For those of you who were not able to get in on the beta, the new Win 7 Release Candidate is now out, and Microsoft is meeting the demand for the number of downloads by not limiting the number of keys that they are distributing.
Be forewarned though, if you are a user of the beta now, you have to scrub your drive clean and do a fresh install, otherwise you might end up getting more trouble than you would like. Apparently the RC fixes a few bugs and so forth, but laying the RC on top of the beta doesn't go so well, and MS is looking for feedback mostly from fresh installs.
I have the beta on my machine, and lemme tell you, it FLIES. I suggest picking up a copy. They are good until July 2010, and Win 7 should be out before then, so you have some time to test drive your possible new OS before it hits shelves.
Here is the link to the RC page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win.../download.aspx
Take this with more than a grain of salt, remember that this is a RELEASE CANDIDATE. There will be bugs, and some of them can be nasty. If you are not comfortable with running beta/RC software on your machine, DON'T RUN THIS. Instead, stick with what you got. Otherwise, I would suggest you install this RC. The beta ran pretty flawlessly on my machine, and I expect the RC to run even better, considering its closer to release and it should look DEAD sexy from the screenies I have been seeing. Even the new wallpapers look better than the normal Vista fare. The OS uses less memory, and apparently the new bugfixes and so forth might show some even better memory usage and so forth. Just back everything up and install.