Microsoft has reported on the Windows team blog that the Beta version will ‘stop working’ (in fact it will reboot every 2 hours) starting from July 1st. However, you can download the RC version, but the downloads will be closed on august 15th.
Download RC (and get yourself a key) from Downloads
The RC version will stop working (= rebooting every 2 hours) in march 2010, and will stop working entirely in june 2010.
It is expected that the final version will be released to the public on October 22nd.
More info about Windows 7 can be found on the Windows 7 Team blog
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