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As announced, the Windows 7 RC released for TechNet and MSDN subscribers.
0I guess that I am among the lucky ones, as I am now downloading the release candidate for both x86 and x64 (build 7100), with the optional language packages for both builds (English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish). As a technet plus member, I get access to evaluate Windows 7 a week before the public. Also MSDN members have gotten access to these builds.
Microsoft had problems with the huge interest for the RC, and I simply couldn’t access the download site the first 4 hours!
Windows 7 RC coming soon
0I thought I should post a short blog entry about the upcoming release candidate for Windows 7. The Windows 7 RC will indeed be available publicly on May 5. TechNet/MSDN will get it April 30. The release dates are now confirmed by Microsoft, and means that I will get access to build on Thursday.
Sadly the build is already leaked on various Bittorrent networks, and I would strongly recommend that you don’t download any software from torrent network. The risks are big, as you might end up installing the OS with both botnet clients, rootkits and trojan horse. Hackers will then have free access to your computer and can use it to attack other computers on the net.
This lately happened also on the Mac platform, where users downloaded iWork from bittorrent and didn’t know what they installed a long with the office package.
Biggest news with the RC build must be the inclusion of virtualized Windows XP coming to Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate users. Reminds me very much of the early days of MacOS X, with MacOS 9 running virtualized. Well, I didn’t need MacOS 9 back then and I guess I will not need Windows XP either. Managed to move pretty fast over to Windows Vista and have been running the public beta of Windows 7 on two machines for months without problems.
I loved the header of the this post over at Guardian: The secret ingredient in Windows 7 is … Windows XP
Changes in Windows 7 RC
1Today I read through an impressive list of improvement/features for the upcoming Release Candidate of Windows 7. Microsoft has really changed and gotten both speed and power behind it’s development of Windows.
Most surprising that Microsoft is included native support for .mov and AVCHD content. Imagine that you will now be able to play Quicktime movies in both Windows Media Player and Media Center! Who would have thought we know longer will have to be nagged with pop-ups from the Apple update software prompting you to install yet another of the many security updates that Quicktime lately has had.