Windows 7 RC Downloads Leaked at Microsoft.com

On Thursday, the Release Candidate version of Windows 7 was prematurely made available for download on Microsoft.com, as Microsoft is in the process of drafting up the final version of the operating system to be released later this year.

Here's what you need to have:

•     Internet access (to download Windows 7 RC and get updates)
•     A PC with these minimum recommended specifications:

                    1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor or higher

                    1 GB of system memory or more

                    16 GB of available disk space

                    Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128 MB memory (to enable the Aero theme)

                    DVD-R/W Drive