After a few weeks of anticipation, Microsoft has finally release the feature list of the Release Candidate version of Windows 7. Although the Beta version of the Redmond giant’s newest operating system is considered as very well put together, developers found several ways to improve Win 7 in its way to the users’ computers.

The Release Candidate version usually gives a good image about how the commercial release of a product will look like. From this point on, developers will only operate minor changes in order to get rid of bugs, or improve the overall performance of the system.

The feature list of Windows 7 RC is expected to hit the web sometime around April 10, according to a recent report at the tech website Ars Technica.

Chaitanya Sareen, senior program manager at Microsoft, was the one to announce the update list for Windows 7. However, the representatives at the company pointed out that this isn’t aim to be a similar exhaustive list that Apple gives to the public when it releases a new version of the Mac OS.

Here are some of the most important changes of Windows 7. First, the Alt + Tab key combination will bring along Aero Peek automatically. Windows detects whether you use this shortcut to quickly jump to another application or you hesitate to choose a certain window. If you wander around the Alt + Tab menu, the shortcut list will implement the Aero Peek feature in order to have a visual approach of the current opened windows.

Here is another one for the keyboard combo fanatics. As with Win 7 Release Candidate, there is a new shortcut combination between the Windows Logo button and the # button. Win + # will highlight the entries in the taskbar, meaning that you can seamlessly wander around the programs’ icons. This minor update will certainly be very relevant for many users, as the new taskbar layout has already given headaches to some people.

The next one is directly aim to Apple. From the RC version of Windows 7 on, Windows will happily and natively play .mov files, so there will be no need for Quick Time anymore. This may not sound as much, but many users have reported in time that the hassle of downloading Quick Time just to see a couple of movies was getting bigger and bigger.

A well-known issue with the beta version of Windows 7 was its lack of support for non-removable drives with the FAT32 file system. The RC takes care of this, as Windows will flawlessly handle both NTFS and FAT32 drives.

Many analysts expect that Windows 7’s popularity will increase even more, as the RC will be released. The new operating system will be even more easy to use, will have more features, but it still promises to be very brisk.