Anyone downloading Windows 7 Beta tomorrow? Legally!

[andywright182]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/08/windows_7_beta_one_review/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7817190.stm

Looks pretty awesome

 

[JackoR26]

I was thinking of giving it a blast on VMWare just to see what its like

 

[sneeks]

I reckon I'll give it a try.

 

[DrR]

Would if my laptop would run it.

 

[dajones]

where can i find it? pm if need be

 

[Munson]

I wouldn't mind giving this a shot on TheBeast3, but considering it's soley a games machine, I figure there could be lots of driver issues that would prove more trouble than it's worth. I'll probably wait a while TBH.

 

[MDP91]

I would like to try it very much, as I never changed to Vista and stuck with the 'beast' XP. Where can I download it? !

 

[Dafthead]

I wouldn't mind giving this a shot on TheBeast3, but considering it's soley a games machine, I figure there could be lots of driver issues that would prove more trouble than it's worth. I'll probably wait a while TBH.

Might be OK mate:

"Build 7000, which has been widely leaked online, seems fully usable and feels faster than Windows Vista on the same hardware. I installed it on a virtual machine and on two laptops, a two-year old Toshiba Portege and a more recent Dell XPS M1330 loaned by Microsoft for the purpose, and had few issues."

 

[McBunny]

yup when ever it goes live i will get it

 

[Scottydog]

Yep downloading it at work so we can have a play! :approve:

 

[McBunny]

anyone got a location yet ?

 

[TimMB]

It's meant to be announced here apparently:

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

 

[McBunny]

i thought so too but im bored of waiting lol

 

[TimMB]

Tell me about it, what's the betting they put it up at 11:59pm!

There should also be a tab coming up here for Windows 7.

 

[McBunny]

thought it may have been on my select pages but it isnt

i need it before 12:30 as i go home then and want to play with it on a works machine

 

[TimMB]

Lol, when I said here, I meant here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/default.aspx

 

[ViolentJ]

Any word on limitations? I seem to remember the vista beta had a 30 day limit.

 

[McBunny]

180 day iirc but if its like vista it can be reset

 

[Homer-Simpson]

Also, another important thing to keep in mind is that the Windows 7 Beta will expire on August 1st, 2009.

According to the MS blog

 

[ViolentJ]

Cheers for that

 

[The Hoff]

Released 7PM GMT, apparently only 2.5 million activation keys so unless you get one it'll be a standard 30 days.

 

[Seedy172]

il be having a goosey fo sho! hoping it'll run as a dual boot!

 

[TimMB]

Released 7PM GMT, apparently only 2.5 million activation keys so unless you get one it'll be a standard 30 days.

7pm, I can't wait for that! lol. Where did you get that from if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Griff]

Good old Technet Plus subscription sorted me out

 

[TimMB]

Hoorah, got it, oh the joys of being in IT!

 

[ViolentJ]

Any thoughts yet guys? Do vista drivers work on it?

 

[daydotz]

id like to test it as well

 

[David]

hmm seems similar to vista for me, but then i never had a problem wtih vista anyway

 

[Griff]

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx

 

[ViolentJ]

Not even worth trying that link tbh. Way too much traffic. I suspect only the really determined will get a key for it or even be able to download it. I got as far as filling out the form and that took forever.

 

[Moby]

I got as far as the sign in screen

 

[Griff]

I got as far as the sign in screen

Unfortunately every geek under the sun is hammering that link at the moment. Keep plugging away or try it tonight/tomorrow.

 

[ViolentJ]

Well I've filled in the form about 5 times now. Just end up with an error and then wait an age to redo the form.

 

[Moby]

Unfortunately every geek under the sun is hammering that link at the moment. Keep plugging away or try it tonight/tomorrow.

lol - true

 

[MDP91]

im just getting 'Server is too busy' atm

 

[Moby]

i've got as far as the product key but it hit another error when I got there

 

[ViolentJ]

This link to the 64bit version was posted on OCUK. You have to use IE to download it though.

http://wb.dlservice.microsoft.com/d...0_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO

Key wise I got the verification email and am trying to follow the link. Been at this for over an hour now lol

 

[Moby]

i managed follow the link and got one page further than that

 

[MDP91]

got any links for the 32bit?

 

[ViolentJ]

got any links for the 32bit?

Not seen any posted yet.