Windows Vista Released To Manufacturing
Thursday, 09 November 2006 by Michel Roth
Microsoft has announced it has completed development work on the new Windows Vista operating system and confirmed that it will be available to consumers Jan. 30, 2007. On a conference call with Jim Allchin, Microsoft announced that they will have 18 languages at launch in January and will ship 32 within 100 days of English RTM.

Availability of the RTM code on MSDN is still not known officially with a Microsoft spokesperson citing "within 7 days" after todays announcement. Given MSDN has scheduled down time from 7PM PST to 9PM PST on Friday, November 10th - I'd expect it to arrive shortly after that.

Prices (First one is Retail Full and second price is upgrade):

• Windows Home Basic $199 $99.95
• Windows Home Basic N $199 $99.95
• Windows Vista Home Premium $239 $159
• Windows Vista Business $299 $199
• Windows Vista Business N $299 $199
• Windows Vista Enterprise Volume-license only
• Windows Vista Ultimate $399 $259

The build 6000.16386.061101-2205 has been confirmend as the final and last build. 6000.16386.061101-2205 is the official RTM build.

Lots more info here.

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