Microsoft Ending Windows 7 RC Downloads

For those of you looking to test the final release candiate of Windows 7 you will have to be quick as at around 11 a.m ET on Thursday Microsoft will be no longer allowing you to download it from their website, which from what I can tell also means they will also no longer be providing people with Product Keys for the RC either.

The RC is a build of Windows 7 which is two weeks older than the RTM version, this means that it is very similar to the RTM copy, however not quite as complete. For those of you who don’t know, the RC version is free to test until March 1st 2010.

Currently I am running the RC without any issues, and I would highly recommend it to people, even if you do not to plan to install it I feel it is well worth the download to perhaps install at a later time. For further details check out ComputerWorld.