The official Windows 7 Release Candidate is now available for all users through Microsoft’s Customer Preview program.
To download Windows 7 RC, you’ll need to hit up the link below, head to the bottom of the page to select which version of Windows 7 you want (32-bit or 64-bit), select your language, and then sign in with your Windows Live account (that means you’ll need to get one if you don’t have one already). After that, just grab yourself a cold drink and wait. So far the download is moving swiftly for me (around 450KB/s) and should be done in just over an hour and a half. Hopefully they can keep it up, but if not, remember: This download and product keys will be available through the end of June, so you’ve got plenty of time.
If you give it a go, let’s hear how the download goes for you in the comments. Thanks Travis!
Windows 7 Release Candidate: Download instructions [Microsoft]
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 3:13 PMI disabled Java in Firefox and was able to download it.
Rob Barclay
Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 6:04 AMAwesome tip, certainly helped me!
Kinetic Artist
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 3:29 PMThanks for the tip on disabling the java in FF worked a treat
getting 1.4MB a second on my 20/20 FiOS conenction
Wobble
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 1:52 AMok, I need some advice. My mum uses a Pentium 4 with 1GB RAM PC to browse the net, use MS Word, open email attachments etc…
What will be faster for her? her above PC with WinXP or Win7?
Daniel Sedholm
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 7:59 AM@Wobble
I have a P4 also that had XP on it. I clean-installed Windows 7 onto it and it runs like a dream now. It boots up in 1 min as opposed to 3-5 mins in XP; it looks great & the revamped taskbar is so intuitive and time-saving.
I’d recommend you give windows 7 a try. But you must keep in mind the March 2010 expiry date.
Wobble
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 10:47 AMThanks Dan. I will give it a go. And in regards to the expiry, I think my mum does not use the PC for more than 2 hours at a time. So the expiry annoyance(rebooting after 2hours) will not really matter too much for a little while.