Just a few days after releasing Vista Pre-RC1 (hey don’t ask me about he naming conventions that MS is following - I gave up caring after the .NET 3.0 debacle), Vista RC1 is available on the connect website . I don’t have access to that so I cannot download it - but some of my colleagues who do are getting it as we speak.
I plan to shift to this as the primary OS (am I brave or stupid - I’ll let you decide) - so I am excited about it.