Windows XP
Windows XP / Windows Server 2003 64-bit Edition
Windows 2003 Server
Windows Vista
Windows Vista / Windows Server 2008 64-bit Edition
Windows 2008 Server

thanks for the news cluberti

Release Notes
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949787

Upgrading to Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/01/2...andidate-1.aspx

Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate Now Available
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/01/2...-available.aspx

Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) RC1
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/bb219517.aspx

To be honest I don't have any hopes for Internet Explorer and any future releases. But thanks for posting this.

yup...

...but let's see what they've prepared for the XP x64 users, i'm curious

EDIT: installed already... and, surprisingly, it's fast

IEAK RC1 is now available update previous post.

BTW although I am addicted to Firefox because of certain addons, but IE8 has some nice improvements over IE7, notably:
Tab Isolation - Seperate Processes like Google Chrome
Crash Recovery - Automatic
Zooming - less horizontal scrolling and improved high DPI support.
Hide/Show Command Bar and Favorites Bar from toolbar context menu