, at which the new Windows will be officially unveiled, with a pre-release version of the OS being made available on or shortly after that date.
Clearing my agenda that Saturday - hopefully it will be made available immediately... :smuggrin:
Just in case anyone was wondering why there are no leaks lately... M$ has severely tightened security around development builds and employees'/contractors' access protocol.
AFAIK, builds are individually compiled per distribution and can thus be tracked (probably via a compile time stamp).. just an FYI![]()