Windows 7 RC Installation Guide & Requirement

Microsoft launches Windows 7 Candidate release some week ago.

I spent 2 hours to download and burn to a DVD and install Windows 7 RC with no any problems. Everything went perfectly.

If you want to install Windows 7 you can download at the Microsoft Website , puchase it at the PC retail shops or at the online order. Make sure to backup your data before you install Windows 7. I bought a new hard disk to do this.

What I found in Windows 7 RC?

The better desktop management

There are some changes from previous versions such as the Windows Taskbar,
Window operation (moving, arranging, hiding, closing). Windows 7 also provides
more themes from previous version.

No email client

You will not find Windows Mail or Outlook Express in Windows 7 RC. I know
this version of Windows still beta and for test only but you can use Mozilla
Thunderbird as Your Email client.

I also install Mozilla Firefox, OpenOffice, Avast Home with no problem.

Performance

Boot time, file transfer is faster than previous versions. My computer only
takes about 15 seconds to boot. Wow this is still beta. The original version
should be better later.

Note

This version of Windows for test only. Please don’t test it on your primary home or business PC.

What you'll need to install Windows 7 RC:

• A blank DVD
• PC with a DVD burner
• PC for testing with these system requirements:
• 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 GB RAM (32-bit) / 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
• 16 GB available disk space (32-bit) / 20 GB (64-bit)
• DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

Here is a detail performance of my old computer.

If you want to buy new PC the HP Pavilion Elite M9500F Desktop PC is a perfect choice to run Windows 7.