New Windows 7 RC is now available for download and use

New issue Windows 7 Release Candidate became available for download for developers and IT professionals. Microsoft Corporation has announced that effective April 30, 2009 Windows 7 RC is available for download to MSDN and TechNet subscribers and that Redmond will follow up on this promise.

If you are an MSDN and TechNet user, then using the links below you can download a complete Windows 7 Release Candidate straight from the source. MSDN and TechNet subscribers can not only download the new Windows 7 RC, but also get a key to activate the product.

It should be noted that although the developers have promised that there will be no problems with the download for MSDN subscribers, at the moment, when downloading, a message appears with a notification that, unfortunately, getting a new operating system from the server is not yet available. Repeated attempts to download the product result in the same error page displayed. Even Microsoft itself has so far refrained from comment.

In the future, it is still planned to open access for subscribers of MSDN and TechNet networks to download the operating system Microsoft Windows 7 RC… With the next iteration of Windows Release Candidate, it is proposed to distribute the operating system through third parties, including torrent trackers.

Nevertheless, April 30 is a very important date in the history of the development of operating systems of the family. Windows since of this number, Microsoft has expanded the number of specialists for testing Win7 RC Build 7100… When will the opportunity to download be available Windows 7 people who are not subscribers to MSDN and TechNet? Redmond plans to open access to download a light version Windows 7 RC Build 7100 already on May 5, 2009. If you activate the operating system with the key received from the developers Windows 7 RC, it will work until early 2010, after which the key will expire.

Senior Vice President, Sales Department Windows at Microsoft, Bill Veghte claims that development Windows 7 was carried out in conjunction with the wishes of customers and partners. “We listened to our partners and worked hard to create Release Candidate, which is the highest quality product in the history of the Windows family of operating systems. , what Windows 7 RC striking in its quality. And for this we are combining the efforts of different developers to create conditions for very serious testing. “

You can download Windows 7 RC the links below.

Download links from TechNet:

Download links from MSDN:

On May 5, the new OS will be available for download to everyone, and the full-fledged Russian version will be available in 2 months, in July 2009.

In addition, the system requirements of the new OS have become known.