Windows 7 RC, overview and features

Let's take a look at what has changed in the latest build of Windows 7.
Introduction
The release candidate of Windows 7 is available for some time, and you can download and use it until the first of June 2010 (but the first of May of that year will begin to reboot every two hours as a reminder of the deadline). The Build 7100, which is the current RC, will be available for download until July. The recommended requirements are a minimum of 1 GHz CPU, 1 GB RAM (2 GB for the XP mode, or systems with virtualized 64-bit), 16 GB hard disk space (30 GB to 20 GB and use XP virtualized for the 64-bit). If you want to risk it, you can do with fewer requirements.
Installation
The installation process, compared to the beta release, improved appearance, while keeping the color scheme and overall style. The images also show that we present the login and shutdown screens, and the one with the verification of hardware compatibility.
A new installation takes about 20 minutes, significant acceleration compared to Windows Vista. Upgrading a system with Windows Vista (the beta of Windows 7), however, takes about two hours, because it must also transfer files, applications and settings.
Desktop
The interface of Windows 7 with few changes. The icons in the taskbar are slightly smaller and more defined, while the Start Menu are brighter. Some icons, if necessary, will have a light of a bright yellow, a tool to call your attention with some flashing. As for the visual aspect, however, the biggest change concerns the new themes and backgrounds included with the RC: This is very evocative images, but also unusual, even strange. If you choose to try a theme, and then you decide to delete it, no longer need to manually delete it from the "My Themes". There are also more sound combinations available, and more icons to match the user accounts.
ALT + Tab
Windows 7 proposes an alternative view to the icons of open applications, appear with Alt + Tab If you stop on an icon without leaving the keys to make sure that what you want, preview it appears larger, like those of Aero Peek. It's a small change, but it greatly enhances the perceived simplicity of the operating system.
Aeropeek
The preview of the desktop is now officially called Aero Peek. Show all windows in transparency, facilitate the identification of icons and gadgets, and presents a new option, available with a right click, in the beta, in fact, move the mouse on the area next to the taskbar brings up a small preview window, which can be reduced with a click, but now with the right button you can choose to minimize the window or restore the size.
Jumplist
The release candidate includes a full version of IE8, which features a list of quick access to favorites and recent pages, and buttons to open a new tab or switch to private mode. This "jumpilist" is present in almost all the elements of Windows. Windows Media Player, for example, allows you to choose whether to use jumplist to play your favorite songs or those heard recently. This quick list is also present in PowerShell and Remote Desktop. The extension of the list is 10 items, but you can change through options in the Start Menu.