Officially the folks at Redmond had said the release would be available tomorrow (May 5), and while it's not May 5 anywhere in the US at the time of this writing—hey, it's May 5 somewhere.
To download Windows 7 RC, you'll need to hit up the link below, head to the bottom of the page to select which version of Windows 7 you want (32-bit or 64-bit), select your language, and then sign in with your Windows Live account (that means you'll need to get one if you don't have one already). After that, just grab yourself a cold drink and wait. So far the download is moving swiftly for me (around 450KB/s) and should be done in just over an hour and a half. Hopefully they can keep it up, but if not, remember: This download and product keys will be available through the end of June, so you've got plenty of time.
Update: The download page—which worked just a few minutes ago and will very likely start working again in the next day (if not much sooner)—appears to have been pulled. I'm getting a "We are sorry, the page you requested cannot be found" error message." My download's still going strong, but you may not have the same luck I did. Not a great start, Microsoft, but we won't hold it against you until it's officially May 5.
Update 2: Okay, it's five minutes later and it's working again. Let's just hope that we're just seeing a few getting-started hiccups. If you aren't having luck at first, it might be worth trying again in a few minutes. We're going to check out of the minute-to-minute updates at this point, but you can help us out by keeping your fellow readers up-to-speed on how it's worked for you in the comments.
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