Windows 7 RC 1 now available for public consumption

Looks like Microsoft decided to pull the trigger just a hair early on this one. Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 is now available to the public at large. If you haven't gotten your hands on it, now's your chance to try it out well into 2010. What are you still reading this for? Hit up the read link to download.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

[(Unverified) Posted May 6th 2009 12:55PM]

Tablet support?

[(Unverified) Posted May 8th 2009 4:12PM]

@sa56 and everyone.
It looks like you've already been answered pretty well by Dave Hanley, but I figured I would jump in and invite you to follow us on Twitter @MSSpringboard where we exchange tips and tricks for Windows 7 as well as try and help answer everyones questions!

You should definitely check us out. By the way, did you finish installing Windows 7 sucessfully?

Alex
Microsoft.com/Springboard

[(Unverified) Posted May 6th 2009 6:59PM]

A small correction for your title: MSFT says that there will be only one RC. So we don't really need to identify this RC with a number. At least that is what they say! ::)

[(Unverified) Posted May 6th 2009 11:26PM]

I sell PCs. The biggest complaint I hear about Vista after "I have heard it is full of problems" (which I have to explain why it was slow and buggy when it came out because it was installed on systems with 512MB RAM and loaded up with other crapware...)

is "I don't want to learn something new, everything is all different".

Windows Vista SE will be about as well received as Vista currently is.

Apple did a good job to kill off small businesses who were trying to sell Windows Vista systems (with which I have RARELY seen a problem) and I'm sure they will pick Vista SE apart too and falsely cause people to believe that it is a cappy, buggy OS.

BTW I don't like Vista SE's new taskbar. Too blocky and chunky looking.