Windows 7 RC released

[Psyko]

I just found out that Windows 7, Release Candidate was released today. And if I got this right, it's very similar to the finished product.
This version will last until 1st June 2010. But... You should really read this before doing anything..

Originally Posted by Microsoft

Watch the calendar. The RC will expire on June 1, 2010. Starting on March 1, 2010, your PC will begin shutting down every two hours. Windows will notify you two weeks before the bi-hourly shutdowns start. To avoid interruption, you’ll need to install a non-expired version of Windows before March 1, 2010. You’ll also need to install the programs and data that you want to use.

Well another upside is, that there is unlimited keys for this, so everyone can get it. This RC version will be available to July this year.

Just scroll down to the end of the page, select 32-bit or 64-bit and your language and download. Also, You'll have to log in with Windows Live account and disable pop-up blocker on the site or it wont work.

Here's what your computer needs to have for this to work.

Originally Posted by Microsoft

• 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 GB RAM (32-bit) / 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
• 16 GB available disk space (32-bit) / 20 GB (64-bit)
• DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

You can read more about the RC changes here and download the RC here.

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[Yojalata]

I knew about this a long time by the way I'm downloading it...10% of 2.36B

[klinkdawg24]

alright , if anyone doesn't know what this operating system is, its the newest copy of windows... try it, its amazing, and so much faster than vista

EDIT: Ok, so i go into it to download it, but it never gets to the download, i type in my windows live information, then it just goes and has this green circle spinning around... help please...

EDIT 2: Never mind, i found out the problem, you have to use internet explorer

[Yojalata]

Originally Posted by klinkdawg24

alright , if anyone doesn't know what this operating system is, its the newest copy of windows... try it, its amazing, and so much faster than vista

EDIT: Ok, so i go into it to download it, but it never gets to the download, i type in my windows live information, then it just goes and has this green circle spinning around... help please...

EDIT 2: Never mind, i found out the problem, you have to use internet explorer

??? I used Firefox...100% YAY!!

[whitealexander]

don't DL this one yet if your pc is intended for gaming..

[Psyko]

Doesn't matter. I'm using my PC for gaming but I'll just dual boot

[Ascer]

Even if you are using a gaming pc,just add a new HDD and install Windows 7 in there.

[Psyko]

Originally Posted by Ascer

Even if you are using a gaming pc,just add a new HDD and install Windows 7 in there.

Why would you do that? It's way more expensive then just partitioning your harddrive.

[SMProdigy]

Yeah, that's what I'm going to do. Now I'll just need to buy another DVD-R.

[LuffyPSP]

just installed it last week, here's my screenie,

i like it very much!