Windows 7 RC Release Date Official

Microsoft has just officially announced the release date of the Windows 7 Release Candidate on their Windows Blog. The RC will be available on April 30 for MSDN and TechNet subscribers, while the public will be able to snag the RC starting May 5, two days earlier than expected.

[Abash]

Is this the successor to Vista?

[KionicWarlord222]

yes..i for one want this the beta was way better then vista.

[TheIneffableBob]

The RC is up for grabs on torrents.

[likedamaster]

"The RC is up for grabs on torrents"

It is actually. Just look for the 7100 build, that should be the latest.

Careful where you install W7 though(I suggest dual-booting), the drivers aren't as stable as Vista's when it comes to playing games(at least in my experience).

[TheIneffableBob]

The drivers should be fine. Windows 7's display driver model is an upgraded version of that found in Vista--from WDDM 1.0 to WDDM 1.1. Vista had so many problems with graphics drivers early in its life because Microsoft overhauled the graphics driver foundation for Vista. But now that drivers have matured, everything should hopefully work just fine.

[FlameBaitGod]

They will release(according to them) W8 on 2010, so ill wait. I can still get it for free tho xD

[PotNoodle]

Yes and anyone planning on buying vista, don't bother - wait the few extra months for windows 7. I've been using one of the beta builds since it came out a few months back as my main operating system and it is so much quicker and efficient than vista.

[8bitman]

What are the minimum requirements?

[kharma45]

# 1GHz processor (32- or 64-bit)
# 1GB of main memory
# 16GB of available disk space
# Support for DX9 graphics with 128MB of memory (for the Aero interface)

[Superted2007]

Anyone know how long the RC client will be valid for until they want you to buy a real version of windows 7? Also is there a confirmed release date yet (month) ?

[Scary69]

That's all nice but how much will it cost people to get it? Will there be any deals for those people who just bought a new Computer? More answered questions would be good. I guess we shall know in the coming week.

[JohnClark]

I do believe the RC is free

[JohnClark]

*sigh* Does this mean I have to format my laptop's hard drive AGAIN!
lol