New User Interface in Windows 7 RTM?

Ha. Hahahahaha. No way.

Paul Thurrott says:

There are rumors, too, that a new UI is coming and it may make sense for Microsoft to hold on to that UI for the RTM builds, so that it has one last surprise to offer up to its eager fans. Indeed, the smartest thing Microsoft has done with Windows 7, in many ways, is keep the drama high by playing things close to the vest. That said, our first RTM-level build, build 7106, doesn’t really offer anything in the way of revelation.

Of course, that’s absurd. (Paul’s comments in that article about forking are also at odds with the forking we’ve seen in recent days, with parallel-but-not-equal leaks of 707x builds and 710x builds. The former appear to be headed toward RC1; the latter toward RTM. But I digress.)

Ed Bott has a great riposte on his blog, “Don’t fall for those rumors of a new Windows 7 UI.”