Almost everyone is ready to download free Windows 7 RC build which is going to release to public within few hours. Microsoft has announced that the public release of Windows 7 RC build would happen on 5th May i.e. today.
If you have decided to download the RC build and planning to use it, we request you to read following important things which you should know before downloading it:
1. No Download Limit This Time
When Microsoft released Windows 7 Beta build 7000 to public, it was available for a limited period of time. But this time there would be no download limit. You'll have approx. 3 months time to download the RC build. The free public access to Windows 7 RC will end in July 2009.
2. System Requirements
Make sure your system meets the minimum requirements to install Windows 7 RC before you waste your valuable bandwidth in downloading it. Following are the minimum requirements:
x86:
- 1GHz or faster processor
- 1 GB of RAM
- 16 GB of available disk space
- DirectX 9 graphics device with Windows Display Driver Model 1.0 or higher driver
x64:
- 1GHz or faster processor
- 2 GB of RAM
- 20 GB of available disk space
- DirectX 9 graphics device with Windows Display Driver Model 1.0 or higher driver
3. Upgrade from Windows 7 Beta to RC is Blocked
Microsoft doesn't allow you to upgrade your system from Windows 7 Beta to RC build because its always advisable to do a clean install of a new test build. But if you don't want to do a fresh installation, you can follow steps given in following tutorial to upgrade from Beta to RC build:
How to Upgrade from Windows 7 Beta to RC Build?
That's all. At last we just want to say, go ahead and install Windows 7 on your system if it supports. Windows 7 is a rock solid OS from Microsoft and you can use it as your primary OS without any problem.
You can get more information about Windows 7 RC build at following link:
Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) Build Information
Also if you want to know what's new in this RC build, don't forget to watch following video:
What’s New in Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC)
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Paul Blaauw
May 5th is *tomorrow*, Tuesday.
Tangmeister
Actually, May 5th is *today*, Tuesday.
Paul Blaauw
Not on my side of the planet.
Which is also the side of the planet that Microsoft is on.
Munch
Well, in exactly 25 minutes it will be Wednesday 5th May here in England. Currently it's 11.35pm Tuesday 4th....So I guess it depends where you are. I'm gonna go to sleep now and grab this one in the morning since there's no limit this time....
Munch
Well, it's late and I made a mistake...It's Monday 4th now, not Tuesday. Tuesday is the 5th and I'm so tired I'm babbling... Definitely time for bed
Xonrick
Here in Maldives it is 5th May 2009 5:56 AM in the morning..I haven't slept all night to check when it will be released..So sleepy..And also last time i downloaded Windows 7 RC from torrent and checked it's hash it was modified by a trojan
.This time i am going to download it officially..I wish Happy Windows 7 RC Day to Every reader of http://www.askvg.com and also to Team VG especially Vishal Gupta for his dedication and work he put through..Thanks
Lubana
Hey VG !
For System Requirements.....
How To Check That I Have
"DirectX 9 graphics device with Windows Display Driver Model 1.0 or higher driver"
Or Not ?
Rest All The Requirements Are Fulfilled Except This One...How Do I Check That Which Display Driver I Have?
TT
Windows 7 RC is available now!
Sora
it is available now i am currently downloading but why does it use a java applet download manager?
TT
Download completed and i am upgrading from Windows 7 Beta.
Don't know why it's using Download Manager as this is my 1st time to download from Microsoft. The Beta was downloaded from other source.