Well it’s finally arrived, Windows 7 has RTM’d!  Over the past week I’ve been at MGX in Atlanta, Microsoft’s global sales and marketing conference.  On Wednesday, Steve Ballmer, Kevin Turner and Steven Sinofski took to the stage to sign off the RTM, and it was a great feeling to watch our best ever version of Windows get signed off!

Over the past year, I’ve been blogging about the new capabilities, advances and experiences I’ve had of Windows 7.  We’ve had more Windows 7 pre-orders than a year’s worth of Vista sales!  It’s also been fantastic watching the press’ take-up of our new OS.

· Guardian (Jack Schofield blog) -- It's official: Windows 7 has been released to manufacturing

· The Daily Telegraph -- Windows 7 vs Snow Leopard: Battle of the brands

· V3 -- Windows 7 hits release to manufacturing

· TechRadar -- Windows 7 releases to manufacturing

· PC Pro -- Microsoft finishes Windows 7

· Computer Weekly -- Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 released to manufacturers

· ZDNet -- Microsoft wraps up Windows 7 code

This is going to be a fantastic OS, and to celebrate, here’s some vintage footage of Steve Ballmer selling the first version of Windows, enjoy!