Para sa ikabubuti ng lahat, ingles muna itong post ko ah…
The Release Candidate version of the upcoming operating system by Microsoft and soon will succeed Vista is now available for download at Microsoft’s Official Website.
There are a few things you should know first before installing it:
- System Requirements
Make sure your computer meets the following minimum system requirements Windows 7 RC before you waste your valuable bandwidth in downloading it.
x86
- 1GHz or Faster processor
- 1GB RAM
- 16 GB available disk space
- DirectX 9 Graphics Device with Windows Display Driver Model 1.0 or higher driver
x64
- 1GHz or faster processor
- 2 GB RAM
- 20 GB available disk space
- DirectX 9 graphics device with Windows Display Driver Model 1.0 or higher driver
- Changes from Beta to RC
The Release Candidate offers a lot of new and interesting features.
You can download and watch the “What’s New in Windows 7 Release Candidate(RC)” Video here.
For more a complete and detailed list of changes, visit Windows 7: From Beta to RC article from Engineering Windows 7 Blog
- No More Download Limit
When Microsoft released Windows 7 Beta build 7000 to public, it was available for a limited period of time. But this time there would be no download limit. You’ll have approx. 3 months time to download the RC build. The free public access to Windows 7 RC will end in July 2009
- Upgrade from Windows 7 Beta to RC is Blocked
Microsoft doesn’t allow you to upgrade your system from Windows 7 Beta to RC build because its always advisable to do a clean install of a new test build. But if you don’t want to do a fresh installation, you can follow steps given in following tutorial made by Vishal to upgrade from Beta to RC build:
- Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) Build Information
Following is some important information about this RC build, which you should know:
File Size:
- x86 version – 2.47 GB
- x64 version – 3.2 GB
Expiry Date:
Windows 7 RC will expire on March 1, 2010. At this time the system will reboot every two hours. The license of windows 7 RC will expire June 1, 2010.
Installation:
You can either upgrade from a Windows Vista system, or do a custom (clean(sa mga pinoys, reformat)) installation of Windows 7 RC. Windows 7 Beta users will need to do a custom (clean) installation.
Windows XP users will also need to do a custom (clean) installation.
- Where to Download Windows 7 Release Candidate:
I suggest you should download the Official Release Candidate only from Official Sources since it is now available to the public.
Here are the official links where you can download it:
