Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have hit the Release to Manufacturing milestone. OEMs can get their hands on it this Friday, while MSDN and TechNet subscribers will be able to get it on August 6. Consumers will have to wait until October 22.
via Microsoft: Windows 7 is done, on its way to manufacturers – Ars Technica.
Hey, who knows, it may start turning up on law student laptops this semester:)