Think that RC1 wasn't even close to ready for release?  Well, turns out that contrary to previous Microsoft statements, there will be a second full Release Candidate made available for testing.  Vista RC2 will be made available to testers this coming Friday.  This will be numbered build 5743, staying within the 5700 range, reserved for the eventual RTM copy.

Reports from Microsoft say that the current bug count in RC1 is down to 1400 bugs, but they have to hit 500 or lower before the final build can be packaged and sent to manufacturing.