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Windows 7 Beta vs Release Candidate
If you are still running Windows 7 Beta, then it’s time to check out the Release Candidate version.
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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