Windows 7 RC1 Available for Public Download

So, friends as i have promised to all of you guys that i will check you all out on 5th May with Windows 7 RC1 and so, do i am here with it..

Windows 7 has the tech community and the consumer world buzzing.

The waiting is over at last as Microsoft has officially released the Release Candidate 1 build of Windows 7 to the general public. The build is available from Microsoft for download [Windows 7 RC1 Download Link].

Here is something to take a note about users who download the build will have to burn the ISO onto a disk. Unlike the more recent beta candidate builds, the RC1 build requires a complete reinstall, even on machines with a working build of Windows 7.

One thing more before getting hooked up Microsoft is suggesting that novice users not download the build as no tech support will be provided. But from now on some the third party support company's are taking the business out of the situation with computer support for windows 7 setup and install

Both 32- and 64-bit versions of the build are available. Microsoft recommends users' computers have at least 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of free disk space.

Microsoft is promising not to limit the number of downloads of the new release, like it initially did for the beta release (before later relenting and allowing unlimited downloads). The beta release proved a headache for some, as the large demand crashed some of Microsoft's servers at the time, rendering many eager users unable to download the beta from Microsoft. Microsoft is hoping that this time around things go more smoothly.

The test builds of Windows 7 will work until June 2010, but starting in March 2010 they will shut down every two hours.

Microsoft has publicly stated that Windows 7 will launch "no later than January 2010." However, it now appears that the new OS will land in time for the holiday season, as Acer has leaked its release date as October 23.

The RC1 also has new features that are not found in the beta version, such as the ability to stream media between PCs in a Slingbox-like fashion. Following are some of the features added to the windows 7 RC1 .

1 Windows Explorer/Libraries

* Invert Selection

* Going up? - folder hierarchy fix

* Finding music by artist

* New folder is always available

* Right-click in Windows Explorer

* Content view for search results

* Intelligent re-indexing after application installation

2 Performance

* Trimming sound schemes to help performance

3 Device Stage

* Baseline Device Stage experience

* Devices and Printers enhancement

4 Devices and Printers

* Unified experience for removing devices

* Hardware properties

* Improved eject experience

* USB device reliability on resume

* FireWire camera support

5 Device Installation

* Add Legacy Hardware functionality restored

* Increased responsiveness of Add Printer Wizard

6 System

* Partition size reduction

* Reserved System Partition naming

* Dual Boot partition drive letter assignment

* Pagefile reduction

7 Network

* Improved driver support

But Driver compatibility is one of the major concern in windows 7 .