"Does he not know that the Beta and RC are publicly available to anyone who wants to download it?" That's essentially true, although in the interests of strict

"Does he not know that the Beta and RC are publicly available to anyone who wants to download it?" That's essentially true, although in the interests of strict accuracy (for people like me who recently went looking to download it), there aren't any versions currently available for download: the Beta hasn't been available for weeks, and the RC won't be posted until May 5th. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx "We're sorry, Windows 7 Beta downloads are no longer available. If you've got a copy of the Beta and need a key, here's where to look...The Windows 7 RC will be available May 5, and you'll be able to download it from this site through July."