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Posted 26 March 2009 - 03:19 PM

It looks like someone flipped the switch a little early. The Windows 7 Release Candidate download page on TechNet has made a premature appearance, much like the beta download page did before the beta was released to the public. The public RC will apparently be coming in May 2009, and not in April as previously rumored. The RC testing program will be available at least through June 2009, and the actual build will expire June 1, 2010. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions will be available in English, German, Japanese, French, and Spanish. This is different from the beta, which was available in English (32-bit and 64-bit), German (32-bit and 64-bit), Japanese (32-bit and 64-bit), Arabic (32-bit and 64-bit), and Hindi (32-bit). A quick glance at the hardware requirements shows no changes between Beta and RC requirements. I expect the download page to be pulled soon, so I've included the text for the page below:

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Source: Arstechnica
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Posted 26 March 2009 - 04:03 PM

Microsoft's webmasters are idiots :P
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Posted 26 March 2009 - 05:26 PM

now it's down
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Posted 26 March 2009 - 05:49 PM

You think its accidental?
You genuinely believe they made the same mistake twice?

Don't be silly.
This is done on purpose to build hype!
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Posted 26 March 2009 - 06:46 PM

In any case, I'm glad they're not limiting the number of downloads. They learned from one mistake at least.
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Post icon  Posted 26 March 2009 - 09:53 PM

View PostGragier_521, on Mar 26 2009, 11:03 PM, said:

Microsoft's webmasters are idiots :P


:rofl: ...
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Posted 27 March 2009 - 12:26 AM

View PostGragier_521, on Mar 26 2009, 12:03 PM, said:

Microsoft's webmasters are idiots :P



Haha! agreed. Is the RC going to be available to everyone or just devs, i wonder
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Posted 27 March 2009 - 12:56 AM

meh, they are probably testing it if it'll work
or what eyepirate said
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Posted 27 March 2009 - 02:52 AM

View PostCAS91572, on Mar 27 2009, 12:26 AM, said:

View PostGragier_521, on Mar 26 2009, 12:03 PM, said:

Microsoft's webmasters are idiots :P



Haha! agreed. Is the RC going to be available to everyone or just devs, i wonder



It'll be an open RC, just like the beta was... But how long will we be using it before a newer build is leaked? LMAO
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Posted 27 March 2009 - 05:21 AM

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This is done on purpose to build hype!

Agreed!
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