windows-7-rc posts

Microsoft has insisted they have not yet settled on a launch date for their Windows 7 OS but a new report on News.com may have had a third-party spill the beans on a possible release date. A rep for the UK division of PC maker Acer claims that Windows 7 will in fact launch on October 23.

That's certainly in line with what others are expecting Microsoft to do with the launch of the next major OS. Idealy they would like to have PCs with Windows 7 installed and in stores before the start of the busy holiday shopping season. In the meantime the release candidate for Windows 7 is now available to download for MSDN and/or TechNet subscribers. The general public can download the release candidate on May 5.

PC owners are getting closer and closer to the launch of Microsoft''s Windows 7 operating system. The beta for Windows 7 has already been called better at this stage than Windows Vista. Now Microsoft has announced that they will offer a release candidate for Windows 7 to the public on May 5.

If you happen to be a MSDN and/or TechNet subscriber, you get to download Windows 7 a few days earlier on April 30. A release candidate version (or "RC" as it is also known) means that the software is basically complete but that there might be some bugs that need to be found and fixed before it can be declared to be "gold". Microsoft has still not officially given a launch date for the final version although most people expect Windows 7 to be made available for sale by the end of 2009.