IE8 RC1 is now ready to download
Redmond are getting Release candidate fever as they have just released IE8 RC1 and is now ready to download from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/beta/worldwide-sites.aspx
The RC1 behaves just like the final version according to @MikeO, more features and news ont his release on his blog http://blogs.msdn.com/mikeormond/
go get it.. installed on my vista laptop fine, should upgrade from beta2 for vista users without having to un-install previous installations.