Microsoft Windows Vista Release Candidate 2

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Microsoft Windows Vista Release Candidate 2

October 9, 2006 in Operating systems | Permalink

Screengrab_59 As stated previously, a Release Candidate is pretty much 'feature complete', which means that subsequent releases build on the features of the previous version and fix show-stopping bugs before it is declared gold and is ready to go to press. Although Microsoft Office 2007 is rumoured to have reached gold release (so the beta test download offer will expire soon - download from here), Microsoft have released what's thought to be the final test release of Vista, Release Candidate 2.

There are few major changes between RC1 and RC2 and visual screengrabs show almost no major visual changes, apart from a few interface tweaks. What you've see in RC2 will almost certainly be what you see in the final release, which is supposed to be in January 2007.

Download Release Candidate 2 now before the offer is taken offline, soon!