Windows 7 Release candidate / RC download – 7100 build – available in torrent

I was using Win 7 beta from day 1 it was released, upgraded from my vista sp2 beta, until my hp pavilion dv9500t due to some LCD issue.

When i got it back, hp restored my laptop to factory settings, i.e. Vista yesterday.

First thing i did was, as i know Win 7 RC is going tobe out by May 5th, i can’t wait, so searching for some torrent and found the below pointer.

Now, i’ve downloaded from the isohunt torrent url provided in the below article (url), verified it with the MD5 hash, it seems original Win 7 – 7100 build.

Downloaded this build, i.e. Windows 7 – RC 7100 ver and upgraded my Vista and writing this blog.

Yahooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. It’s really fast, atleast 20% when compared to Beta version of Win 7 which i was using for almost till last week, for the last few months.

Now, with RC 7100 build, i think Windows 7 RC is very much stable compared to beta version, i mean, there’s no sluggishness in any area, whether it’s shutdown (takes just 1-2min), reboot (again 1-2min), IE 8 (really fast than the one available for XP or Vista). Wowwwwwwwwwwwww. In just 1 day i tried most of the features. Its really fast, now i need to see how stable, fast it is down the line in next few months.

I faced quite a few issues with below s/w with Win 7 Beta version, now i need to see these are working fine in RC are not.

1) McAffe

2) WebRoot spyware

3) Railroad Tycoon 3

4) SimCity 4

5) Download daemon sometimes gave issues

BTW, all these above were already installed when i upgraded to Win 7 beta from my Vista Sp2 beta, but, now, i dont’ have anything in my notebook, other than default OS and few HP s/w, Nortorn (did not work in Win 7 it said). So, i’ll install all these in Win 7 RC 7100 ver and see.

Will post again on Win 7. Anyway, Win 7 is gone be a really nice OS. All the best MS.

BTW, this time they’ve given until June 1st, 2010 time to evaluate Win 7 7100 RC version. Again Yahoooooooooo.

http://windows7center.com/news/windows-7-rc-download-build-7100-x86-and-x64-leaked/

 

One more thing i noticed was in Win 7 Beta it was showing my laptop Rating as 2.2, now, im not sure, it’s changed to 3.9. HP only changed my LCD, so, that should not impact this rating. Anyway, 2.2 was totally wrong as my Vista was showing as 4.9, now, i feel, 3.9 is OK, since Win 7 requirements might’ve changed and this laptop is now 18months old, so, 3.9 is fine compared to 2.2 which can’t be. But, it was Win 7 beta, so, i didnt’ paid much interest on M$ rating of 2.2. Now, in RC 7100, 3.9 might be OK in my opinion.

“Anyway, who cares what’s the Rating / min requirements are if the OS is really fast.”, like in iPhone 3G, no one cares whats’ the hardware spec are, as the hardware is able to work without any sluggishness for basic operations. Ofcourse it starts hanging nowadays once we’ve more than 50+ applications on it. This above 1 line statement is a User Statement on, which M$ need to pay more attention in Win Mobile 6.5 also.

Let’s not go off-topic to this post.

Let me experience for some more days and see how Win 7 RC performs. I hope it’ll keep its promises.