Windows 7 Release Candidate Coming Next Week

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The biggest news by far is the fact that there will be a Windows XP mode which maintains XP compatibility. It reminds us of the IE7 compatibility mode that Internet Explorer 8 introduced. The release of RC1 means that Windows 7 is almost ready for launch, the only issue currently has to do with the economy and things are not looking great right now.

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