Windows 7′s about ready to come out of the oven, and now everybody can shove their hands in the warm OS pie. And really, you should. Here’s everything you need to know to dive in.
If you were hoping to bludge off the free Windows 7 RC1 download until next June before deciding whether or not to upgrade, you’re probably going to reconsider that decision come next March, when the OS starts shutting down your PC every two hours. More »
The Windows 7 release candidate, which won’t expire for a year, goes live tomorrow. It’ll be available for download “through July,” giving you a comfortably large window to snag Windows 7 essentially free for a year. [ZDNet]
We talked about XP Mode—which runs programs that work in XP but not in Vista—in our Windows 7 RC1′s hands-on. Now Microsoft is coming up with details about what hardware and licenses this will need.
Rumour no more: Microsoft says you’ll be able to get your hands on the legit Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 bits you see here on May 5. [Windows Team Blog]
A hot official copy of Windows 7 RC1 is on our desktop and we’re poking around. But here are the three best new new things in Windows 7 Build 7100. This crazy background? Baked in.
The Windows 7 Build 7100—aka Release Candidate 1—torrents you see floating around out there are fake, at least for now says Microsoft Report’s Ed Bott. But since it’s in the hands of partners, it won’t be long if you really can’t contain yourself until May 5. [Twitter]
According to some testers in Microsoft-centric forums, Windows 7 Build 7048 has been declared Release Candidate 1 ahead of the planned April 2009 launch date. For those racing through the torrent sites, it’s build 6.1.7048.winmain_win7rc1.090211-1625.
