Update (05/05/2009): The download link can is now available…
Microsoft is to start offering effectively from tomorrow (5th May) all users free access to Windows 7 for one full year. Some of you who have friends that are MSDN or TechNet subscribers may already realise that they have been given this privileged access.
While this is only the Release Candidate (RC) version and will eventually expire on the 1st of June, 2010. The RC as you will expect is basically the finishing product and Microsoft presumably wants to hand it out to all users to test run it and see if any bugs exists so that they may fix it before its final release. Though it must be said, one full year is quite a lengthy period, this does indicate how seriously Microsoft is considering their new OS this time which is a positive thing.
While rumors say it’ll be late 2009 or early 2010 before the full Windows 7 will be available, there is still no official info on the exact date this at this point. Neither do we know whether there will be multiple versions of the new Windows just like Vista did. Windows 7 will be a full package of new features including a new taskbar, libraries, jump lists, and even a Windows XP mode to increase application and software compatibility after you’ve upgraded to Windows 7.
Most importantly, booting up Windows 7 is expected to take much much less time than any of Microsoft’s current OS’s. Let’s just hope Microsoft’s servers won’t go bust tomorrow and that the download will actually work, fingerscrossed!
[via Newlaunches]
Update (05/05/2009): The download link can is now available…
