Take the 2-minute tour ×  Does anybody know when the RC for
Windows 7 will be coming out, or where to get it?  share|improve
this question  5 Answers 5  up vote 6 down vote accepted
According to this article, May 5. That's for the general public.
According to the Windows 7 Team Blog:   Here is it on TechNet
and MSDN.  share|improve this answer  As others have said, it's
meant to be available to the public on May 5th, and it's on MSDN
and Technet now.  However, why not wait until, say, this time
next week (May 9th)? If you imagine it's not actually out for a
few more days, you're likely to have a much less frustrating
experience downloading it.  share|improve this answer Good
advice on waiting to download, last time I tried to download
ubuntu the day it came out it took me almost an hour and thirty
minutes. –  Lucas McCoy May 2 '09 at 17:46 90 minutes - wow,
that must have seemed like an age ... –  Alnitak May 2 '09 at
17:46 @Alnitak: It did, I'll never make that mistake again. – 
Lucas McCoy May 2 '09 at 18: