WinXP RTM is coming soon
WinInsider | at | by Mike
According to MSDN Subscriber Downloads recently released RC2 will NOT be shipped on CD media to MSDN Subscribers, it will only be available via download. This might be a sign that instead sending RC2 in next monthly shipment, Microsoft will send RTM version of WinXP. Next MSDN shipment will be for month of September, but CD/DVD are packaged and send usually between two-to-one week before target month. That makes last two weeks of August. The bad news is that unless you are major PC maker or MSDN subscriber chances are that you will not get RTM, as it is the final product, (gold-CD). Unless I am mistaken or Microsoft will decides to give out RTM, most people will have to wait until Oct. 25 to get the final WinXP.
The info about no RC2 disk shipments appears on the MSDN Subscribers Download "What's Hot" page under "Announcements" that you see after you sign-in.