Son Goku
No lover of dogma
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Having it available for system builders by a Christmas 2006 buying season makes sense.
What would remain to be seen however is how long before actual retail ship, RTM might be however. I seem to remember, when I had some of the betas through MSDN, that release to manufacturer preceded the actual retail ship (aka when you and I could buy a copy on the store shelves, without purchasing a new system) by a few weeks or there abouts. It's been a long time since winXP left beta though, so my memory's a tad fuzzy on the dates though...
What would remain to be seen however is how long before actual retail ship, RTM might be however. I seem to remember, when I had some of the betas through MSDN, that release to manufacturer preceded the actual retail ship (aka when you and I could buy a copy on the store shelves, without purchasing a new system) by a few weeks or there abouts. It's been a long time since winXP left beta though, so my memory's a tad fuzzy on the dates though...