Windows 7 Build 7004是RC版本？

Win7之家（ www.win7china.com）：Windows 7 Build 7004是RC版本？

 Windows 7 Build 7004的截图已经泄露。虽然微软始终三缄其口并不确认任何消息，但Windows 7 Build 7004的出现表明此前的Pre-Beta 69XX阶段已经结束了。7000的版本号表明这已经是一个全功能版本的Windows 7了。

Scott Wylie，微软新西兰分部开发平台策略主管，是Windows 7 Build7004的测试者之一，此前他在一篇文章中发布了Build 7004的一张截图，虽然原图现在已经被删除，但通过google网页快照依然可以看到。

“这个版本看起来像是一个完成版本的操作系统，对我来说这已经算是完成品了。用户界面看起来很舒服，事实上整个系统都更流畅更精悍了。一些新功能如：任务栏，预览窗口，Jumplist等都确实很实用，而且也不过分招摇。用户很快就能适应这些新功能。”

同时，Wylie还称Windows 7 Build 7004是个Pre-Beta版本，这就于此前的多数消息相矛盾了，因为大多数消息都认为6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 是Windows 7 Beta的版本号。按照这样的说法，如果6.1.7000.0.081212-1400是Beta版本的话，那么7004版本似乎就该是RC版本之一了。

附部分原文;

Windows 7 Build 7004 is live. In the context of the imminent Windows 7 public Beta release development milestone, build numbers of the next iteration of the Windows client are being joggled around with Microsoft managing to remain mute and confirm no piece of information. The silence might be deafening on the official communication channels, but the Redmond company is indeed dogfooding Windows 7 Build 7004, a version that has evolved past the 69xx build numbers associated with the pre-beta releases of the operating system, but also with the 7000 build number that has become associated with the first fully-fledged Beta of Windows Vista's successor.

Scott Wylie, Microsoft's New Zealand Director of Development and Platform Strategy, is one of the software giant's employees testing Windows 7 Build 7004. Wylie leaked the first screenshot of Windows 7 Build 7004's desktop in a post that has been removed since then, but which continues to be accessible through Google cache.

“This feels like a completed OS, it doesn't say beta, to me it says almost done. The UI is noticeably more responsive, in fact the whole machine feels more snappy, lighter somehow. The new UI features (taskbar, preview windows, jumplists etc.) are really useful and unobtrusive. It will take a little while to get used to the slightly revised task switching, but I think it will be more intuitive long term,” Wylie stated.

Still, Wylie refers to Windows 7 Build 7004 as a pre-Beta version of the platform. The reference comes in contradiction with unconfirmed reports that Microsoft signed off the code for Windows 7 Beta 1 internally on December 12 with 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 as the build number. In this context, if 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 is the Beta, any 7004 Build number would place the respective Windows 7 development milestones in the post-Beta, Release Candidate branch of the operating system.
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