RTM and Retail

[Guest]

What is the difference between RTM and the final release apart from having
different checksums and having all the drivers install correctly on the
retail?

 

[Sascha Benjamin Jazbec]

rtm ( aka "the golden build") = "released to manufacturers", state of which
a software is frozen and produced.

You are clever enough to think what this words describes, yes ?

SJ /germany

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

No difference except the RTM version will install a few updates when it is
installed on a system.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

No difference except the RTM version will install a few updates when it is
installed on a system.

Huh? So you mean that the Retail disks include updates released after RTM?

ss.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

The retail and OEM versions of Vista just released are RTM.
RTM = Release To Manufacturing.
The checksums, drivers etc are identical since they are the same.

The OEMs have the same RTM code as the retail but the OEMs can customize
theirs.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

No, I said
When you install the RTM, it will install updates that were released after
the RTM was made available.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

No, I said

When you install the RTM, it will install updates that were released after
the RTM was made available.

Same NOT the same as the Retail disks then? I was just trying to make sure
that they were the same or not.

ss.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Ronnie;
Right now RTM and retail are the same.
Once a Service Pack is released, the then currently shipping DVDs will
include the Service Pack.
As for now, Retail is the same as RTM., or we should really say Gold.

 

[BSchnur]

Right now RTM and retail are the same.

Once a Service Pack is released, the then currently shipping DVDs will
include the Service Pack.
As for now, Retail is the same as RTM., or we should really say Gold.

I had the impression that SP1 for Vista is reasonably far off though --
sometime next year...

 

[brett]

I think I read Vista SP1 was targeted for Dec 07.

-ba-

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Rumor has it SP-1 is due the end of the year with the release of Longhorn
Server also rumored to be called Windows Server 2007.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

SS

I guess I should have explained that better. All I meant was that when you
install RTM , it will look for any available updates and install them. The
same as any version of Windows during installation. I didn't mean that there
was any difference between RTM and Retail.