Now Windows 7 RC became available for Public to download and use it. Earlier it was available to beta testers and MSDN and TechNet subscribers only. Any one can download Windows 7 RC and can use it for 1 year which is free.
System Requirements:
- 1 GHz 32-bit (x86 processor) or 64-bit (x64) processor
- 1 Gb RAM or 2 Gb if you need more performance
- 16 Gb of available free disk space
- Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128 Mb memory (to enable the aero theme)
Languages: Windows 7 RC is available in 5 languages which are English, German, Japanese, French and Spanish.
Turn on Automatic updates: You can get all bug fixes and security updates for the Windows 7 RC via Windows Update
Technical Support: There is no technical support from Microsoft on issues and troubles arise installing or running Windows 7 RC. You must be dependant on other RC testers for support.
1 year Free: Windows 7 RC is free until 1st June 2010 only. It’ll be expired by that time and windows will start teasing you by shutting down your pc for every 2 hours from 1st March 2010. So a regular version of windows must be installed before 1st March 2010.
Back Up data: Windows 7 RC will be having some bugs and which can be fixed gradually. So its recommended to use RC as secondary operating system only as RC may have crashes in which case you must have regular backups of your data. You can learn How to Backup your pc.
Download is available at Microsoft Windows 7 Download. You will be given a product key to activate the windows 7 RC within 30 days along with download. Please go through Release Notes, Things to Know and FAQ before downloading Windows 7 RC.
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