Anyone downloading Windows 7 Beta tomorrow? Legally!

[DMS]

Yes it would if the CD / DVD is bootable.
If the optical drive is before your hard disk in the boot order, you'll be able to boot from the recovery disk and re-install.

 

[Initiale]

So is it worth installing windows 7 now and ditching vista completely or am i better staying with vista?

For your main PC keep using the OS that's licenced on it. The RC is time limited so you'll be reformatting it again when it expires.

 

[andywright182]

I took the plunge and installed it. Loving it so far, seems smooth and reliable. Gone from a 32bit vista to 64bit 7 and seems very fast. cant see me going back to vista now

 

[DMS]

I took the plunge and installed it. Loving it so far, seems smooth and reliable. Gone from a 32bit vista to 64bit 7 and seems very fast. cant see me going back to vista now

I can. In 180 days when the RC time limit expires.

That is unless someone cracks it. Dunno if it's been done yet?

 

[andywright182]

RC doesnt expire until June 2010 and is not going to have any limitations until March 2010

 

[Mark One]

Hai

I've got a coupla questions with regards to 64BIT the RC install

Does:
iTunes vista 64bit work?
MSN live work?
Firefox work?
Spotify work?
Anyone had any issues with common bits of software?

ta

 

[JonnyK]

yes for all the above, dont know about spotify though

 

[Mark One]

spot on...

 

[the1]

Just downloaded and installed the RC 64bit build 7100 and after spending nearlly 5 years with XP Professional & dipped in and out with Vista. It runs pretty well with my system (Quad Core AMD 9950, 8800GTX & 3GB Ram) and its a nice change coming from XP.

I haven't read the last 15 pages, but the Beta expires on the August 1st 2009 (or rather starts to shut down every 2 hours). Where as the RC expires March 1st 2010 (again shut down every 2 hours).

 

[andywright182]

Thats the Beta, the RC version you have is due to expire June 1st 2010 and shutdowns from march 2010

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/download.aspx