so don’t expect significant changes in the 7201 [bit torrent] release other than better driver support and slight tweaks [and built in viruses].

I can wait a bit more time to download genuine from microsoft.

btw, is a RC2 planned?

yep... wot jerther said... i don't get it.. the fascination to get every single build... but to each their own...

Just more botnet computers for some hacker to ddos some company with. Or if hes lucky steal your info for various needs.

I don't think if there was a RC2 that it would be public

Definatly knew this was coming... I mean the hackers already have all the builds of windows and that could go either way (good or bad). People are getting their information stolen from their personal folders/files...i.e. my sisters accounts were just robbed 4 days ago. The bank did a refund but still its not fun to deal with. MS really needs to step it up on security. I understand that some hackers do provide higher marketing/money in their pockets to some degree, but for the cost of peoples privacy? And then expect people to buy antivirus software that hackers already bypass?

Vista had two public RC builds. It would make sense given the numbering that 7201 would be an early (internal) build of RC2. Not that it matters. Downloading a new build from torrents with RC1 publicly available is silly, even if you are having compatibility issues with the current build. I think one would be more likely to experience even more issues with an unofficial build, aside from the obvious virus risks.

I'm running the 7100 RC build I downloaded directly from Microsoft. Have yet to run into a single crash, bug, glitch, driver error, etc. System seems to run quite well.

My modern games run at least as well as they did with Vista 64. (Age of Conan for instance, however DX10 won't work with Win 7).

I can even throw on an old copy of Warcraft III and it runs fine!!

Speaking of old software on 7, we've tried an old Visual dBase application that couldn't run on todays system because of a bug in dBase which caused application to crash if the system had more than 424 Mb of ram, something like this.

So we've tried the application on Win 7 and 2 Gb of ram and it ran fine!

What's next? ROTT with sound??? HAHA!

yahh, i dont get it either... it's getting kinda annoying hereing about all these new builds comming out.
until its directly from microsoft, i wont bother with it

So RC1 is feature complete? Where's the XP mode then???

You have to download it separately. It's currently in beta mode, but it's in there.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/v [...] nload.aspx

Build 7201 seems "almost" the same.

Different themes included, and one little annoyance.

In 7201, it doesn't like you doing admin tasks without a password set.
So far, it has also forced me to right click: run as admin for a coule programs to install which I previously hadn't.

Got it because I destroyed my 7100...

It's your own damn fault if your information is stolen, as you do 2 stupid things Microsoft does not condone.
1) You're using beta software as a fulltime OS, when it's meant for testing purposes
And here's the big one
2) You're using a version off of a torrent site. Which anyone can upload, and because a rootkit can be installed previously, unless you know what you're looking for, no antivirus is going detect that.

It's not Microsofts fault you made mistakes they don't condone.

I have Windows 7 RC, but it's funny that I don't have any machines to run it on. 3 of my laptops (1 being a netbook) already lack HD space.
I sold my desktop.

That said, one wonders why the earlier Windows 7 builds ran so fast on netbooks, faster than XP, and the RC is a good deal slower.

I installed the RC on an old Pentium III (though 2xTualatin 1.4 mhz) It works fine but uses 320 mb of memory so slows down in multitasking.

Didn't Windows 7 use less mess memory then Vista ?
I like Windows 2000 and Windows Vista, I just dont get what's the buzz about XP (still crashes here) & Win7 (doesn't run old games genre NFS underground / rollercoaster tycoon / command&conquer but also has more probs as it seems with my video card (Geforce Ti4800) that worked fine in Vista.

And where did Texas Hold'Em go ?

I doubt it. The RTM should be hitting manufacturers in July, so there is not enough time for a RC2. There isn't much point anyways, RC1 is already running so well.