Windows 7 RC is available for download with MSDN, MSDNAA and TechNet subscriptions.

Starting today, Windows 7 RC has become available for download with MSDN and TechNet subscriptions, as well as with MSDN Academic Alliance !



For students, graduate students and teachers, this means the following: if an MSDN AA subscription is registered at your faculty and you can download the installation image via the Internet, then you can contact the program administrator to provide you with the Windows 7 RC installation image.
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Also, in about a week, Windows 7 RC will be available through the ELMS system (if this system is not used in your university, ask the administrator of the MSDNAA program to configure it).

Several useful resources on Windows 7

In English:

• Talking About Windows - Find out what developers and IT professionals think about Windows 7 - from both Microsoft and other well-known companies.
• Windows 7 TechNet - Windows 7 Resources for IT Professionals
• Engineering Windows 7 - Windows 7 Development Team Blog
• Develop for Windows 7 - Development Center for Windows 7

In Russian

• Windows Center for Developers - A central place where you can find many links to useful materials, blog entries, articles, documentation on Windows.
• Windows 7 Development Team - Russian Mirror of the Windows 7 Development Team Blog
• Screencasts on TechDays.ru on Windows 7
• Windows 7: Developer's Guide (in Russian!)
• Microsoft Russia ISV Team - ISV group blog, where you can also find a lot of useful information on Windows 7 .

Habra map on articles on Habré (if you missed something important, leave links in the comments)

• Windows 7 Federated Search - use and configure distributed search
• Windows 7 Tips and Tricks;) - overview of various tricks in Windows 7
• Windows 7 XPM Preview (XP Mode) - review of the special mode of compatibility with XP
• Configuring UAC in Windows 7 - overview of user account management system settings
• Booting Windows 7 from a VHD image - an overview of the ability to run Windows 7 from a virtual image
• All the "secrets" of Windows 7 - translation of Tim `sneth article about the" secrets "of Windows 7
• List of changes in the RC-version of Windows (post-link)
• Windows 7 RC1 received a number of improvements - what's new in RC
• New in Windows 7: access to home media content via the Internet (post link)
• Windows 7: we meet on clothes - a review of the Win7 interface from TurboMilk
• Windows 7 distributions lineup - an overview of preliminary information about various versions of Win7
• Drivers for Audigy SE / LS / Value / Live! 24-bit
• NVIDIA drivers for Windows 7. Officially

Official iron requirements:

• 1GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 GB of RAM (32-bit) / 2 GB of RAM (64-bit)
• 16 GB of available disk space (32-bit) / 20 GB (64-bit)
• DirectX 9 graphics driver with Windows Display Driver Model 1.0 or higher driver

Have a nice weekend. With Windows 7 :)

ps For a wide audience, Windows 7 RC will be available on May 5.