Advertisment
Advertisment
Promo

Windows 7 public release candidate out now

By Nate Lanxon on 05 May 2009, 10:56am

Windows 7

There are only two good reasons for you reading this. Either you have no idea you can download the Windows 7 release candidate as of today, or it's downloading in the background and you need something to do while you wait.

The release candidate is, as you damn well know, the near-final version of Microsoft's new operating system. You're entirely free to download it, install it and use it until 1 June 2010. But there's never been a better time to be warned: you're on your own -- Microsausage offers no technical support. If your machine can't handle the code and collapses in on itself like Lady Gaga's personality, more fool you for playing with beta code. 

We've documented Windows 7's conception, gestation and tentative first kicks. Now, as Microsoft begins to dilate, red-faced and grunting... No, let's ditch that analogy. Basically what we were somehow getting at is that everything you could want to know about the new OS is in our Windows 7 archive. 

The final version of Windows 7 could hit the shops as early as October, says CNET UK sister site's ZDNet UK. To download the RC in the meantime, head over to Microsoft's Windows 7 site.

You Might Like These

Anonymous User Avatar

To get an avatar and username, log in or register

Anonymous User

Your email address must be entered but will not be displayed

Copy the letters and numbers to prove you're a human being. If you can't read this image, get another one. If you don't want to do this each time, register.

Random characters

All submitted content becomes the sole property of CBS Interactive and may be used, edited or rejected at CBS Interactive's sole discretion. You acknowledge that you, not CBS Interactive, are responsible for the contents of your submission. -- see Terms of Use

Advertisment