From Neowin:
There have been so many dates flying around concerning the upcoming Release Candidate for Windows 7, and it's beginning to become a daily subject in the blogosphere. Just when you thought that we were going to see a Windows 7 RC by the end of February, a trusted source within...
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I just read on Neowin.net and verified by going to https://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx that Microsoft has added a link to the top of their Windows 7 page to download the beta. It is not funtioning as of this time.
Could this be an early Christmas present for the public...
http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080122/neowin-forum-review-windows-7-m1/
As for the gui:don't worry vista's gui in that phase of development also wasn't there(the hope dies always last)!