http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/rc1/en/download.htm

Without a Customer Preview key, it can be tested for 14 days, and with a key it'll work till June next year. The Customer Preview Program will start again soon, if you don't have a key yet.

Screenshots: http://www.winfuture.de/screenshots/Window...ch)-1982-1.html

and after more than 5 years, it continues to suck ...

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_rc1_worst.asp

http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/b...cleId=192501746

I'm still happily using Win2K Pro on my system and will continue untill program compatability forces me to do otherwise.
I think I might try multi-boot with some flavor of Linux in the future.